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

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  1. N-VAR 牧场；牧草地
    Pasture is 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
  2. PHRASE 更好的地方（或工作、条件）；更好的前程
    If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures 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
  3. 放牧
    If you put animals out 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 being put 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。
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    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. Beautiful white fencing enclosed the pastures.
      牧场围有漂亮的白色栅栏。
    3. As you might expect, most quit for greener pastures at other companies.
      和你想的一样，大多数人都在其他公司找到了更好的工作。
    4. 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。
    5. Some nomads were leaving earlier than usual from the summer pastures so their sheep could graze lower down.
      一些游牧者比往常更早地离开了夏季牧场，好让羊群到南边吃草。
    6. 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。
    7. 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。
    8. I felt we were off to greener pastures.
      我觉得我们在迈向更好的生活。
    9. 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。
    10. We get to frolic in green pastures.
      我们在绿色的牧场上嬉戏。
    11. 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。
    12. In the past, this path would be used for droving sheep to the summer pastures.
      过去，这条路被用于驱赶羊群到夏季牧场。
    13. Shepherds in those hills lead a hard life compared with those who work the lowland pastures.
      和那些在低地牧场上放羊人相比，山里牧羊人的生活是艰辛的。
    14. She decided it was time to move on to pastures new.
      她认定换个新工作的时候到了。
    15. Settled grazing means livestock herders to settle in and built ring, rotating grazing pastures on a seasonal basis.
      定居放牧是指牧人定居并建有畜圈，草场按季节轮牧。
    16. In southwestern Spain is mostly meadows and pastures, with their characteristic vegetation.
      在西班牙西南部的主要是草场和牧场，在那里生长着特色植物。
    17. The people lead a quiet life among the green pastures and the still waters.
      人们在青色的牧场和幽静的溪流中间过着平静的生活。
    18. In Kenya, fighting has broken out over scarce water and pastures.
      在肯尼亚，人们为稀缺的水资源和牧场发生争斗。
    19. Subsequent patches saw Korrak moving to Snowfall Graveyard and eventually packing his bags for greener pastures.
      于是，在之后的补丁中，我们看见了科尔拉克移动到了雪落墓地；
    20. 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。
    21. 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。
    22. 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。
    23. There desert gave way to pastures.
      在那里，沙漠没有了，出现了一些草场。
    24. Sheep are grazing in the lush green pastures.
      羊在青翠葱绿的牧场上吃草。
    25. Heavy rains saturated fields and pastures.
      大雨浇湿了田野和牧场。
    26. 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。
    27. 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。
    28. 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。
    29. Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens.
      用作牧草或草坪的草，尤其是投球轻击区的草。
    30. 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。
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