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.
双语例句
1. The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.
失业率上升，相对应的是生产率进一步提高。
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2. The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
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3. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。
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4. America's airlines have significantly higher productivity than European ones.
美国航空公司的工作效率比欧洲航空公司要高出很多。
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5. The third-quarter results reflect continued improvements in productivity.
