industry
n
1 [C, U]
(a) (branch of) manufacture or production 制造或生產(的部門); 工業; 企業; 行業
Britain's coal industry 英國的煤炭工業
heavy industry, ie producing large goods, eg steel or cars 重工業
nationalized industries 國有化工業.
(b) commercial undertaking that provides services (行)業(提供服務的商業性部門)
the catering, hotel, tourist, entertainment, etc industry 飲食、 旅館、 旅游、 娛樂等(行)業.
2 [U] (fml 文) quality of being hard-working 勤奮; 勤勞
praise sb for his industry 贊揚某人勤奮 *The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold. 這些小螞蟻很勤奮, 看起來多奇妙.
3 (idm 習語) a captain of industry =>captain.
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.