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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- peasant
['pεznt]
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1.
noun
[c]
农民
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- peasant
[ˈpezənt]
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1.
n.[c]
农民
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2.
n.[c]
粗人，没教养的人
Collins English-English Dictionary
- peasant
['pεzənt]
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1.
n
a member of a class of low social status that depends on either cottage industry or agricultural labour as a means of subsistence
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2.
n
(as modifier)
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peasant dress
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3.
n
[Spoken]
a person who lives in the country; rustic
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4.
n
[Spoken]
an uncouth or uncultured person
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Anglo-French, from Old French païsant, from païs country, from Latin pagus rural area; see pagan
Examples
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The peasant farmers were usually tied to the land that they worked.
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农民通常会与自己耕作的那块土地不可分割。
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The peasant workers mainly work in the manufacturing industry.
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农民工主要在制造业工作。
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He is a real peasant and is probably proud of that.
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他是一个地道的农民，并可能以此为傲。
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The effect was to leave the peasant in a vicious circle of poverty.
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结果将使农民陷入贫困的恶性循环。
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Another unwelcome element in Soviet eyes was lacking altogether. Peasant comprehension was low, but far from lacking altogether.
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苏联人眼中的另一种令他们讨厌的要素是缺乏整体性。农民的理解能力很差，可是也远远不是缺乏整体性。
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Only an animal or a peasant farmer can live without money.
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只有动物和农民可以没钱就能生活。
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