agricultural

/ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl/ (ame, mw)

agricultural — adjective

  • agriculturalpositive
  • more agriculturalcomparative
  • most agriculturalsuperlative

1. connected with growing crops, raising animals for food, or the wider business of

1.形容詞B1
釋義

connected with growing crops, raising animals for food, or the wider business of farming.

例句

The Netherlands earns billions of dollars from agricultural exports each year.

attributive: agricultural + noun (exports/products/goods)

Iowa State University runs a famous agricultural research program on corn and soybeans.

collocation: agricultural research / college / studies

同義詞
  • farming

    used before a noun like 'agricultural' (a farming community), but more everyday and less formal

  • agrarian

    more formal; often describes a whole society or economy based on farming, e.g. 'an agrarian society'

  • rural

    describes the countryside in general, not only the work of farming

反義詞
  • industrial

    describes economies or land based on factories rather than farms

  • urban

    of cities; often contrasted with rural rather than agricultural, but used as a wider opposite

文法句型

agricultural + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (agricultural land, agricultural exports). Predicative use ('the area is agricultural') is possible but uncommon; speakers usually say 'a farming area' or 'used for farming' instead.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle is an agricultural.
✅My uncle is a farmer.
💡'agricultural' is an adjective; the person who farms is a 'farmer'.
❌She studies agricultural at university.
✅She studies agriculture at university.
💡the subject name is the noun 'agriculture'.