- [uncountable]
the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories 工业；生产制造 the needs of British industry 英国工业的需求 the Department of Trade and Industry 工业贸易署 - in industry
She got a job in industry. 她找了份工厂里的工作。
Collocations The economyThe economy 经济 Managing the economy 管理经济 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理经济 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促进投资／支出／就业／增长速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求／经济／工业 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削减投资／支出／借贷 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
减少／遏制通货膨胀 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
创造／刺激增长／需求／繁荣／泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓励／促进／刺激／抑制创新／竞争 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓励私营部门；与私营部门合作／竞争 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加／促进美国／农业出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止／限制／阻止廉价／国外进口产品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
经济增长／扩张／收缩／萎缩／放缓／复苏／改善／繁荣 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受经济／住房／房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems 经济问题 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
抬高价格／成本；加剧通货膨胀 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破坏工业／经济 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起／导致／进入／避开经济衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
经历／遭受经济衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通货膨胀／通货紧缩／失业 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
导致／造成通货膨胀／贫穷／失业 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成／引爆住房／股票市场泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盘／银行系统崩溃 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面临／陷入财政／经济危机 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入／经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance 公共财政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加／大幅削减／削减公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高／降低税收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高／降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放宽／收紧货币政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡（州／联邦）预算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
达到／保持预算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有（4 万亿美元的）预算赤字／盈余 - impose taxes/austerity measures
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Businessa2The banks lend money to commerce and industry. 银行贷款给工商业。 government measures to stimulate new industry 政府刺激新兴产业的措施 the shift away from manufacturing to service industry 从制造业向服务业的转移 trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry 为保护国内工业而设置的贸易壁垒
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- growing
- thriving
- …
- benefit
- develop
- encourage
- …
- boom
- develop
- expand
- …
- executive
- leader
- expert
- …
- in industry
- within industry
- a captain of industry
- commerce and industry
- regulation of (an) industry
- …
- [countable]
the people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service 行业 the steel/oil/auto industry 钢铁/石油/汽车工业 the music/film/tourism industry 音乐/电影/旅游业 We need to develop local industries. 我们需要发展地方工业。 - in an industry
She later worked in the banking industry. 她后来在银行业工作。 - within an industry
The whole issue has raised concern within the food industry. 整个问题引起了食品行业的关注。 At a wider level, the industry as a whole needs restructuring. 在更广的层面上，整个行业需要重组。 industry insiders/analysts/experts 业内人士/分析师/专家 - (figurative)
the Kardashian industry (= the large number of people involved in making the Kardashian family successful) 卡戴珊产业
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2In the computer industry, change comes about very rapidly. 计算机这一行更新换代非常迅速。 The music industry is changing rapidly. 音乐行业变化很快。 In the favourable economic environment, new light industries are constantly springing up. 在有利的经济环境下，新的轻工业如雨后春笋般不断涌现。 More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the industry. 直接从事这一行业的人超过了 14 万。 Running down the nuclear industry will result in heavy job losses. 收缩核工业将会导致大量失业。 The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology. 政府决定鼓励发展以生物技术为基础的产业。 The state's timber industry is heavily subsidized. 该州的木材工业得到大量补贴。 When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down. 当石油耗尽时，与之相关的其他行业也关闭了。 Thousands of jobs were lost in the steel industry. 钢铁业有数千人失业。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- growing
- thriving
- …
- benefit
- develop
- encourage
- …
- boom
- develop
- expand
- …
- executive
- leader
- expert
- …
- in industry
- within industry
- a captain of industry
- commerce and industry
- regulation of (an) industry
- …
- [uncountable] (formal)
the quality of working hard 勤奋；勤劳
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’.