Advanced robotics have transformed modern manufacturing, enabling factories to produce thousands of identical items with remarkable precision and speed.
先进的机器人技术改变了现代制造业，使工厂能够以惊人的精度和速度生产成千上万个相同的物品。
The article begins by acknowledging that automation has eliminated many manufacturing jobs, but it spends the bulk of its length arguing that automation has also created new categories of employment in fields like robotics maintenance and software design.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
While solar panel efficiency has roughly doubled over the past two decades, the primary driver of falling solar energy costs has actually been manufacturing scale: as factories produce panels in ever-larger volumes, the cost per unit has dropped far more than efficiency gains alone would predict.
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The essay begins by conceding that automation has increased efficiency in manufacturing, but the majority of the text focuses on documenting the loss of institutional knowledge that occurs when experienced workers are replaced by machines.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “manufacturing”?
C — The process of making products, especially with machines in factories. “manufacturing” means the process of making products, especially with machines in factories.
Which word means “the process of making products, especially with machines in factories”?
A — manufacturing. “manufacturing” means the process of making products, especially with machines in factories.
manufacturing — the process of making products, especially with machines in factories. In Chinese: 制造业.
manufacturing is pronounced /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃərɪŋ/.
Advanced robotics have transformed modern manufacturing, enabling factories to produce thousands of identical items with remarkable precision and speed. (先进的机器人技术改变了现代制造业，使工厂能够以惊人的精度和速度生产成千上万个相同的物品。)
production, fabrication, assembly — all close in meaning to manufacturing (the process of making products, especially with machines in factories).
consumption, service — each the opposite of manufacturing (the process of making products, especially with machines in factories).
Yes. manufacturing is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.