industry

Compared meaning: producing or making goods (noun).

比较义项：生产、制造商品（名词）。

• industry 本词

  Industry names a whole branch of economic activity, often the type of goods made (the car industry, heavy industry), combining with a preceding noun rather than describing a single act of producing a batch of goods.

  industry指整个经济行业或产业门类，常与表示商品类型的名词连用（如the car industry“汽车产业”、heavy industry“重工业”），一般不用来指某一批具体商品的生产制造行为。

  The car industry has changed a lot in ten years.

  十年间，汽车产业发生了很大变化。

• manufacture

  Manufacture names the process of making goods, especially in large quantities by machine, and is typically followed by 'of' (the manufacture of cars) rather than used to label an entire economic sector.

  manufacture指用机器大批量制造商品的过程，常接of构成短语（如the manufacture of cars“汽车的制造”），并不用来指整个产业部门。

  Strict new rules now govern the manufacture of medical equipment.

  现在有严格的新规定来管理医疗设备的制造。

Both relate to producing goods. Industry names a whole branch of economic activity, often the type of goods made, like 'the car industry.' Manufacture names the process of making goods by machine, usually followed by 'of.' Not compared: industry meaning hard work.

industry与manufacture在这个意义上都跟“生产商品”有关，但侧重不同：industry指整个产业或经济部门，manufacture指具体的制造过程，语域也更正式、更偏技术性。这里不比较industry表示“勤奋”的义项。