A smokestack industry is a basic, usually cyclical, manufacturing industry.
双语例句
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Information and entertainment is replacing the smokestackindustry as the new major methods of creating wealth in the economy.
信息和娱乐业正代替浓烟工业，在经济中充当创造财富的新型手段。
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Peaks generally correlate to the high point of heavy industry, before lighter industry and higher value-added businesses (such as services) begin to replace old-fashioned smokestack manufacturers.