industry

n. 勤劳, 工业, 企业, 产业, 有组织的劳动
【经】 工业, 实业

名词复数:industries 

in.dus.try

n.（名词）
【复数】 in.dus.tries 缩写 indus.,ind.
Commercial production and sale of goods.
产业，工业：商业性生产和货物的销售
A specific branch of manufacture and trade:
行业：制造业或商业中具体的分支：
例句：
the textile industry.See Synonyms at business
纺织行业参见 business

The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises:
工业企业资方人员：经济中的一部分，由工业企业组成：
例句：
government regulation of industry.
政府对资方的规定

Industrial management.
工业管理
Energetic devotion to a task or an endeavor; diligence:
勤劳，勤勉：对某个任务或劳作热情地投入；勤奋：
例句：
demonstrated great intelligence and industry as a prosecutor.
如检察官般表现出睿智与勤奋

Ongoing work or study associated with a specified subject or figure:
专题研究：从事与某个具体的课题或人物有关的工作或研究：
例句：
the Civil War industry; the Hemingway industry.
美国内战史研究；海明威研究


来源：
Middle English industrie [skill]
中古英语 industrie [技巧]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin industria [diligence] [from feminine of] industrius [diligent] * see ster- 2
源自 拉丁语 industria [勤奋] [] 源自industrius的阴性词 [勤奋的] *参见 ster- 2

<注释>A clear indication of the way in which human effort has been harnessed as a force for the commercial production of goods and services is the change in meaning of the wordindustry. Coming from the Latin wordindustria, meaning .diligent activity directed to some purpose,.and its descendant, Old Frenchindustrie, with the senses .activity,. .ability,. and .a trade or occupation,.our word (first recorded in 475) originally meant .skill,. .a device,. and .diligence. as well as .a trade..As more and more human effort over the course of the Industrial Revolution became involved in producing goods and services for sale,the last sense ofindustry as well as the slightly newer sense .systematic work or habitual employment. grew in importance, to a large extent taking over the word.We can even speak now of the Shakespeare industry,rather like the garment industry.The sense .diligence, assiduity,. lives on, however,perhaps even to survive industry itself.
industry 有一个明显的含义，即指将人力组织转化成进行货物商业性生产和进行商业性服务的方法，而在有此含义前，这个词经历了多次变化。 这个词来源于拉丁文industria ， 意思是.为某种目的而进行的勤奋的活动.；后来这个拉丁字发展成古法语单词industrie ， 其意思是.活动性.、.能力.和.一种行业和职业.。英文单词（最早的记载是475年）原意是.技巧.、.方法.、.勤奋.，也有.一种行业.之意。随着产业革命的开展，越来越多的人力被用于进行货物生产和商业服务，industry 最新的含义及其较新的意思.有组织的劳动或习惯性的雇佣.变得重要起来， 并逐渐成为这个词最主要的意思。现在，我们甚至在提到莎士比亚研究时，就象提及成衣制造业。不过，.勤劳、勤奋.这层含义仍在使用，也许只要这个单词存在，这层含义就不会消失