industry
noun/ˈɪndəstri/
(plural industries)
Слово англійською: industry
Переклад industry українською: індустрія
Детальний опис
- [uncountable] the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories
- the needs of British industry
- the Department of Trade and Industry
- in industry She got a job in industry.
Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economy- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Wordfinder- capacity
- industry
- just-in-time
- labour
- lead time
- output
- raw material
- shipping
- supply chain
- warehouse
- [countable] the people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service
- the steel/oil/auto industry
- the music/film/tourism industry
- We need to develop local industries.
- in an industry She later worked in the banking industry.
- within an industry The whole issue has raised concern within the food industry.
- At a wider level, the industry as a whole needs restructuring.
- industry insiders/analysts/experts
- (figurative) the Kardashian industry (= the large number of people involved in making the Kardashian family successful)
- [uncountable] (formal) the quality of working hard
- We were impressed by their industry.
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’.