| 单词 | screwdriver operation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrewdriver operation C1. attributive. Designating a process, factory, etc., in which goods are assembled from components designed and manufactured elsewhere, as screwdriver operation, screwdriver plant, etc. ΚΠ 1977 Financial Times 14 Feb. 19/3 Unlike, for example, the car assembly plants, Raleigh's is not a ‘screwdriver operation’. 1987 Times 10 Feb. 25/7 A large part of the value added from Japanese screwdriver plants goes back to Japan because of cheap component imports. 1993 Professional Engin. Nov. 16/2 Our efforts so far have raised us to the rank of a screwdriver economy, with manufacturing located here because it is a low cost producer in the EC. 2007 T. Khanna Billions of Entrepreneurs xiv. 300 We decided we did not want to continue to be a screwdriver operation in China. < as lemmas |
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