industry

noun

1. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

e.g. American industry is making increased use of computers to control production

Synonym: manufacture

2. persevering determination to perform a task

e.g. his diligence won him quick promotions
frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues

Synonym: diligenceindustriousness

3. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

e.g. each industry has its own trade publications

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

e.g. British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.
研究投入不足让英国工业深受其害。
e.g. ...in countries where industry is developing rapidly.
在工业迅速发展的国家

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

e.g. ...the motor vehicle and textile industries.
汽车业与纺织业
e.g. ...the Scottish tourist industry.
苏格兰旅游业

3. 产业;声势浩大的活动
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.

industry的意思

e.g. Some Afro-Caribbeans are rejecting the whole race relations industry...
一些加勒比黑人在抵制整个种族关系运动。
e.g. The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to look good.
数十亿美元的健身产业利用我们的爱美之心赚取巨额利润。

4. 勤劳;勤奋
Industry is the fact of working very hard.

e.g. No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.
没人怀疑他的能力、勤奋和正直。

5. see also: captain of industry;cottage industry;service industry