英:[ˈslæʃəndˈbɜ:n]
美:[ˈslæʃəndˈbɚrn]
英:[ˈslæʃəndˈbɜ:n]
美:[ˈslæʃəndˈbɚrn]
adjective
characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture
extremely ruthless and unsparing slash-and-burn criticism
slash-and-burn tactics
The first known use of slash-and-burn was in 1939
1 under his slash-and-burn management ethic, even longtime employees were summarily downsized for the sake of corporate competitiveness
2 But House Republicans’ choice to repeatedly push such proposals highlights their slash-and-burn approach to federal spending, and why Congress is facing such a steep challenge reaching a longer-term deal to fund the government.
3 Get a link Page url Get Citation Request Reprint PermissionsDownload ArticleAfter four years of the Trump administration’s slash-and-burn approach to democracy at home and abroad, U.S. President Joe Biden’s focus on reviving U.S. leadership on global democracy represents a breath of fresh air.
4 The farmers who worked the surrounding land used slash-and-burn methods, and railroad companies set fires to clear ground for their tracks.
5 With a healthy dose of wit and wisdom, soul-baring honesty and a riffing style that invokes his slash-and-burn guitar playing, Mud Ride offers something for record-collecting music geeks, skateboarder punk crews, grunge history heads, Nirvana and Pearl Jam fans, and Mudhoney buffs alike.
6 The tortoises have lost habitat space in their native environment due to slash-and-burn agriculture and mining.
7 Coupled with their promise not to raise taxes, that leaves the GOP to consider a slash-and-burn approach to a slew of federal programs and agencies whose budgets are controlled by Congress.
8 On the fringes, slash-and-burn farming has scarred the hillsides, sending red dust and gritty sand over the landscape when the dry-season winds blow.
9 Countries in the Amazon, such as Brazil, showed higher levels of particulate matter during August and September, potentially associated with emissions from farmers clearing land with fire, known as slash-and-burn cultivation.
10 slash-and-burn agriculture
刀耕火种农业
11 In those remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method.
那个偏僻山区,过去是刀耕火种.
12 In remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method.
在少数地方,还保持着“刀耕火种”、“烧荒肥田”的原始耕作方式.
13 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。