industry /ˈɪndəstrɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  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。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  ...the motor vehicle and textile industries.

  …机动车与纺织行业。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT 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. 兴师动众 [表不满]

  例：

  ...the industry of western capitalism.

  …西方资本主义的大张旗鼓。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Industry is the fact of working very hard. 勤奋 [正式]

  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。

• 5. 

  → see also cottage industry, service industry