arable

UK:  ['ærəb(ə)l]

US:  ['erəb(ə)l]

adj.

1.适于耕种的,可耕的

2.适于耕作的

3.〔英国〕从事农作物栽培的

n.

1.(可)耕地

1 . For local governments building on arable land is often a money-spinner.
对地方政府而言，可耕种土地上的建筑常常可以带来可观利润。

2 . For local governments building on arable land is often a money-spinner. Central-government efforts to curb this have not worked.
因为地方政府经常通过在耕地上建房来生财，中央政府限制占用耕地的努力并未奏效。

3 . When he was five weeks old, Mr. Arable said he was now big enough to sell, and would have to be sold.
当他五个星期大的时候阿瑞博先生说他现在大得足够卖掉了，而且也必须卖掉。

4 . With industrialisation eating into the countryside, he said the government would halt plans to restore arable land to nature.
他说，随着工业化扩张蚕食到农村的土地，中国政府将停止退耕还林计划。

5 . Arable land production efficiency has no obvious relation with economic development level and inter-provincial's gap reduced continuously.
省际间耕地产出效率与经济发展水平没有必然联系，且其差距有着缩小的趋势；