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service industry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈservice ˌindustry noun [countable, uncountable]  BBan industry that provides a service rather than a product, for example insurance or advertising 服务性行业,服务业
Examples from the Corpus
service industryAnd what better place than Tucson for a play about service industry workers?Most of the public sector and service industry jobs taken by women are in cleaning, catering and laundry work.Politics, like government itself, has expanded from a dedicated personal calling to a large, thriving, expensive service industry.
From Longman Business Dictionaryservice industryˈservice ˌindustry [countable, uncountable]COMMERCE a type of business such as banking or tourism that provides services, or these activities considered as a wholeA large part of the workforce switched from manufacturing to service industries in the 1980s.Most of the recently created jobs have been in the service industry and the retail sector. industry
ˈservice ˌindustry nounChineseSyllable
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service industry
ˈservice ˌindustry noun [uncountable and countable]
an industry that provides a service rather than a product, for example insurance or advertising


service industryBrE /ˈsɜːvɪs ɪndəstri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrvɪs ɪndəstri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (economics 经济学) = tertiary industry