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pastures

英 [ˈpɑːstʃəz]

美 [ˈpæstʃərz]

n.  牧场; 牧草地; 生活状况; 工作条件; 个人发展的机遇
v.  放牧
pasture的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  • N-VAR 牧场;牧草地
    Pastureis land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat.
    1. The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
      牛现在已经放出去了,正在牧场上吃草。
    2. ...mountain pastures.
      高山牧场
  • PHRASE 更好的地方(或工作、条件);更好的前程
    If someone leaves forgreener pastures, or in British Englishpastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
    1. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons.
      出于经济原因,迈克尔决意去寻找更好的前程。
    2. ...nurses seeking greener pastures overseas.
      到国外寻求更好前程的护士们
  • 放牧
    If youputanimalsout to pasture, you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass.
    1. PHRASE 让…退休;使赋闲
      If you say that someone is beingput out to pasture, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.
      1. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
        我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。

    双语例句

    • I felt we were off to greener pastures.
      我觉得我们在迈向更好的生活。
    • In the park, nomads were coming down from the summer pastures each day with camel caravans.
      在公园里,每天都有游牧者带着骆驼队从夏季牧场走下来。
    • On the boundless pastures, herding sheep on motorbikes has come into vogue among Tibetan lads.
      在无边的草原上骑着摩托车放牧,成了小伙子们的时尚。
    • She decided it was time to move on to pastures new.
      她认定换个新工作的时候到了。
    • The remaining herd was kept in nearby pastures during the winter.
      冬天的时候,剩下来的牛群则会被收容在附近的牧场里。
    • The tropical grasslands are a far cry from the lush green pastures of ireland.
      热带草原和爱尔兰葱翠的绿色牧场大不一样。
    • His uncle showed him the pastures in which the cattle were grazing.
      他的叔叔带他去了牛群正在吃草的牧场。
    • Rice crops and sheep pastures have been stripped bare by the insects which are slowly moving north.
      稻米及牧羊的草场被这群缓慢向北的蝗虫群剥得精光。
    • Those pastures now produce the new grass needed to make rich milk and feed a bison baby boom.
      这些牧场现在产生的新草带来丰富的牛奶并满足野牛的婴儿潮。
    • These social and environmental processes are stressing the world's arable lands and pastures essential for the provision of food and water and quality air.
      在这些社会和环境进程中,世界上用于提供粮食、水和空气质量所必要的可耕地和牧场日渐减少。