;(经济的)部门,行业,领域 A particular sector of a country's economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
[supp N]
...the nation's manufacturing sector.
该国的制造业
...the service sector of the Hong Kong economy.
香港经济中的服务行业
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](大型组织的)部分,小群体 A sector of a large group is a smaller group which is part of it.
[usu with supp]
Workers who went to the Gulf came from the poorest sectors of Pakistani society.
前往海湾的工人来自巴基斯坦最贫穷的社会阶层。
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]军事管制区;军事防御区 A sector is an area of a city or country which is controlled by a military force.
[usu with supp]
Officers were going to retake sectors of the city.
军官们打算重新夺回该市的防御区。
4
[N-COUNT 可数名词]扇形 A sector is a part of a circle which is formed when you draw two straight lines from the centre of the circle to the edge.
[TECHNICAL 术语]
Oxford
sec·tor★AWL/ˈsektə(r); NAmEˈsektər/noun _circles_comp.jpg _circles2.jpg 1★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 manufacturing sector制造业◆service-sector jobs (= in hotels, restaurants, etc.)服务性行业的工作☞collocationsat
economy
☞see also
the private sector
,
the public sector
2★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3( geometry 几何) a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge 扇形sectorsectorssec·tor/ˈsektə(r); NAmEˈsektər/
1a part of an area of activity, especially of business, trade etcsector of the agricultural sector of the economypublic/private sector (=business controlled by the government or by private companies)2one of the parts into which an area is divided, especially for military purposesCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesan economic sector (=one part of the economy)· The country is making efforts to expand such economic sectors as tourism and information technology.the agricultural/manufacturing/industrial sector (=the part of the economy to do with growing food/producing goods)· As the industrial sector grew, more and more of the population moved to the cities.the service sector (=the part of the economy to do with providing services, such as banking or tourism)· The proportion of service sector jobs within the economy has grown.the financial/banking sector (=the part of the economy to do with money and finance)· The UK financial sector is looking healthier than ever.the public sector (=businesses controlled by the government)· The government has been holding down pay in the public sector.the private sector (=businesses that the government does not control)· Generally speaking, employees in the private sector are well rewarded.the voluntary sector (=people doing socially useful work for no money)· The voluntary sector has an important role in tackling urban deprivation.an important sector· Sport is now recognized as an important sector of economic activity.a key sector (=a very important one)· They identified cars and electronics as key sectors in the economy.the rented sector (=homes that people can rent)· We have lost 2 million homes from the rented sector.
WDF
sector
[ˈsektə(r)]
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLIELTS
n1984
20880
2807
492
3274
3150
11157
NOUN1567
928268
Spoken:
307510468
sectors[1039]
部门(73%),部分(14%),扇区(11%),区域(1%),使分成部分(1%)
n.部门;扇形,扇区;象限仪;函数尺
vt.把…分成扇形
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