peasant

US [ˈpez(ə)nt]
UK [ˈpez(ə)nt]
  • n.农民；乡巴佬；庄稼人；乡下人
  • Web农夫；小农；乡民
Plural Form：peasants  

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Peasant
n.
1.
（尤指旧时或贫穷国家的）农民，小农，佃农(especially in the past, or in poorer countries) a farmer who owns or rents a small piece of land
peasant farmers
自耕农
2.
(informal)
老粗；土包子；没教养的人a person who is rude, behaves badly, or has little education

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1.
Zeus is too outrageous to see her much, on the "good" and advised her to look elsewhere, innocent peasant outlet.
宙斯见她闹得太不像话，就“好心”地劝她再到别处看看，别拿无辜的农民出气。
zhòu sī jiàn tā nào de tài bú xiàng huà , jiù " hǎo xīn " de quàn tā zài dào bié chù kàn kan , bié ná wú gū de nóng mín chū qì 。
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Even conscription is better. . . . As it is, a man comes back to you neither soldier nor peasant, nothing, but only demoralised .
最好是再征兵……不然，复员回来的，兵不像兵，庄稼人不像庄稼人，只落个浪荡胚子。
zuì hǎo shì zài zhēng bīng … … bù rán , fù yuán huí lái de , bīng bù xiàng bīng , zhuāng jia rén bù xiàng zhuāng jia rén , zhǐ luò gè làng dàng pēi zǐ 。
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3.
Born into a peasant family (=As he was born into a peasant family), he had only two years of schooling.
（由于）他出生于农民家庭，他只上了两年学。
( yóu yú ) tā chū shēng yú nóng mín jiā tíng , tā zhǐ shàng le liǎng nián xué 。
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4.
Priest : Still. You seem a little wealthy to be a simple peasant , don't you think ?
尽管如此…你不觉得对于一个普通的农民来说这样有一点儿过于富有了吗？。
jìn guǎn rú cǐ … nǐ bù jué de duì yú yī gè pǔ tōng de nóng mín lái shuō zhè yàng yǒu yì diǎn er guò yú fù yǒu le ma ? 。
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5.
Born into a peasant family, Khrushchev worked as a shepherd and a locksmith before he began to work actively in the Communist Party.
赫鲁晓夫出生于农民家庭，在参加共产党之前做过放羊倌和锁匠。
hè lǔ xiǎo fū chū shēng yú nóng mín jiā tíng , zài cān jiā gòng chǎn dǎng zhī qián zuò guò fàng yáng guān hé suǒ jiàng 。
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6.
After his accession, the peasant brought him as a present a very large turnip which had grown in his garden.
当他既位后，那农夫送给他一个在自己园里种出来的大萝卜作为礼物。
dāng tā jì wèi hòu , nà nóng fū sòng gěi tā yī gè zài zì jǐ yuán lǐ zhòng chū lái de dà luó bo zuò wéi lǐ wù 。
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7.
But she, thinking that he had raised his hand to slap her face, she gave him a sound crack in the jaw with that big peasant hand of hers.
说完他想拍拍她的脸蛋，她却以为菲尔莫举起手来是要扇她耳光，便用她那只乡巴佬的大手朝他下颚上响亮地抽了一记。
shuō wán tā xiǎng pāi pāi tā de liǎn dàn , tā què yǐ wéi fēi ěr mò jǔ qǐ shǒu lái shì yào shān tā ěr guāng , biàn yòng tā nà zhī xiāng bā lǎo de dà shǒu cháo tā xià è shàng xiǎng liàng de chōu le yī jì 。
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He said later that he feared the woman, a poor peasant, would "be hard to deal with" should she seek compensation for her injuries.
在其后的供述里，他说他害怕身为农妇的受害人在提出索赔时会过于“难缠”。
zài qí hòu de gōng shù lǐ , tā shuō tā hài pà shēn wéi nóng fù de shòu hài rén zài tí chū suǒ péi shí huì guò yú " nán chán " 。
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Visitor: Ah, I have read that the poor peasant can only enjoy the meat once a year, even by making them broken down into dumplings?
客：是呀，有一次我在一本书里看到：贫农一年只能吃一次肉，而且是包成饺子吃。真的吗？
kè : shì ya , yǒu yī cì wǒ zài yī běn shū lǐ kàn dào : pín nóng yī nián zhǐ néng chī yī cì ròu , ér qiě shì bāo chéng jiǎo zi chī 。 zhēn de ma ?
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The peasant who did not labor hard simply starved, partly because medieval lords took as much as 80% of his rice crop in taxes.
农民如果不辛勤的劳动，就只能挨饿。部分原因是由于地主们拿走了高达80%的水稻作为税金。
nóng mín rú guǒ bù xīn qín de láo dòng , jiù zhǐ néng ái è 。 bù fen yuán yīn shì yóu yú dì zhǔ men ná zǒu le gāo dá bǎi fēn zhī bā shí de shuǐ dào zuò wéi shuì jīn 。
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