production
/prəʊˈdʌkʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured生产; 制造：
banning the production of chemical weapons
禁止化学武器的生产
it is no longer in production.
这已经不再生产。
1.1
- the harvesting or refinement of something natural（对自然物的）加工; 采集; 生产：
non-intensive methods of food production.
食品生产的非深加工方法。
1.2
- the total amount of something that is manufactured, harvested, or refined产量：
steel production had peaked in 1974.
钢铁产量1974年就已达到顶峰。
1.3
- the creation or formation of something as part of a physical, biological, or chemical process（物理、生物或化学过程产物的）产生; 发生：
excess production of collagen by the liver.
肝脏生成的过量胶原质。
1.4
- as modifier denoting a car or other vehicle which has been manufactured in large numbers（交通工具的）大量生产。
2
- the provision of something for consideration, inspection, or use出示, 拿出; 提供：
members are entitled to a discount on production of their membership cards.
会员出示会员卡就可享受打折。
3
- the process of or financial and administrative management involved in making a film, play, or record（电影, 戏剧, 录音）制作, 监制：
the film was still in production
电影还在制作中
as modifier a production company.一家制作公司。
3.1
- count noun a film, record, or play, especially when viewed in terms of its making or staging（尤指从制作与公演等特点来看）影片; 戏剧; 录音制品：
this production updates the play and sets it in the sixties.
这一制作将原剧现代化了, 将其置于20世纪60年代。
3.2
- in sing. the overall sound of a musical recording; the way a record is produced音响效果; 制作方式：
the record's production is gloriously relaxed.
唱片的录音效果真是了不起的轻松愉快。
短语
make a production of
- do (something) in an unnecessarily elaborate or complicated way对…作不必要的发挥; 对…小题大做。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin productio（n-），from producere 'bring forth' （see PRODUCE）.