In manufacturing industries, mechanisation is key to improving efficiency.

在制造业中， 机械化提高效率的关键。

The next few years in farming are going to be about mechanisation.

未来几年农业将转向机械化。

Horses might have fared better had savings from mechanisation stayed in rural areas.

如果机械化带来的节余留在了农村，那么马的境况可能会好些。

This drop slowed the pace of mechanisation in agriculture, but only by a little.

这减缓了农业机械化的步伐，不过作用很小。

One of the main reasons companies adopt mechanisation is to reduce labour costs.

企业采用机械化的主要原因之低劳动力成本。

The advancement of mechanisation has led to the replacement of human labour in many sectors.

机械化的进步已导致许多行业中人类劳动的替代。

However, the trend of mechanisation is also influencing these industries, with some artisans incorporating advanced machinery into their work.

然而， 机械化的趋势也在影响这些行业，些工匠已开始将先进机械融入其工作中。

As mechanisation becomes more widespread, companies may reduce their workforce to cut costs.

随着机械化日益普及， 企业可能通过减少员工数量来低成本。

The introduction of mechanisation in agriculture has significantly improved productivity.

农业中引入机械化显著提高了生产效率。

The term " automation" first rose to prominence as the adoption of wartime innovations in mechanisation sparked a wave of panic over mass joblessness in the 1950s (see chart 1).

1950 年代，战时机械化创新的采用引发了对大规模失业的恐慌，“自动化”词首次受到关注（见图 1）。