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.
• 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

• It has no advantage for close-growing vegetation such as lawns, pastures, or small grain crops.
  对于像草坪、牧草、小粒谷物这些茂密的植物，滴灌则没有优点。
• 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。
• 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。
• I felt we were off to greener pastures.
  我觉得我们在迈向更好的生活。
• We suggest that establishing pastures using high P seed would improve both early and late season pasture production.
  我们认为，使用高P种子定苗的牧场将提高早季和晚季牧草的产量。
• The reason for this is that soya is established on grasslands pushing cattle pastures further into forested areas.
  造成这一点的原因是，在草原上种植大豆推动放牧者进一步深入森林。
• Sheep are grazing in the lush green pastures.
  羊在青翠葱绿的牧场上吃草。
• Diminishing returns may eventually set in as overworked employees lose efficiency or leave for more arable pastures.
  逐渐缩小的利润最终开始，当过度工作的员工失去效率或是离开去了更好的地方。
• She decided it was time to move on to pastures new.
  她认定换个新工作的时候到了。
• 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。