the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured 生产;制造 banning the production of chemical weapons. 禁止化学武器的生产。 it is no longer in production. 这已经不再生产。 ■the harvesting or refinement of something natural (对自然物的)加工;采集;生产 non-intensive methods of food production. 食品生产的非深加工方法。 ■the total amount of something that is manufactured,harvested,or refined 产量 steel production had peaked in 1974. 钢铁产量1974年就已达到顶峰。 ■the creation or formation of something as part of a physical,biological,or chemical process (物理、生物或化学过程产物的)产生;发生 excess production of collagen by the liver. 肝脏生成的过量胶原质。 ■[as modifier]denoting a car or other vehicle which has been manufactured in large numbers (交通工具的)大量生产
the provision of something for consideration, inspection, or use 出示,拿出;提供 members are entitled to a discount on production of their membership cards. 会员出示会员卡就可享受打折。
the process of or financial and administrative management involved in making a film,play,or record (电影,戏剧,录音)制作,监制 the film was still in production. 电影还在制作中。 [as modifier]a production company. 一家制作公司。 ■[count noun]a film, record, or play, especially when viewed in terms of its making or staging (尤指从制作与公演等特点来看)影片;戏剧;录音制品 this production updates the play and sets it in the sixties. 这一制作将原剧现代化了,将其置于20世纪60年代。 ■[in sing.]the overall sound of a musical recording; the way a record is produced 音响效果;制作方式 the record's production is gloriously relaxed. 唱片的录音效果真是了不起的轻松愉快。
常用词组 make a production of
do (something) in an unnecessarily elaborate or complicated way 对…作不必要的发挥; 对…小题大做
派生 productional adjective 语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin productio(n-), from producere 'bring forth' (see produce)