at a factory, in a factory
这两个短语都可以表示“在工厂里”,二者通常可以互换使用。它们的区别是：
在动词work后常跟at a factory。
factory, mill, plant, works
这组词共同的意思是“工厂”。它们的区别是：
factory可指各类工厂,也可指任何制造物品的地方; mill原指把原料加工成粉或浆的磨坊,现在多指轻工业或手工工厂。例如:
There is a wood mill behind our school.我们学校后面有一家锯木厂。
plant多指化工、电力、机械等行业的工厂。例如:
This is a power plant.这是一家发电厂。
works多指钢铁机械等重工业工厂。例如:
The iron works is outside the town.这家铁厂在城外。
Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways.
数周的空中轰炸已经摧毁了许多工厂和公路。
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He has worked as a labourer in factories and on building sites.
他在工厂和建筑工地干过苦工。
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It is unlawful for factories to emit black smoke into the air.
现在,工厂往空气中排黑烟是违法的.
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The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.
大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。
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The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to conserve energy.
为了节约能源，该共和国的工厂周末不开工。
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As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.
由于农村的工厂纷纷裁员，人们逐渐流向城市。
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Many factories were chronically overmanned.
很多工厂长期人浮于事。
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Bread factories are working at full capacity.
面包厂正在全力生产。
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Many are employed in the prison's wood and metalwork factories.
许多人受雇于监狱的木材和金属加工厂。
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The factories have begun furloughing hundreds of workers.
这些工厂已经开始让数百名工人暂时下岗。
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The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.
整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了.
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Waste products from factories can be made into road - building material.
工厂的废料可以制成筑路的材料.
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Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.
不再允许工厂的黑烟污染空气了.
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When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive.
引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。
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Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs.
为削减费用，关闭了两家工厂。
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