farm out

• • 租出(土地、房产、企业等)；招人承包(工作)：

    He farmed out his land.

    他将土地出租。

    We're so busy that we have to farm out a lot of work.

    我们非常忙，许多工作需承包出去。

  • (把孩子)寄养出去；托别人照看(小孩等)：

    She was cruel to these children who were farmed out to her.

    她虐待托她寄养的小孩。

    She farmed out the baby with her grandmother.

    她托她的祖母照看小孩。

  • 耗尽(地力)：

    This whole area has been farmed out, and no crops will grow there now.

    这整个地区的地力已经耗尽，现在那儿长不出任何庄稼。

  • 把(囚犯等)作为劳力出租：

    The prisoners are farmed out to work on the land.

    囚犯被当作劳力出租在田里干活。