1590s, "action of farming out, practice of letting or leasing taxes, etc., for collection," verbal noun from farm (v.). Meaning "business of cultivating land, husbandry" is attested by 1733.
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1. He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.
他满脑子都是工厂化养殖的事儿。
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2. The government most assuredly does believe in organic farming.
政府确实坚信有机耕作切实可行。
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3. He left a job in the City to take up farming.
他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。
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4. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。
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5. The results prove that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.
