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Meaning of 豢养

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豢 huàn 养 yǎng (Trad.: 豢養)
to keep (an animal); to look after the needs of (a person or an animal); (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
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Synonym: 饲养 喂养
Example Sentences
1
然而
,
对某些人而言
,
豢养宠物只是炫耀财富的一种手段
。
However, for a few people, keeping pets is an ostentatious display of their wealth.
2
他们牵住我的手把我带到外面去见他们的父亲在农场里豢养的熊
。
They took me by the hand and led me outside to make the acquaintance of a bear which their father was rearing on the farm.
3
隔壁的庄园主杀了
5
个试图逃跑的黑奴
,
即使他自己没有能力去豢养他们
。
The farmer next door killed 5 black slaves who tried to escape, though he didn' t have enough food to support any of them.
4
中介招募并豢养多名非法器官供体
,
而供体们最终只能得到器官卖价的
5
%
。
Middlemen profit by recruiting and keeping dozens of illegal donors, selling their organs, and giving them only 5% of what the organs are worth.
5
她对记者解释说
,
他是党员
,
尤其应该为抛弃家庭和豢养情妇的不道德行为受到惩罚
。
As she explained to the reporter, he was a member of the Communist Party, and he should be punished for abandoning his family, and for the immoral act of taking a mistress in the first place.