ploughman

A ploughman yoked2 his ox and his ass3 together, and set to work to plough his field.

农夫给他的公牛和驴一起套上牛轭，然后赶着它们下地犁田。

The common ploughman, though generally regarded as the pattern of stupidity and ignorance, is seldom defective in this judgment and discretion.

普通庄稼汉，虽被看作愚蠢无智的典型，却几乎都有此种判断力与思辨力。

The ploughman turned up an old skull.

那农夫从地里犁出一个古老的头盖骨.

Just then the ploughman came back, and seeing what was happening, he cried, "Ah, you old rascal8, I wish you would give up thieving for good and take to honest work instead."

恰巧农夫回来了，看到眼前发生的一切，便说：“这个可恶的东西，但愿你弃恶从善，干点正经事。”

Work ploughman said,'speak to us of Work. "

劳作一位农夫说, 请为我们谈谈劳作.

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way.

农夫荷锄犁，倦倦回家门。

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

那农夫用犁翻起了一些埋葬的财宝.

Then a ploughman said, Speak to us of Work.

接著一位庄稼汉说, 跟我们谈谈[工作]吧.

The ploughman turned up some relics of ancient times.

这个农民从土里犁出了些古代遗物.

A ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink.

农夫松开牛脖子上挂着的牛轭，牵着它们到水边去喝水。

The poor ploughman and his wife were very proud of their little son.

老两口为他们的小不点儿子感到十分自豪。

However, the Buddha knew that the ploughman was only a manifestation of Mara.

然而, 佛陀知道农夫不过是恶魔的伪装罢了.

One day, when he was travelling the country disguised as a beggar, he stopped at the cottage of a poor ploughman to ask for food.

一天，他化装成乞丐，来到一个穷农夫的茅舍前讨点吃的。

He might with equal probability have been an eccentric landowner or a gentlemanly ploughman.

他完全可能是一个怪癖的地主，也完全可能是一个体面的农夫。