1590s, "action of farming out, practice of letting or leasing taxes, etc., for collection," verbal noun from farm (v.). Meaning "business of cultivating land, husbandry" is attested by 1733.
雙語例句
1. He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.
他滿腦子都是工廠化養(yǎng)殖的事兒。
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2. The government most assuredly does believe in organic farming.
政府確實堅信有機耕作切實可行。
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3. He left a job in the City to take up farming.
他辭去倫敦商業(yè)區(qū)的工作，開始務農。
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4. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
傳統(tǒng)的刀耕火種農業(yè)方式耗盡了土地的肥力。
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5. The results prove that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.