"dry spell" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 干旱期
• 无雨期
• 低迷期（比喻：没有进展的时期）

Definition

“干旱期”指的是没有降雨的一段时间，也可以指缺乏进展、活动或成功的时期。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多为口语，既可指真天气干旱，也常用作比喻工作、创作、事业、情感等方面的“无进展期”。常见表达：'经历干旱期'。不用于极端干旱(灾害)。

Examples

After two weeks without rain, we are having a dry spell.

连续两周无雨，我们正经历一个**干旱期**。

The team finally won a game after a long dry spell.

球队经过长时间**低迷期**终于赢了一场比赛。

Farmers worry when there is a dry spell in the summer.

夏天出现**干旱期**时，农民会担心。

I've had a dry spell at work lately—nothing exciting has happened in weeks.

我最近在工作上经历了一个**低迷期**——好几周都没有什么新鲜事。

Writers often struggle with a dry spell when ideas just won't come.

作家经常在没有灵感时遭遇**低迷期**。

Don't worry, everyone goes through a dry spell now and then.

别担心，每个人偶尔都会经历**低迷期**。