production

manufacture, produce, product, production

这些名词均含有“产品、制品”之意。
manufacture: 一般指机器大量制造的产品。
produce: 多指农产品(尤指蔬菜水果等)。
product: 一般指工业产品，也可泛指各种各样的产品。
production: 含义广泛，不同场合有不同的意思，可表示“产品，产物”，尤指人类智力或艺术劳动的产品。

名词 production:

1. (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
2. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
3. the act or process of producing something
4. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
   同义词：product
5. (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
6. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
   同义词：output, yield
7. a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
8. the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

1. We must increase production levels.
   我们必须提高生产水平。
2. The necessary outcome of a war is a fall in production.
   战争带来的必然结果就是生产力下降。
3. The system will have to be tested before it goes into production.
   这套装置必须经过试验之后才能投产。
4. They tried to increase production by using better methods and tools.
   他们试图利用更好的方法和工具来增加生产力。

pro.duc.tion

n.Abbr. prod.（名词）缩写 prod.

The act or process of producing:
生产，制作：生产的行为或过程：
例句：
timber used for the production of lumber and paper.
用于木料和纸张生产的木材

The fact or process of being produced:
生产，制造：被生产的事实或过程：
例句：
a movie going into production.
进入制作过程的电影

The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services.
产生，发生：通过生产产品或提供财富创造价值或财富
Something produced; a product.
产品，产物：生产的物品；产品
An amount or quantity produced; output.
产量：生产的量；产出

A work of art or literature.
作品：艺术或文学作品
A work produced for the stage, screen, television, or radio.
电视、广播或演出节目：为舞台、银幕、电视或电台制作的作品
A staging or presentation of a theatrical work:
公演：上演或公演戏剧作品：
例句：
a new Broadway production of a musical.
新上演的百老汇音乐剧

An exaggerated spectacle or display:
夸张的行动或形象：
例句：
proposed on his knees, making a real production of it.
下跪求婚，真是小题大做

【引伸】
produc.tional
adj.（形容词）