exhausted soil

基本解釋

They take in fresh land in order to fallow the exhausted soil.
他們另行耕種新土地，使耗竭的土地得到休閑。
Through erosion and poor farming practices, the soil has become nearly exhausted of these vital elements.
經(jīng)過沖蝕及拙劣的耕種技術(shù)，已使土壤幾乎耗盡這些活性元素。
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The exhausted resources they list include bodies, minds, hearts, imagination, equipment, machinery and finances. They do not mention soil, which has been renewed and redeemed repeatedly.
他們所列舉的枯竭資源包括：人力、腦力、想象力、設(shè)備、機器和資金，卻壓根沒提被多次翻新并幫助樹立威信的土地。