rust-belt
rust-belt — 名詞
1. a geographic area where manufacturing and heavy industry have declined sharply,
沒落工業帶
製造業大幅衰退的區域
a geographic area where manufacturing and heavy industry have declined sharply, leaving many factories closed and causing economic hardship for local communities
Trang grew up in a rust-belt town where most factories had closed by the 1990s.
Trang 在一個沒落工業帶的小鎮長大，那裡大多數工廠到 1990 年代都已關閉。
attributive: rust-belt + town
The government offered tax help to businesses that opened in the rust-belt area.
政府對在沒落工業帶開業的公司提供稅務優惠。
Many workers in the rust-belt region lost their jobs when the steel plant shut down.
沒落工業帶的許多工人在鋼鐵廠關閉後失去了工作。
The old train station in the rust-belt city now stands empty.
沒落工業帶城市裡的老火車站如今空蕩蕩地矗立著。
- post-industrial area
broader term that includes regions transitioning from manufacturing to other economic activities
- declining industrial region
more formal; similar meaning but less metaphorical
- booming industrial region
refers to an area where industry is growing rather than declining
文法句型
rust-belt + noun (attributive)
the + rust-belt + noun
用法筆記
Often used attributively before a noun (e.g., 'rust-belt town', 'rust-belt city') to describe places affected by industrial decline.
常見錯誤
2. the Rust Belt, a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States whose e
鏽帶
美國東北部及中西部的工業衰退區
the Rust Belt, a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States whose economy was historically based on heavy industry such as steel and automobiles, and that experienced severe industrial decline starting in the late 1900s
Gabriel's family left the Rust Belt when the car factories in Ohio closed.
Gabriel 一家人在俄亥俄州的汽車工廠關閉後離開了鏽帶。
the Rust Belt (capitalized proper noun)
The Rust Belt lost millions of factory jobs between 1970 and 2010.
鏽帶在 1970 年到 2010 年間失去了數百萬個工廠工作機會。
Elena studied how Pittsburgh rebuilt its economy after the Rust Belt decline.
Elena 研究了匹茲堡如何在鏽帶衰退後重建其經濟。
Politicians promised to bring new jobs to the Rust Belt by supporting American steel production.
政治人物承諾透過支持美國鋼鐵生產，為鏽帶帶來新的工作機會。
- Manufacturing Belt
historical name for the same region before industrial decline
- Rust Belt states
refers to the individual states within the region rather than the region as a whole
- Sun Belt
the warmer southern US states that experienced economic and population growth while the Rust Belt declined
文法句型
the Rust Belt
Rust Belt + noun
用法筆記
When referring to the specific US region, the term is usually capitalized ('the Rust Belt') and used with the definite article 'the'.