Manufacturing
强调工厂流水线、供应链与品控,把原材料转化为成品;宏观经济统计里 “manufacturing sector” 与服务业相对。
- “The region rebuilt its economy around advanced manufacturing and logistics.” (该地区围绕先进制造业与物流重建经济。)
- “Lean manufacturing helped the plant cut waste without layoffs.” (精益生产帮助工厂减少浪费又未裁员。)
- “New tariffs disrupted manufacturing orders for small exporters.” (新关税打乱了小型出口商的制造订单。)
拉丁语 manus(手)+ factura(制作)→ manufactura(手工制成),经古法语进入英语。
“manufacture” 加 “-ing” 作动名词或行业名词,指制造活动整体。
欧美去工业化后再提 “reshoring manufacturing”;新闻常与就业、自动化、碳排放并列讨论。
- 固定搭配: “manufacturing industry” (制造业), “lean manufacturing” (精益生产)
- 动词: manufacture;名词: manufacturer
manu-(手)+ fact(做)→ 用手(现多指机器)批量做出来 → manufacturing。
“Robots on the manufacturing floor handle welding while engineers monitor quality data upstairs.” (制造车间的机器人负责焊接,工程师在楼上监控质量数据。)