Noun He was assigned to the northern sector. Data is stored on the disk in 512-byte sectors.
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Unfortunately, what’s now in high demand is somewhat of a volatile sector in some industries. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Drought and increasing temperatures have threatened to impact nearly every major sector of the economy, from energy to agriculture to shipping. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022 Fast, reliable and inexpensive internet connectivity has fostered a flourishing tech sector. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Once a thriving beachside resort, Blackpool has seen a steady decline in recent decades, as the popularity of destination vacations to more exotic locales took off and a once bustling tourism sector dwindled. Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Survey responses show a booming services sector as companies benefit from a slowdown in inflation and more reliable supply chains. Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2022 Pinduoduo’s overseas expansion comes at a time when China’s economic slowdown, worsened by Beijing’s stringent Covid-19 control measures, has rippled through a tech sector already grappling with the aftermath of a regulatory clampdown. Raffaele Huang, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 However, taking forward privatisation plans in their current form would damage a thriving independent sector, deter voters, and endanger Margaret Thatcher’s legacy. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, transportation emissions account for the largest portion of Oregon’s emissions and have been the most difficult sector to achieve reductions in.oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2022
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The country has lost over 900,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic, with women, young people and the services sector the most damaged. Alessandra Migliaccio, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2021 Hundreds of thousands of students from overseas have made the Australian universities sector one of the nation's biggest earners of foreign currency. Rod Mcguirk, Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020 The last few days saw hotels, resorts, and cruise lines sector outperform information technology by enough to break a long-lasting trend. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Sep. 2020 The recent gains led RBC Capital Markets analyst Steven Arthur to downgrade his rating to sector perform from outperform Friday.Fortune, 31 May 2020 The recent gains led RBC Capital Markets analyst Steven Arthur to downgrade his rating to sector perform from outperform Friday. Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg.com, 31 May 2020 The professional and business services sector lost 6,900 jobs; the next biggest losses were 1,700 in manufacturing and 1,600 in finance. Mark Williams, Cincinnati.com, 6 Mar. 2020 Network planning is basically about which sectors an airline will fly in, and at what frequency. Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 6 Feb. 2020 The information and financial activities sectors both lost about 1,000 jobs. Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
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Late Latin, from Latin, cutter, from secare to cut — more at saw
1part of the business activity of a country一國的行業ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤important, key重要/關鍵部門▸➤growing, growth增長領域▸➤independent, private私營部門▸➤public, state公共/國有部門▸➤non-profit, voluntary (BrE) 非營利部門➤economic, industry, market經濟部門;工業部門;市場領域◇The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.該調研覆蓋了範圍廣泛的產業部門。➤agricultural, business, commercial, corporate, export, industrial, manufacturing, media, retail, service農業;商業領域;公司企業;出口部門;工業部門;製造業;媒體領域;零售業;服務業▸➤banking, financial, financial services (especially BrE) 銀行業;金融業;金融服務業▸➤energy, oil能源領域;石油行業▸➤electronics, high-tech, tech, technology, telecom, telecommunications, telecoms (BrE) 電子業;高科技領域;技術領域;電信行業▸➤education, schools, university (especially BrE) 教育部門;中小學;高校界◇the chronic underfunding of the education sector教育部門的長期資金不足➤health, health-care衞生/衞生保健部門▸➤tourism, tourist (especially BrE) 旅遊業➤consumer, household (especially NAmE) 消費品行業;家居業PREPOSITION➤in a/the sector在部門中◇He went on to a successful career in the private sector.他繼而在私營機構幹出了一番事業。◇employment opportunities in the higher education sector高等教育行業的就業機會PHRASES➤a sector of the economy, a sector of the industry, a sector of the market經濟/工業/市場領域sector
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2part of an area or of a large group of people區域ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECTOR | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤rural, urban鄉村;城區▸➤northern, north-eastern, etc.北部、東北部等地區VERB + SECTOR➤divide sth into將⋯劃分成區域◇Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.戰後柏林被劃分成 4 個區域。PHRASES➤a sector of the city城區▸➤a sector of society, a sector of the population社會階層;人口的一部份