money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low 补贴;补助金;津贴 agricultural subsidies 农业补贴 to reduce the level of subsidy 降低补贴标准
Collocations FarmingFarming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树;播种;种庄稼;种植葡萄树;种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植/生产玉米/小麦/大米/水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地;犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种/收获谷粒/农作物/庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥/肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作/灌溉/浇灌/污染庄稼/植物/田地/土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害/毁坏/损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟/采摘水果/浆果/葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨/晾干/发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨/打谷物/玉米/小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡/家禽/牛/猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养/喂养/放养家畜/牛/羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存/熏/加工贮藏/用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型(生猪/渔业)养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用(化学/有机)肥料/杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始/进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植/研发转基因作物/种子/植物/粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助/投资基因工程/研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高/增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临/遭受/缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消/减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖/转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进/鼓励/支持有机/可持续农耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1Export subsidies have been reduced by 20 per cent. 出口补贴减少了20%。 The Arts Council granted them a small subsidy. 艺术委员会拨给他们一小笔补贴。 The help that the government gives the industry amounts to an indirect subsidy. 政府给予这项产业的支持无异于一笔间接补贴。 The EU spends billions on subsidies to farmers every year. 欧盟每年花费数十亿资金补贴农民。 protests against the removal of subsidies on basic commodities 对取消基本商品补贴的抗议 state subsidies for rice producers 国家对水稻种植户的补贴 subsidies on basic goods and services 基础商品和服务补贴
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- heavy
- …
- amount
- level
- get
- receive
- lose
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- payments
- scheme
- system
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- subsidy for
- subsidy on
- subsidy to
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- a cut in subsidies
- a reduction in subsidies
- the abolition of subsidies
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance’.