1590s, "action of farming out, practice of letting or leasing taxes, etc., for collection," verbal noun from farm (v.). Meaning "business of cultivating land, husbandry" is attested by 1733.
权威例句
1. He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.
他满脑子都是工厂化养殖的事儿。
2. The government most assuredly does believe in organic farming.
政府确实坚信有机耕作切实可行。
3. He left a job in the City to take up farming.
他辞去伦敦商业区的工作,开始务农。
4. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。
5. The results prove that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.