And they play a substantial role in the economy: a quarter of firms account for almost half of all manufacturing profits.

正因如此，他们在经济中发挥着实质性作用：四分之一的企业几乎占了整个制造行业一半的利润。

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The cost of manufacturing a car is substantial and automobile manufacturers spend a significant amount of resources designing the appropriate line for the model of car they are trying to produce.

生产一辆汽车的成本非常可观，并且汽车制造商投入了大量的资源来为他们试图生产的汽车模型设计合适的生产线。

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The fragments left many marks of being manufactured in the body, which provides substantial materials of great significance for the study of manufacturing technique of ancient Shu Jade ware.

这两件半成品玉残件保留了加工制作的痕迹，为研究古蜀玉器制作工艺提供了重要的实物材料。

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Without a substantial existing manufacturing base, the best American inventors can hope for is to earn decent royalties from foreign licensees of American manufacturing technologies.

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You can see that there has been a substantial drop in manufacturing jobs.

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