1809, "quality of being productive," from productive + -ity. An earlier word for this was productiveness (1727). Economic sense of "rate of output per unit" is from 1899.
雙語例句
1. The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.
失業(yè)率上升，相對應的是生產(chǎn)率進一步提高。
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2. The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其結果是生產(chǎn)力的大幅提高。
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3. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
工資的漲幅高過了生產(chǎn)率增長的速度，從而消耗了利潤所得。
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4. America's airlines have significantly higher productivity than European ones.
美國航空公司的工作效率比歐洲航空公司要高出很多。
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5. The third-quarter results reflect continued improvements in productivity.