tertiary-sector
/ˈtɜː.ʃər.i ˌsek.tər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i ˌsek.tɚ/ (ame, ipa)
tertiary-sector — noun
1. The part of a country's economy that consists of businesses offering services —
The part of a country's economy that consists of businesses offering services — such as banking, healthcare, education, or tourism — rather than producing physical goods.
Ife works in the tertiary sector as a consultant for a large insurance company.
tertiary sector as [job role]
Tamar's economics essay showed how the tertiary sector creates more jobs than farming or manufacturing.
contrast with primary/secondary sectors
Countries with a strong tertiary sector often invest heavily in digital infrastructure and higher education.
Feng left factory work to join the tertiary sector as a home-care assistant.
The tertiary sector employs over seventy percent of the workforce in most developed nations.
- service sector
the most frequent everyday alternative, functionally identical
- service industry
slightly narrower; often refers to individual industries (e.g. hospitality) rather than the whole sector
- primary sector
agriculture, mining, raw-material extraction
- secondary sector
manufacturing and construction
文法句型
the tertiary sector
tertiary sector + noun
用法筆記
Commonly used in economic analysis and academic writing; in everyday conversation, service sector is more frequent. The term always contrasts with the primary sector (agriculture, mining) and secondary sector (manufacturing).