sector
n
1 part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the circumference 扇形. => illus at circle 见 circle 插图.
2 part or branch of a particular area of activity, esp of a country's economy (活动领域的)部门; (尤指)经济领域
the manu`facturing sector, ie all the manufacturing industries of a country 制造业
the `service sector, eg hotels, restaurants, etc 服务性行业.
3 any of the parts of a battle area, or of an area under military control 战区; 防区
an enemy attack in the southern sector 敌军对南部战区的进攻.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;