中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒338

[誤] For the latest couple of years the third industry in our country has been developing very rapidly.

[正] For the latest couple of years the tertiary industry in our country has been developing very rapidly.

注：“第一產(chǎn)業(yè)”是 the primary industry，“第二產(chǎn)業(yè)”是 the secondary industry,但“第三產(chǎn)業(yè)”不是 the third industry，而是 the tertiary industry。其實(shí)，tertiary 與 third 是同義的，都是“第三”的意思，這樣用只是約定俗成。另外，“第三產(chǎn)業(yè)”還可以說成 the service industry，因?yàn)榈谌a(chǎn)業(yè)主要指服務(wù)業(yè)。