1. It failed to stimulate a surge of investment in industry.
    这没能促使工业投资激增。

2. In general, the "21st Century Technology Resources and Commercial Leadership Act", which Sen. John McCain brought to the Senate in late 1999, is designed to keep the U.S. high-tech industry on top by filling the need for skilled technology
    总的说来，参议员约翰·麦凯恩在1999年下半年递交给参议院的"21世纪技术人才资源及商业领导人才法案"是为了填补美国对熟练技术人员的需求, 以保持美国在高科技工业中的领先地位而制订的。

3. In other words, the legislation would benefit not immigrants, but American industry which would be crippled without it.
    换句话说，从这个法规获益的不是移民，而是如果没有了这项法案就会陷于瘫痪的美国工业界。

4. In India in the meantime, the entire education system has shifted gears to feed the appetite of the American computer industry.
    在此期间，印度对其整个教育体系进行了调整，以满足美国计算机工业的需要。

5. In fact, more than half of all roses are sold in groups of fewer than a dozen, says the Floral Index, a private firm that researches the flower industry.
    据一家名为"花卉指数"的研究花卉业的私人公司指出，事实上，一半以上的玫瑰都不是成打出售的。

6. Imported roses are sold across the entire breadth of the industry, from big flower shops to street-corner stands.
    进口玫瑰遍及该行业的各个角落，从大花店到街头小摊都有出售。

7. In a well-known British newspaper, a writer argued recently that "industry is caught in a web of bribery" and that everyone is "on the take".
    在一家知名英国报纸上，最近有位作者指出"企业已陷入贿赂的蛛网"，人人都"贪赃枉法"。

8. In addition to telling us about our origins, genetic information is also the latest raw material of the medical industry,
    除了揭示人种的起源以外，基因信息也是医学界可用的最新原料。