factories

英 [ˈfæktəriz]

美 [ˈfæktəriz]

n.  工厂; 制造厂
factory的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 工厂
  Afactoryis a large building where machines are used to make large quantities of goods.
  1. He owned furniture factories in New York State.
     他在纽约州有几家家具厂。

双语例句

• Factories are grouped in the southern suburb of the city.
  工厂都集中在城市的南郊。
• Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
  东欧的经验表明，工人所有的工厂可能和国有工厂一样效率低下。
• They visited some factories, hospitals as well as the school.
  他们参观了这所学校，还参观了工厂和医院。
• Future expansion of the business calls for two new factories.
  将来业务扩大需要建造两个新工厂。
• A recent estimate was that factories were undermanned by about 30 per cent.
  最新估算表明工厂的人员不足达30%左右。
• These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange
  这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。
• Most factories in the area are obsolete and badly managed
  这个地区的绝大多数工厂都十分陈旧，经营状况也非常糟糕。
• He has worked as a labourer in factories and on building sites
  他在工厂和建筑工地干过苦工。
• People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life
  在昏暗潮湿的工厂辛苦劳作的人们累得无力再去享受家庭生活。
• Inflation and the shortage of banknotes has forced factories to pay their workers in kind.
  通货膨胀和纸币短缺使工厂不得不以实物抵付工人的工资。