sharecropping
US /ˈʃerˌkrɑː.pɪŋ/
UK /ˈʃeəˌkrɒp.ɪŋ/
名词
分成制佃耕, 分成佃农制
a system of farming in which a tenant farmer gives a part of each crop as rent
示例:
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After the Civil War, many former slaves turned to sharecropping to survive.
内战结束后，许多以前的奴隶为了生存转向了分成制佃耕。
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The sharecropping system often kept farmers in a cycle of debt.
分成制佃耕系统经常使农民陷入债务循环。