汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 抛荒
抛荒 (拋荒)
to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
已垦田地因天灾人祸等未继续耕种而任其荒芜。 荒废;荒疏。
() pāo huāng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

现有的解决耕地抛荒的措施不过是权宜之计,不能从根本上解决农民耕地抛荒问题。

The present way of solving the problem of wasted cultivation turns out to be an expedient measure, and to impossibly solve the problem of wasted cultivation at the root.

土地流转中尚存在抛荒、半抛荒,转包、转让手续不全,制度不规范,违背政策等现象。

In the land circulation exist some unreasonable phenomena such as land-desertion, half land-desertion, incomplete transfer formalities, no standard regulations, and out of policies, etc.

这就是农民会从“抛荒政策”中得益的原因。

That is why farmers can benefit from policies that induce them to leave land fallow.