agricultural
UK/,æɡri'kʌltʃərəl/US/.ægri'kʌltʃәrәl/
NGSL 3kB1
Definitions
adj.
Relating to farming or the cultivation of land.
农业的；农耕的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedagricultur-field, farmland
+
-alrelating to, having the nature of
=agricultural
agriculture (field-cultivation) + -al (relating to) = relating to farming. Transparent, but this adjective is the most-used member of the agr family — it carries the root into everyday phrases like agricultural land and agricultural exports.
Common Collocations
- 1.agricultural products农产品
- 2.agricultural land农业用地
- 3.agricultural development农业发展
- 4.agricultural policy农业政策
Example Sentences
- 1.
Agricultural exports make up a large share of the economy.
- 2.
Most of the region's agricultural land is used for rice.
- 3.
The government announced a new agricultural policy this spring.