noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ booming , growing , thriving
▪
one of the fastest-growing industries in the world
▪ important , key , major
▪ declining
▪ high-tech , modern , sunrise ( BrE )
▪ sunset ( BrE ), traditional
▪ cottage
▪
Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
▪ domestic , local
▪ global
▪
the global textile ~
▪ private , privatized
▪ nationalized , state-owned , state-run
▪ heavy
▪ light
▪ strategic
▪
strategic industries such as the extraction of oil and natural gas
▪ manufacturing , service
▪
the shift away from manufacturing to service ~
▪ primary , secondary , tertiary
▪ labour-intensive/labor-intensive
▪ building , construction
▪ engineering ( esp. BrE )
▪ shipbuilding
▪ chemical , coal , electrical ( esp. AmE ), electricity ( esp. BrE ), energy , gas , mining , nuclear , oil , steel
▪ agricultural , fishing , food , timber
▪ pharmaceutical
▪ health-care , medical ( esp. AmE )
▪ biotech
▪ auto ( AmE ), automobile ( AmE ), automotive , car ( esp. BrE ), motor
▪ computer , electronics
▪ telecom ( esp. AmE ), telecommunications , telecoms ( esp. BrE )
▪ fashion , textile
▪ advertising
▪ insurance
▪ entertainment , film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), music , record , recording
▪ tourism , tourist
▪ catering , hospitality , leisure (all esp. BrE )
▪ hotel
▪ banking , financial
▪ aerospace , airline , aviation
▪ publishing
▪ tobacco
VERB + INDUSTRY
▪ benefit , develop , encourage , help , stimulate , support
▪
The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology.
▪
government measures to stimulate new ~
▪ run down ( BrE )
▪
Running down the nuclear ~ will result in heavy job losses.
▪ damage , hurt
▪
They claim that a commercial port would damage the local tourist ~.
▪ cripple , destroy , devastate
▪ nationalize
▪ privatize
▪ deregulate , regulate
▪ protect
▪
trade barriers erected to protect domestic ~
▪ subsidize
▪
The state's timber ~ is heavily subsidized.
▪ interfere in , interfere with
▪
The government has interfered in ~, with disastrous results, by attempting to alter economic trends.
▪ be involved in , be involved with
▪
More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the ~.
▪ revolutionize , transform
▪ enter , go into
▪
students training to enter the banking ~
▪
She decided to leave teaching and go into ~.
INDUSTRY + VERB
▪ boom , develop , expand , grow , grow up , spring up
▪
New light industries are constantly springing up.
▪
The tourist ~ is still expanding rapidly.
▪ decline , struggle
▪
When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down.
▪ experience sth , face sth
▪
industries which are experiencing substantial growth
▪
The ~ is facing major challenges.
▪ produce sth
INDUSTRY + NOUN
▪ executive , leader
▪ expert , insider
▪ analyst , observer
▪ standard
▪
They hope that the disk drive will become an ~ standard.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ , within ~
▪
In the computer ~, change comes about very rapidly.
PHRASES
▪ a captain of ~ , commerce and ~
▪
The banks lend money to commerce and ~.
▪ regulation of (an) ~
▪
proposals for regulation of the water ~
▪ the revival of (an) ~
▪
the revival of the British film ~
▪ a sector of ~
▪ ~ and trade ( esp. AmE ), trade and ~
▪
the Department of Trade and Industry ( in the UK )