industry, business
industry和business的区别在于:industry既可以作可数名词又可以作不可数名词,而business只能作不可数名词。industry指整个行业或所有的工业,范围广,而business只指从事商品流通活动,包括以物易物、购物、批发和零售等,有时也包括金融交易。例如:
Chinese industry is rapidly expanding.中国的工业正在迅速发展。
She wants to go into business when she leaves college.她大学毕业后想经商。
The high cost of oil poses serious problems for industry.
昂贵的石油价格给工业造成了严重困难.
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The industry minister described the affair as "an absolute scandal".
工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。
柯林斯例句
Atomic energy has been discovered for many years, but so far it has not been widely used in industry or in our daily life.
原子能已发现多年, 但至今仍未广泛用于工业或日常生活方面.
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The construction industry is no longer as depressed as it was.
建筑业不再像以往那样萧条了。
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Agriculture has developed rapidly, thus providing light industry with ample raw materials.
农业迅速发展, 从而为轻工业提供了充足的原料.
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A spokesperson for the food industry said the TV programme was alarmist.
食品业的一位发言人说这个电视节目危言耸听。
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This has made it necessary for agriculture and industry to develop very quickly.
这就使得工农业必须飞速发展.
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They say the industry is flat out lying about the effects of deregulation.
他们说业界所谓的放宽管制已经取得了成效的说法纯属谎言。
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The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.
这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹.
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The economic depression hits shipbuilding industry badly.
经济萧条使造船业蒙受严重损失.
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The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.
这座建筑物是小镇棉纺业仅存的遗迹。
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The rise of computer technology has transformed industry.
计算机技术的兴起已经使工业为之改观.
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The coal industry is running down.
煤矿业正在逐渐走下坡路.
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His success was due to industry and thrift.
他的成功是由于他的勤俭.
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The dispute is about wages, working conditions and the management of the mining industry.
这场争论围绕着工资、工作条件以及矿业管理展开。
——柯林斯例句
This development could spell disaster for the steel industry.
这一发展有可能给钢铁工业带来灾难.
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China's industry is developing at an unprecedented rate.
中国工业正以空前的速度发展.
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The town relies on its specific landscape for developing the tourist industry.
这个市镇凭藉独特的风光发展旅游业.
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The shipbuilding industry is rapidly expanding.
造船工业正在迅速发展.
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The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state.
这场大火使科威特的石油产业陷入悲惨的境地。
柯林斯例句
Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
私有化有悖于他们反对工业私有的原则。
——柯林斯例句
They made an investment in heavy industry.
他们投资于重工业.
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Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.
红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学.
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Firms are flocking after the government's offer of money to help them move to areas needing industry.
许多公司都想得到政府提供的旨在帮助他们迁向需要工业的地区的资助.
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The country's car industry is so strongly protected.
该国对本国的汽车工业严加保护.
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Each year two teachers are seconded to industry for six months.
每年有两名教师派到产业部门工作六个月。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
the shrinkage of heavy industry
重工业的萎缩
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