farmer-general meaning in English
法收租人
Examples
- A sumptuous man was the farmer - general
赋税承包商是个奢侈的人。 - Yet , monseigneur had slowly found that vulgar embarrassments crept into his affairs , both private and public ; and he had , as to both classes of affairs , allied himself perforce with a farmer - general
可是，大人却慢慢发现庸俗的窘涩已经渗入了他的公私事务，因此他只好在这两类事务中跟一个赋税承包商结了盟。 - Two score and twelve were told off from the farmer - general of seventy , whose riches could not buy his life , to the seamstress of twenty , whose poverty and obscurity could not save her
五十二个，一个一个点了名，从七十岁的赋税承包商到二十岁的女裁缝。前者的全部财富买不回他的命，后者的贫穷与低贱也救不了她的命。 - Hence monseigneur had taken his sister from a convent , while there was yet time to ward off the impending veil , the cheapest garment she could wear , and had bestowed her as a prize upon a very rich farmer - general , poor in family
因此，大人便从一个修道院里把他的妹妹接了出来，趁她还来得及扔掉修女面纱和廉价的修女长袍的时候，把她作为奖品嫁给了一个出身寒微却富可敌国的赋税承包商。 - As to finances public , because monseigneur could not make anything at all of them , and must consequently let them out to somebody who could ; as to finances private , because farmer - generals were rich , and monseigneur , after generations of great luxury and expense , was growing poor
原来对公家财政大人一窍不通，不得不交给一个懂行的人去办而谈起私人财政，赋税承包商又有钱，偏偏大人经过几代人的挥霍之后又渐渐露出了窘状。