例句
英语四级真题
  • All appears to be well, but the farmers who planted the bushes are worried.
    2016年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories.
    2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • There were fishermen and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted and looked like food, unlike that in today's supermarkets.
    2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
英语六级真题
  • If farmers like Bowman are able to use these seeds without paying the designated fee, it will remove the incentives for companies like Monsanto to innovate.
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • He said "Monsanto should not be able, just because they've got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers.
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Allow small farmers to grow genetically modified soybeans
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Whether measures should be introduced to protect small farmers.
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • In the Netherlands, Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses, increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • Through using CO2, Dutch farmers have been able to
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • "The yield is never going to be high," Farrant says, so these plants will be targeted not at Iowa farmers trying to squeeze more cash out of high-yield fields, but subsistence farmers who need help to survive a drought like the present one in South Africa
    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • "We want to improve the quality of animal health and make it easier for farmers to maintain large landscapes where animals roam free," says Sukkarieh.
    2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Another grass-fed booster spurring farmers to convert is EpiC, which makes meat-based protein bars.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Farmers and consumers alike can choose whether or not to use whichever version prevails: "I'm giving people an option."
    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Farmers are reporting steep losses and a new $20 million tomato-paste factory has halted production due to the shortages.
    2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • Farmers going grass-fed are not affected by the ever-changing milk prices of the global market.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.
    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • However, it is farmers that are pushing for the advancements due to ever-increasing labor vacancies, making it difficult to maintain large-scale operations.
    2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.
    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere -with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.
    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone.
    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • In poor, dry regions, untreated waste water is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • In the grass fed system, farmers are also not subject to the wildly fluctuating milk prices of the international commodity market.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.
    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Many dairy farmers were persuaded to switch to grass-fed when they saw its advantage in terms of profits.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Over the years, Tim Joseph's partners have helped many dairy farmers to switch to grass-fed.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • since he began to informally announce the network at farming conferences and on social media, he's received a steady stream of inquiries from interested farmers.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Smith says he'll provide services ranging from formal seminars to on-farm workshops on holistic management, to one-on-one hand-holding and an almost 24/7 phone hotline for farmers who are converting.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26.
    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.
    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who're protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock.
    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.
    2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • The robots also lean the most efficient and safest passages, and allow engineers and farmers to analyze and better optimize the attributes and tasks of the robot, as well as provide a live stream giving real-time feedback on exactly what is happening on t
    2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • The robots have provided major benefits to farmers in various ways, from hunting and pulling weeds monitoring the condition of every single fruit.
    2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Those dangers can be addressed with farmer and consumer education, he said, while the free water and nutrients from human waste can help urban farmers in developing countries to escape poverty.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.
    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology to find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools.
    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    农场主;农民
    A farmer is a person who owns or manages a farm.