agriculture
noun [ U ] uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/ us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
B2 农业;农艺，农学
farming
Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries. 一些国家的农业仍然主要依靠传统耕作手段。
The area depends on agriculture for most of its income. 这个地区的大部分收入来自农业。
70 percent of the country's population practises subsistence agriculture. 这个国家70%的人口以农业为生。
Compare: horticulture
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- If agriculture were given priority, the country would easily be able to feed itself.
- Nationalization of agriculture is on the government's agenda.
- Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.
- Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside.
- As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.