1610s, "relating to the land," from Middle French loy agrarienne "agrarian law," corresponding to Latin Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (genitive agri) "a field," from PIE *agro- (cognates: Greek agros "field," Gothic akrs, Old English æcer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.
双语例句
1. People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.
人们正在放弃农业生活方式而转向城市.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The centre of the U.S. economy shifted from the agrarian areas to the industrial centres in the north.
美国的经济重心由农村转到北方的工业中心.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.
这是大不列颠土地所有制发展的一个特征.
来自辞典例句
4. It concluded with approval of the emphasis on the agrarian movement.
它的结论是赞成把重点放在土地运动上.
来自辞典例句
5. In 1801 Jefferson became president and turned to promoting a more decentralized, agrarian democracy.
