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单词 landless
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Definition of landless in English:

landless

adjective ˈlandləsˈlæn(d)ləs
  • (especially of an agricultural worker) owning no land.

    much of the rural population of Chile is landless and poverty-stricken
    the landless peasants were almost entirely dependent on wages for their livelihood
    the government pledged to help the landless and the poor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rural poor, especially landless labourers will take a hit five ways, at least.
    • With a large population of landless agricultural workers, the pressure on land is enormous.
    • Give land to the landless, by all means, but do it in a manner that is fair to all.
    • Debt-driven small farmers and landless workers have left this district in larger numbers this season.
    • Some small farmers and landless peasants have received plots of land, but much of it has gone to wealthy government supporters.
    • They gained support from the Indians and landless peasants by promising to end the abuses committed by landowners.
    • More than 80 percent of the voters in the constituency are landless peasants or poor farmers.
    • While 54 per cent of Brazil's farmland lies idle, millions of landless peasants struggle to survive.
    • There were government car loan scandals and shameless grabbing of land meant for the landless by officials.
    • Over one million landless peasants are fighting for land rights and against a military takeover in the largest province of Punjab.
    • It is possible to redistribute land to the landless without setting the country on fire.
    • The number of landless labourers and cottagers soared.
    • The conditions of the landless peasants have become miserable.
    • When I was working with landless peasants in Brazil, there was an occupation of land that we accompanied.
    • Migration to the cities is continuous, with landless peasants supplying low-cost labour for industry.
    • It is all too frequent to hear stories of landless peasants being lured to remote farms with promises of work only to find themselves caught in a web of enforced work and debt.
    • Lastly, let us come to the small and marginal farmer, landless labourer and the urban poor.
    • The SEP advocates that state land be made available to all landless farmers, regardless of their ethnicity.
    • Impoverished, landless peasants make up a large part of the population.
    • Many landless farmers in Bangladesh come to Dhaka after a flood or a famine hits their villages.

Derivatives

  • landlessness

  • noun
    • But with poverty and landlessness forcing many villagers and internal refugees elsewhere in Cambodia to move back into mined areas, the need for clearance teams has seldom been stronger.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Therefore, increasing landlessness (even in terms of occupancy holdings) of the rural population may also lead to less employment generation in agriculture.
      • The panel will examine general patterns of land ownership and landlessness.
      • The percentage of landlessness was very high - 47 per cent among the families of the villages surveyed.
      • Displacement of families owing to development projects, unemployment and landlessness force the migrant to sell his child for labour.
 
 

Definition of landless in US English:

landless

adjectiveˈlan(d)ləsˈlæn(d)ləs
  • (especially of an agricultural worker) owning no land.

    much of the rural population of Chile is landless and poverty-stricken
    the landless peasants were almost entirely dependent on wages for their livelihood
    the government pledged to help the landless and the poor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • More than 80 percent of the voters in the constituency are landless peasants or poor farmers.
    • With a large population of landless agricultural workers, the pressure on land is enormous.
    • The number of landless labourers and cottagers soared.
    • When I was working with landless peasants in Brazil, there was an occupation of land that we accompanied.
    • The SEP advocates that state land be made available to all landless farmers, regardless of their ethnicity.
    • It is possible to redistribute land to the landless without setting the country on fire.
    • Over one million landless peasants are fighting for land rights and against a military takeover in the largest province of Punjab.
    • Some small farmers and landless peasants have received plots of land, but much of it has gone to wealthy government supporters.
    • It is all too frequent to hear stories of landless peasants being lured to remote farms with promises of work only to find themselves caught in a web of enforced work and debt.
    • Migration to the cities is continuous, with landless peasants supplying low-cost labour for industry.
    • The rural poor, especially landless labourers will take a hit five ways, at least.
    • While 54 per cent of Brazil's farmland lies idle, millions of landless peasants struggle to survive.
    • Impoverished, landless peasants make up a large part of the population.
    • The conditions of the landless peasants have become miserable.
    • Give land to the landless, by all means, but do it in a manner that is fair to all.
    • Debt-driven small farmers and landless workers have left this district in larger numbers this season.
    • Lastly, let us come to the small and marginal farmer, landless labourer and the urban poor.
    • Many landless farmers in Bangladesh come to Dhaka after a flood or a famine hits their villages.
    • There were government car loan scandals and shameless grabbing of land meant for the landless by officials.
    • They gained support from the Indians and landless peasants by promising to end the abuses committed by landowners.
 
 
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