Did the plough cause attitudes to be formed , in other words , or did existing attitudes lead to its adoption ?
犁是否引起了态度的形成,或者换一种说法,是否存在这种态度形成了这个假设?
The economists were able to use measures of agro-climatic conditions to predict which parts of the world would adopt the plough .
经济学家可以去使用农业气候条件去预测那个地方将会适合使用犁。
Frogs may bellow louder than bulls , but they cannot drag the plough in the field nor turn the wheel of the winepress , and of their skins you cannot make shoes .
蛙的鼓噪声可能比牛还高,但是他们既拉不了犁也推不动磨,用他们的皮也做不成鞋。
He does not give milk , he does not lay eggs , he is too weak to pull the plough , he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits .
他不产奶,不下蛋,虚弱的拉不动耕犁,跑得慢的抓不着兔子。
It is possible that societies which had very strong notions about " a woman 's place " or " men 's work " were the ones which adopted the plough .
有一种可能性:因为一个社会有强烈的“妇女的位置”或“男人的工作”的态度是引起使用犁的一个原因。
People rarely giggle , puke or urinate when reading a witty , repulsive or aquatic novel ; but I bet that readers of this column and those who may be watching them - will drop their jaws even more often than usual as they plough through it .
The plough was heavier than the tools formerly used by farmers .
犁比原来的农民使用的工具更加重。
Professional lobbyists willing to plough through the process therefore often have a big advantage .
因此有意钻研这一活动的专业法案说客优势就很明显。
During the first world war , british soldiers in the trenches became convinced that the french farmers who continued to plough their fields behind british lines were secretly signalling the german artillery .
第一次世界大战期间,战壕里的英国士兵认定在他们后方继续耕地的法国农民暗中给德国炮兵部队发信号。
With the advent of the plough , however , farming became the work of men .