sharecropper
sharecropper 美['ʃɛrkrɑpɚ]
n. (美)收益分成的佃农
名词复数:sharecroppers
- A sharecropper is a tenant farmer, someone who works land that's rented from its owner. Typically, a sharecropper will pay the landowner with part of the harvest, rather than money.
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- n. (美)收益分成的佃农
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1. The US could end up with a "sharecropper economy," where Americans largely work for foreign-owned firms.
最终,美国将变成“小佃农经济”,那时候,美国人将为外国企业打工。
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2. Her own dream was born in a sharecropper's shack in East Texas where there was no money for books or toys--she and her 11 siblings each got an apple, an orange and 10 nuts for Christmas.
家里没钱买书或玩具——过圣诞节时,她和十一个兄弟姐妹每人只得到一只苹果、一个橘子和十只坚果。
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3. This great, rich, restless country can offer opportunity and education and hope to all, all black and white, all North and South, sharecropper and city dweller.
这个伟大的、富有的、精力充沛的国家能够提供机会、教育和希望给所有人,所有黑人和白人,整个南方和北方,小佃农和城市居民。
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