sec·tor

noun

OPAL W

/ˈsektə(r)/

/ˈsektər/

a part of an area of activity, especially of a country’s economy（尤指一国经济的）部门，领域，行业
- the service/banking/manufacturing/financial sector服务业；银行业；制造业；金融业
- in a sector jobs in the agricultural sector农业部门的就业机会
- She works in the voluntary sector (= organizations that do not make a profit).她在非营利机构工作。
- We have seen rapid growth in the services sector.我们看到服务业的快速增长。
- the privileged sectors of society社会中受特别优待的行业
Collocations The economy
The economyManaging the economy
- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
Economic problems
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
Public finance
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
see also private sector, public sector, third sector
Extra Examples
- The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.该调研覆盖了范围广泛的产业部门。
- the chronic underfunding of the education sector教育部门的长期资金不足
- Increased state investment will lead to more job opportunities in the manufacturing sector.国家投资的增加将为制造业带来更多的就业机会。
- The largest growth has been in the service sector.最大的增长出现在服务业。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- important
- key
- growing
- …
preposition
- in a/the sector
phrases
- a sector of the economy
- a sector of the industry
- a sector of the market
- …
a part of a particular area, especially an area under military control（尤指军事管制的）区域，地带
- each sector of the war zone战区的每个军控地段
- in a sector The partition of the city meant that members of the same family were living in different sectors.城市的分割意味着同一家庭的成员居住在不同的区域。
Extra Examples
- Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.战后柏林被划分成 4 个区域。
- Most of the gas will come from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.大部分天然气将来自北海的挪威部分。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- rural
- urban
- northern
- …
verb + sector
- divide something into
phrases
- a sector of the city
- a sector of society
- a sector of the population
- …
enlarge image
(geometry) a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge扇形

Word Originlate 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from late Latin, a technical use of Latin sector ‘cutter’, from sect- ‘cut off’, from the verb secare.

单词	sector
释义	sec·tor noun OPAL W /ˈsektə(r)/ /ˈsektər/ a part of an area of activity, especially of a country’s economy（尤指一国经济的）部门，领域，行业 the service/banking/manufacturing/financial sector服务业；银行业；制造业；金融业 in a sector jobs in the agricultural sector农业部门的就业机会 She works in the voluntary sector (= organizations that do not make a profit).她在非营利机构工作。 We have seen rapid growth in the services sector.我们看到服务业的快速增长。 the privileged sectors of society社会中受特别优待的行业 Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economy handle/run/manage the economy boost investment/spending/employment/growth stimulate demand/the economy/industry cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition encourage/work with/compete with the private sector increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming enjoy an economic/housing/property boom Economic problems push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession experience/suffer a recession/downturn fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment create/burst a housing/stock market bubble cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust Public finance cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget increase/boost/slash/cut public spending increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy balance the (state/federal) budget achieve/maintain a balanced budget run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus impose taxes/austerity measures see also private sector, public sector, third sector Extra Examples The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.该调研覆盖了范围广泛的产业部门。 the chronic underfunding of the education sector教育部门的长期资金不足 Increased state investment will lead to more job opportunities in the manufacturing sector.国家投资的增加将为制造业带来更多的就业机会。 The largest growth has been in the service sector.最大的增长出现在服务业。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective important key growing … preposition in a/the sector phrases a sector of the economy a sector of the industry a sector of the market … a part of a particular area, especially an area under military control（尤指军事管制的）区域，地带 each sector of the war zone战区的每个军控地段 in a sector The partition of the city meant that members of the same family were living in different sectors.城市的分割意味着同一家庭的成员居住在不同的区域。 Extra Examples Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.战后柏林被划分成 4 个区域。 Most of the gas will come from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.大部分天然气将来自北海的挪威部分。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective rural urban northern … verb + sector divide something into phrases a sector of the city a sector of society a sector of the population … enlarge image (geometry) a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge扇形 Word Originlate 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from late Latin, a technical use of Latin sector ‘cutter’, from sect- ‘cut off’, from the verb secare.
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