agriculture

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Related topics: Agriculture

ag·ri·cul·ture /ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə $ -ər/ W2 noun [uncountableU]

TAthe practice or science of farming 农业；农学

More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.

75%以上的土地用于农耕。

—agricultural /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl◂/ adjectiveadj

agricultural land

农业用地

agricultural labourers

农业工人

—agriculturalist noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

agriculture• The drainage of peatbogs for forestry and agriculture is making a significant net contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, the report concludes.• Local wildlife and agriculture are likely to be badly affected, environmentalists claim.• Experts have recommended that fishermen are paid not to fish, mirroring recent developments in agriculture.• The spread of industrial agriculture in the South places thousands of native breeds at risk.• Young people do not want to live in them, when as often as not work means agriculture or nothing.• But this pattern has begun to change, especially in the ever-sensitive area of agriculture.• Prior to the invention of agriculture, game was both the primary diet and the focus of battles in the fields.• The initiative will allow the entrepreneurs to test new approaches to agriculture or develop new agricultural products and activities.

From Longman Business Dictionary

agricultureag·ri·cul·ture /ˈægrɪˌkʌltʃə-ər/ noun [uncountableU]

FARMINGthe practice or science of farming

Agriculture accounts for over 25% of net domestic production.

—agricultural adjectiveadj

sales of agricultural machinery

Origin agriculture

(1400-1500) French Latin agricultura, from ager “field” + cultura “use of land for crops”

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