1610s, "relating to the land," from Middle French loy agrarienne "agrarian law," corresponding to Latin Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (genitive agri) "a field," from PIE *agro- (cognates: Greek agros "field," Gothic akrs, Old English ?cer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.
雙語例句
1. People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.
人們正在放棄農業生活方式而轉向城市.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The centre of the U.S. economy shifted from the agrarian areas to the industrial centres in the north.
美國的經濟重心由農村轉到北方的工業中心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.
這是大不列顛土地所有制發展的一個特征.
來自辭典例句
4. It concluded with approval of the emphasis on the agrarian movement.
它的結論是贊成把重點放在土地運動上.
來自辭典例句
5. In 1801 Jefferson became president and turned to promoting a more decentralized, agrarian democracy.