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Agribusiness is farming treated as a business, often a large one. It covers growing food, but also selling seeds, machines, animal feed, packing, transport, and putting food in shops — the whole path from field to store. It can also mean one company that does this kind of work.
Agribusiness isAgribusiness是 farming treated as a business把務農當成生意來做, often a large one通常是規模很大的生意。It covers growing food它包含種植食物, but而 also selling seeds, machines, animal feed, packing, transport也包含賣種子、機器、飼料、包裝、運輸, and還有 putting food in shops把食物放上架 — the whole path from field to store從田裡到店裡的整條路。It can also mean它也可以指 one company that does this kind of work做這種工作的一間公司。
The word was coined by the American teacher and diplomat John Herbert Davis, from agri- (from agriculture) plus business, or as a blend of agriculture and business.
The word was coined by這個字是...創造出來的 the American teacher and diplomat John Herbert Davis美國教師兼外交官John Herbert Davis, from agri- (from agriculture) plus business來自agri-(來自agriculture)加上business, or也可以說 as a blend of agriculture and business是agriculture和business混合出來的字。
In some writing it just names the farm industry. In other writing it sounds a little sharp: big companies, not the small family farm. You will see it in news about food prices, trade, and land, not in a child’s story about feeding chickens.
In some writing在有些文章裡 it just names the farm industry它就只是單純指農業這個產業。In other writing在其他文章裡 it sounds a little sharp它聽起來帶點刺:big companies指的是大公司, not the small family farm而不是小小的家庭農場。You will see it你會看到它 in news about food prices, trade, and land在講食品價格、貿易,還有土地的新聞裡, not in a child's story about feeding chickens而不是在小朋友餵雞的故事裡。
組成agri- (from agriculture) + business, or a blend of agriculture + business. Coined by John Herbert Davis.
同家族的字
- agriculturethe farming half of the blend
- businessthe other half: buying, selling, and running a company
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
agribusinessnoun/ˈæɡɹɪˌbɪznəs/
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Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
- Near-synonym: agroindustry
- "Agribusiness," he [John H. Davis] says, "can be used as a starting point in the attack on the problem of farm surpluses and dipping farm incomes." [...] Davis arrives at his estimate that the agribusiness component of the total U.S. economy now accounts for no less than 40 per cent of the total work force and about 40 per cent of the gross national product.
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A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
- The notable difference between the performance of the government's agricultural firms and private agribusinesses is that the private firms use formal production contracts. These contracts add a measure of market security to both the processing factory and the grower which is the cornerstone of an economic atmosphere conducive to rapid agricultural development.
- The following broad categories of machinery users can be identified: / ― Estates, plantations, and large agri-businesses that purchase their machinery outright or with credit from commercial banks, and have their own maintenance and repair facilities; [...]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。