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单词 agriculture
释义
agriculture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
B2
farming:
农业；农艺，农学
Agriculture is stilllargelybasedontraditionalmethodsin somecountries.一些国家的农业仍然主要依靠传统耕作手段。
Theareadependson agriculture for most ofitsincome.这个地区的大部分收入来自农业。
70percentof the country'spopulationpractisessubsistenceagriculture.这个国家70%的人口以农业为生。
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  • If agriculture were givenpriority, thecountrywouldeasilybeabletofeeditself.
  • Nationalization of agriculture is on the government'sagenda.
  • Tourism hasreplacedagriculture as the nation'smainindustry.
  • Changingpatternsof agriculture arethreateningthecountryside.
  • As agriculturebecamemorecapitalintensive, manyfarmlabourersmovedto thetownsandcitiestolookforwork.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Farming - general words
  • agroecology
  • agroforestry
  • arable
  • biodynamic
  • biodynamics
  • farming
  • grain
  • harvest
  • haystack
  • hungry gap
  • hydroponic
  • landless
  • landrace
  • monoculture
  • non-farm
  • soil
  • terrace
  • the Agrarian Revolution
  • thresh
  • vertical farming
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(Definition ofagriculturefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

agriculture| American Dictionary

agriculture
noun[U]
us
/ˈæɡ·rɪˌkʌl·tʃər/
thepracticeorworkoffarming:
Agriculture andtourismare bothimportantto the region’seconomy.

agricultural

adjectiveus
/ˌæɡ·rɪˈkʌl·tʃər·əl/
Chicago was animportantshippingpointfor agriculturalproductsandlivestock.
(Definition ofagriculturefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

agriculture| Business English

agriculture
noun[U]
COMMERCE
uk
/ˈæɡrɪkʌltʃər/us
thebusiness,science, oractivityoffarming:
Recentfloodshavedevastatedthe state’s agriculture, withsharpdeclinesinitsproductionofcorn,soy, andwheatcrops.
Over the past tenyearsthe area’slabourforcehasshiftedfrom agriculture tomanufacturing.
See also
extensive agriculture
intensive agriculture
(Definition ofagriculturefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofagriculture

agriculture
Most of theagriculturepracticed here is short-term rice and manioc followed by 4- 7 y of fallow.
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Working within the principles of organicagricultureand thus acknowledging the values of the system is also an important context for research.
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Attempting to write a global geographical perspective on organicagricultureis a major challenge.
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We assume that there are constant returns to scale inagriculture.
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We expect returns fromagricultureto be greater and fisheries returns to be less under the alternate management plans as compared with the base model.
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Secondly, the wildlife has to compete with the surroundingagriculturefor the habitat.
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Innovations inagriculturetend to promote deforestation, although in the case of land-augmenting technical change this result is ambiguous.
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Most of the fundamental changes of whichagricultureis but a symptom took place while people were still basically foragers.
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Our models demonstrate that organicagriculturecan contribute substantially to a more sustainable system of food production.
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The primary sector (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining) tends to be more resource-intensive than either the secondary (industry) or tertiary (services) sectors.
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Prospects and problems pertaining to the management of arbuscular mycorrhizae inagriculture.
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These factors include prices and production costs, crop yields, fish productivity and the suitability of land foragricultureor fish production.
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This difference reflects the purposeful selection of producers by the organic contracting company, especially during the introduction of organicagricultureto the region.
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This paper builds upon the theoretical framework from the precision irrigation literature to study the roles of information, institutions, and price incentives in irrigatedagriculture.
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Today their number is decreasing as a result of urban development and the modernization ofagriculture.
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Collocationswithagriculture

agriculture

These are words often used in combination withagriculture.

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agriculture committee
Perhaps he should reconsider his position and, in that capacity, perhaps reflect more the position of the trade committee than that of theagriculturecommittee.
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commercial agriculture
Such projects are also providing employment and facilitating increased trade and the growth of smallscalecommercialagriculture.
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conventional agriculture
A multi-criteria evaluation of the environmental performances of olive-growing systems environment to a lesser degree compared to conventional agriculture.
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