Semiconductors began to lose favour 10 years earlier.是什么意思？

Semiconductors began to lose favour 10 years earlier.

10年前，半导体行业失去了魅力。

semiconductors

n. <物>半导体( semiconductor的名词复数 )；

例句
It is not possible to name any particular conductivity at which metals end and semiconductors begin.
不可能说出在哪个特定的导电系数处是金属和半导体的分界.

began

v. 开始( begin的过去式 )，着手，创始，创办；

例句
He began comically ad-libbing a script...
他即兴调侃起了一段剧本。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

lose

vt. 失去，错过，遗失，耽搁；vi. 损失，输掉，走慢，降低价

例句
Without more training or advanced technical skills, they'll lose their jobs.
没有进一步的培训或高级技能的话，他们就会丢掉工作。

favour

n. 帮助，恩惠，赞同，善

例句
The selection of pupils for grammar schools was biased in favour of the middle-class child of a small family from a good area...
文法学校招生时偏向于录取来自好地段的中产阶级小家庭的孩子。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。

earlier

adj. 早期的，初期的；adv. 早期（地），初期（地）；

例句
The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
作者从以前的书中摘取了一些诗作。