sharecropping
US /ˈʃerˌkrɑː.pɪŋ/
UK /ˈʃeəˌkrɒp.ɪŋ/
名詞
分成制佃耕, 分成佃農制
a system of farming in which a tenant farmer gives a part of each crop as rent
範例:
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After the Civil War, many former slaves turned to sharecropping to survive.
內戰結束後，許多以前的奴隸為了生存轉向了分成制佃耕。
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The sharecropping system often kept farmers in a cycle of debt.
分成制佃耕系統經常使農民陷入債務循環。