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subsidy

noun
 
🔊/ˈsʌbsədi/
🔊/ˈsʌbsədi/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural subsidies)
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  1. money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low补贴；补助金；津贴
    • agricultural subsidies农业补贴
    • to reduce the level of subsidy降低补贴标准
    Collocations FarmingFarming农场经营Growing food and raising animals种植粮食和饲养动物
    • plant trees/​seeds/​crops/​vines/​barley植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦
    • grow/​produce corn/​wheat/​rice/​fruit种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果
    • plough/(North American English) plow land/​a field耕地；犁田
    • sow/​harvest seeds/​crops/​fields播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼
    • spread manure/​fertilizer on something给…施撒粪肥／肥料
    • cultivate/​irrigate/​water/​contaminate crops/​plants/​fields/​land耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地
    • damage/​destroy/​lose your crop损害／毁坏／损失农作物
    • ripen/​pick fruit/​berries/​grapes催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄
    • press/​dry/​ferment grapes压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄
    • grind/​thresh grain/​corn/​wheat磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦
    • raise/​rear/​keep chickens/​poultry/​cattle/​pigs饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪
    • raise/​breed/​feed/​graze livestock/​cattle/​sheep饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊
    • kill/​slaughter livestock屠宰家畜
    • preserve/​smoke/​cure/​salt meat防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
    Modern farming现代农场经营
    • run a fish farm/​an organic dairy farm
    • engage in/​be involved in intensive (pig/​fish) farming从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖
    • use/​apply (chemical/​organic) fertilizer/​insecticides/​pesticides使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂
    • begin/​do/​conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验
    • grow/​develop GM crops/​seeds/​plants/​foods种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食
    • fund/​invest in genetic engineering/​research资助／投资基因工程／研究
    • improve/​increase crop yields提高／增加粮食产量
    • face/​suffer from/​alleviate food shortages面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺
    • label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签
    • eliminate/​reduce farm subsidies取消／减少农业补贴
    • oppose/​be against factory farming/​GM food反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品
    • promote/​encourage/​support organic/​sustainable farming促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
    Extra Examples
    • Export subsidies have been reduced by 20 per cent.出口补贴减少了20％。
    • The Arts Council granted them a small subsidy.艺术委员会拨给他们一小笔补贴。
    • The help that the government gives the industry amounts to an indirect subsidy.政府给予这项产业的支持无异于一笔间接补贴。
    • The EU spends billions on subsidies to farmers every year.欧盟每年花费数十亿资金补贴农民。
    • protests against the removal of subsidies on basic commodities对取消基本商品补贴的抗议
    • state subsidies for rice producers国家对水稻种植户的补贴
    • subsidies on basic goods and services基础商品和服务补贴
    Topics Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • generous
    • heavy
    • …
    … of subsidy
    • amount
    • level
    verb + subsidy
    • get
    • receive
    • lose
    • …
    subsidy + noun
    • payments
    • scheme
    • system
    • …
    preposition
    • subsidy for
    • subsidy on
    • subsidy to
    • …
    phrases
    • a cut in subsidies
    • a reduction in subsidies
    • the abolition of subsidies
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance’.