| 单词 | subsistence crop |
| 释义 | subsistence crop noun[C] geographyspecializeduk/səbˈsɪs.təns ˌkrɒp/us/səbˈsɪs.təns ˌkrɑːp/acropthatpeoplegrowto use oreatthemselves,ratherthan tosell 口粮作物，自食自用的作物Compare cash crop Crop plants & economic plants
subsistence crop| Business Englishsubsistence crop noun[C] NATURAL RESOURCES,ECONOMICSukusacropthatpeoplegrowto use oreatthemselves inordertokeepalive,ratherthan tosellforprofit: Theoutlyingfarmersproducefoodforurbanmarketsas well assubsistencecrops. Examplesofsubsistence cropsubsistence crop When the price was up he concentrated on his rubber tree and neglected hissubsistencecrop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A majorsubsistencecrop, barley is used as food and in the production of tella, a locally produced beer. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Maize is a keysubsistencecrop, on island's many small landholdings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fields provided the people with asubsistencecropof wheat, barley and lentils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The data also show that on subsistence crops most farmers used lower rates of organic fertilizer and almost no mineral fertilizer. From theCambridge English Corpus This is likely to be true even for risk-averse low-income farmers for whom subsistence crops are a major portfolio item. From theCambridge English Corpus The local farmer identified each of the lots, and provided assistance to participants that could not recall the harvest of subsistence crops. From theCambridge English Corpus The consumption value of the farmers' own subsistence crops should also be included in order to have a more realistic picture of their actual income levels. From theCambridge English Corpus Likewise, individuals who borrow land from nonrelatives have very little reason to keep it fallow, since borrowing is usually undertaken to obtain land on which to raise subsistence crops. From theCambridge English Corpus Most contemporaries complained about the poverty of sharecroppers, the prevalence of subsistence crops, the use of slow and inefficient draft oxen instead of horses and the poor working conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus Reports show that extensive damage was done to houses and public buildings, copra plantations and subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That to some extent answers the point about subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They need a plot of land of their own on which to produce subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People would come in, people who are accustomed to growing subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also a problem of the relationship between the cash commodities, such as groundnuts, and the subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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