"sharecropper" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 佃農

Definition

佃農指的是為地主耕作土地，以部分收成而非金錢支付租金的農民。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

此詞語多出現在美國內戰後的南方歷史背景下，常與貧困、剝削有關。現今多用於歷史或文學語境，鮮少用於現代農業。

Examples

The sharecropper planted cotton every spring.

**佃農**每年春天種棉花。

The sharecropper gave half his crops to the landowner.

**佃農**將一半的收成都給地主。

Many sharecroppers lived in simple houses near the fields.

許多**佃農**住在田地旁邊的簡陋房屋裡。

As a child, my grandfather worked as a sharecropper in Mississippi.

我祖父小時候曾在密西西比做過**佃農**。

Life was never easy for a sharecropper and his family.

身為**佃農**的人和他們的家庭生活從未輕鬆。

The story describes the struggles of a young sharecropper trying to change his future.

這個故事描述了一位年輕**佃農**努力改變命運的奮鬥。