新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

industry

英  [ˈɪndəstri]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • industries

    1[U 不可数名词] 工业

    Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories.

    双语例句

    例:

    Our industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.

    我们的工业因研究投入不足而大吃苦头。

    例:

    the changes will boost jobs and benefit Australian industry.

    这些变化将会增加就业机会,有利澳大利亚的工业。

    例:

    in countries where industry is developing rapidly.

    在工业迅速发展的国家中。

    2[C 可数名词] 行业

    A particular industry consists of all the people and activities involved in making a particular product or providing a particular service.

    近义词

    business

    双语例句

    例:

    the motor vehicle and textile industries.

    汽车业与纺织行业。

    例:

    the Scottish tourist industry.

    苏格兰的旅游业。

    3[C 可数名词] 兴师动众

    If you refer to a social or political activity as an industry, you are criticizing it because you think it involves a lot of people in unnecessary or useless work.

    双语例句

    例:

    the industry of western capitalism.

    西方资本主义大张旗鼓的活动。

    4[U 不可数名词] 勤奋

    Industry is the fact of working very hard.

    双语例句

    例:

    No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.

    没有人怀疑他的能力、勤奋和正直。

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