agriculture

Compared meaning: the industry of growing crops and raising animals (noun).

比较义项：农业（种植作物、饲养牲畜的行业或活动）（名词）。

• agriculture 本词

  Formal and abstract; refers to farming as an industry, sector, or field of study, common in economic, scientific, or policy contexts; rarely used for one person's daily work.

  较为正式、抽象，指作为一个行业、部门或学科的农业，常见于经济、科学或政策语境；很少用来描述某个人具体的日常劳作。

  Agriculture accounts for nearly a third of the country's total exports.

  农业占该国出口总额的近三分之一。

• farming

  Concrete and everyday; refers to the actual work or business of growing crops and keeping animals, often tied to a specific family, person, or piece of land.

  更具体、更口语，指种植作物和饲养牲畜的实际劳作或经营，常与某个具体的家庭、个人或土地联系在一起。

  His family has been farming this land for generations.

  他家世世代代都在这片土地上耕作。

Agriculture and farming both mean growing crops and raising animals as a livelihood. Agriculture is formal and abstract, often describing an entire industry or economic sector. Farming is more concrete and everyday, describing the actual work of growing crops or running a farm.

两个词都指“农业”这一活动或行业，但语域和着眼点不同：agriculture偏正式、抽象，常指整个行业或经济部门；farming更口语、具体，多指实际耕作劳动或经营农场这件事本身。两词在本卡片比较的义项之外没有需要排除的其他义项。