tertiary-sector
/ˈtɜː.ʃər.i ˌsek.tər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i ˌsek.tɚ/ (ame, ipa)
tertiary-sector — 名詞
1. The part of a country's economy that consists of businesses offering services —
第三產業
經濟中提供服務而非製造產品的行業
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.
Ife 在一家大型保險公司擔任顧問，屬於第三產業的工作者。
tertiary sector as [job role]
Tamar's economics essay showed how the tertiary sector creates more jobs than farming or manufacturing.
Tamar 的經濟學論文指出，第三產業創造的工作機會比農業或製造業更多。
contrast with primary/secondary sectors
Countries with a strong tertiary sector often invest heavily in digital infrastructure and higher education.
第三產業發達的國家，通常會大力投資數位基礎建設和高等教育。
Feng left factory work to join the tertiary sector as a home-care assistant.
Feng 離開工廠工作，轉而投入第三產業，擔任居家護理助理。
The tertiary sector employs over seventy percent of the workforce in most developed nations.
在大多數已開發國家，第三產業僱用超過七成的勞動力。
- 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).