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单词 cash crop
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cash crop
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæʃ ˌkrɒp/us
/ˈkæʃ ˌkrɑːp/
acropthat isgrownmainlyto besold,ratherthan used by thepeoplewhogrewit or thoselivingin theareait isgrownin
商品作物，经济作物
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subsistence crop
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(Definition ofcash cropfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Cotton was our cash crop.
  • I always raised the usual things—cotton and corn and potatoes and a little truck and that sort of thing—always raised enough to eat for us and the stock—and then some cotton for a cash crop.
  • The remaining one or two per cent. are produced on farms or plants where chicken culture is the cash crop or chief business of the farmer.
  • They grow besides strawberries, turnips, corn, potatoes, carrots and raspberries for cash crops.

cash crop| Business English

cash crop
noun[C]
uk
us
COMMERCE
acrop(= aplant)grownby someone tosellratherthan toeator use themselves:
Rice is now themaincashcropof nine-tenths of thefarmersin Punjab.
alucrative/valuablecashcrop
(Definition ofcash cropfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcash crop

cash crop
Coffee, as a colonialcashcrop, clearly helped to drive these debates.
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Two alternative scenarios were simulated aiming at improved energy self-reliance in the organiccashcropfarms.
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Each colonial failure justified another try at acashcropand more environmental intervention.
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In the parents' association, the agenda of the meetings centred on such ' male ' topics ascashcropprices and construction projects.
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Most of this literature has focused on the country's success in expandingcashcropproduction.
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This potential has helped change cassava's standing from being a 'poor man's crop' to being seen as a profitablecashcrop.
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Increasingcashcropproduction has led to lower output of sorghum and maize.
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They also cultivated cardamom that soon became an importantcashcropand brought in substantial revenue.
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Conversely, small planters maintained their commitment to subsistence on the land while attempting to obtain a surplus from thecashcrop.
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It is grown primarily for home consumption and subsistence, but is becoming increasingly important as acashcrop.
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Selection criteria were strongly in-uenced by market preferences, re-ecting the increasing role of cowpea as acashcrop.
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Sorghum is both a food and acashcrop.
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For many developing countries cotton is an essentialcashcrop.
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The importance of seed size and colour as selection criteria appears to re-ect the increasingly important role of cowpea as acashcrop.
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Despite this tax, however,cashcropproduction continued to expand.
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