Sectoral is the describing word you use when you are talking about one slice of the economy, or comparing those slices, rather than the whole country at once. Economists cut work into sectors — farming, factories, shops and services, government — and a sectoral question asks how this one part is doing.

Sectoral Sectoral是 the describing word你用來形容的詞 you use when you are talking about當你在講 one slice of the economy經濟裡的某一個部分 or comparing those slices或是在比較那些不同部分 rather than the whole country at once而不是整個國家一起講 Economists cut work into sectors經濟學家把產業切分成不同的部門 farming農業 factories工業 shops and services商業與服務業 government政府部門 and a sectoral question而一個sectoral的問題 asks how this one part is doing問的是這一個部門的狀況如何

A sectoral wage deal is a pay agreement for one industry. Sectoral policy is a plan aimed at one kind of work, not at everyone.

A sectoral wage deal A sectoral wage deal is a pay agreement是一份薪資協議 for one industry針對單一產業 Sectoral policy Sectoral policy is a plan是一個計畫 aimed at one kind of work針對某一種行業 not at everyone而不是針對所有人

The word lives in news, government papers, and economics classrooms. You will almost never hear it in a café. It is dry and formal.

The word lives in這個詞常出現在 news新聞裡 government papers政府文件裡 and economics classrooms和經濟學課堂上 in a café在咖啡廳裡 You will almost never hear it你幾乎不會聽到它 It is dry and formal它很枯燥很正式

Though actually, sector can also mean a slice of a circle in maths class, but sectoral in real life is almost always about the economy, not about geometry.

Though actually不過其實 sector can also mean sector也可以指 a slice of a circle圓形的一個扇形 in maths class在數學課裡 but sectoral in real life但實際生活中的sectoral is almost always about the economy幾乎都是在講經濟 not about geometry而不是在講幾何