1·The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.
这里的地形很快由耕地变为沙漠。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Time to go exploring for metals and arable land to grow wheat, soybeans, rice.
目前是时候去勘探各种金属矿藏及开发耕地以种植小麦、大豆、水稻。
3·In the gulf, and elsewhere, demand for arable land is growing, while supply is shrinking.
在海湾地区，以及世界各地，对耕地的需求越来越大，同时供应却在缩小。
4·The mountains of Yemen are covered in green terraces growing qat, a mildly narcotic plant that takes up more than half the country's arable land.
也门的山脉被种植咔特的绿色梯田覆盖着，咔特这种有轻微麻醉效果的植物占了整个国家大半的耕地。
5·Analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss.
分析人士认为耕地流失是由好几个因素造成的。