pastures

英 [ˈpɑːstʃəz]

美 [ˈpæstʃərz]

n. 牧场; 牧草地; 生活状况; 工作条件; 个人发展的机遇
v. 放牧
pasture的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

N-VAR 牧场；牧草地
Pastureis land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat.
1. The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
  牛现在已经放出去了，正在牧场上吃草。
2. ...mountain pastures.
  高山牧场
PHRASE 更好的地方（或工作、条件）；更好的前程
If someone leaves forgreener pastures, or in British Englishpastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
1. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons.
  出于经济原因，迈克尔决意去寻找更好的前程。
2. ...nurses seeking greener pastures overseas.
  到国外寻求更好前程的护士们
放牧
If youputanimalsout to pasture, you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass.
PHRASE 让…退休；使赋闲
If you say that someone is beingput out to pasture, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.
1. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
  我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。

We get to frolic in green pastures.
我们在绿色的牧场上嬉戏。
There desert gave way to pastures.
在那里，沙漠没有了，出现了一些草场。
Heavy rains saturated fields and pastures.
大雨浇湿了田野和牧场。
His uncle showed him the pastures in which the cattle were grazing.
他的叔叔带他去了牛群正在吃草的牧场。
Rice crops and sheep pastures have been stripped bare by the insects which are slowly moving north.
稻米及牧羊的草场被这群缓慢向北的蝗虫群剥得精光。
Settled grazing means livestock herders to settle in and built ring, rotating grazing pastures on a seasonal basis.
定居放牧是指牧人定居并建有畜圈，草场按季节轮牧。
In the past, this path would be used for droving sheep to the summer pastures.
过去，这条路被用于驱赶羊群到夏季牧场。
Diminishing returns may eventually set in as overworked employees lose efficiency or leave for more arable pastures.
逐渐缩小的利润最终开始，当过度工作的员工失去效率或是离开去了更好的地方。
The remaining herd was kept in nearby pastures during the winter.
冬天的时候，剩下来的牛群则会被收容在附近的牧场里。
Shepherds in those hills lead a hard life compared with those who work the lowland pastures.
和那些在低地牧场上放羊人相比，山里牧羊人的生活是艰辛的。