industry: [15] Industry comes, partly via Old French industrie, from Latin industria, which meant ‘quality of being hard-working, diligence’. This was a derivative of the adjective industrius ‘diligent’, which went back to an Old Latin indostruus, formed from the prefix indu- ‘in’ (see INDIGENOUS) and the element -struus (a relative of the verb struere ‘build’, from which English gets construct, destroy, etc). => construct, destroy, structure
industry (n.)
late 15c., "cleverness, skill," from Old French industrie "activity; aptitude" (14c.) or directly from Latin industria "diligence, activity, zeal," fem. of industrius "industrious, diligent," used as a noun, from early Latin indostruus "diligent," from indu "in, within" + stem of struere "to build" (see structure (n.)). Sense of "diligence, effort" is from 1530s; meaning "trade or manufacture" first recorded 1560s; that of "systematic work" is 1610s.
实用例句
1. We are becoming one of the market leaders in the fashion industry.
我们正在成为时装业的领军者之一。来自柯林斯例句
2. Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway.
经济萧条只不过加速了原本就在改变行业状况的变化。来自柯林斯例句
3. Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.
整个赛马业的代表都将参加这次会议。来自柯林斯例句
4. The drop in travel is bad news for the airline industry.
旅游热降温对航空业来说是个坏消息。来自柯林斯例句
5. He passed the letters to the Department of Trade and Industry.
