trade
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, companies, or countries. 贸易; 买卖[商业]
Texas has a long history of trade with Mexico. 得克萨斯与墨西哥有着悠久的贸易史。
...negotiations on a new international trade agreement. …关于一个新的国际贸易协定的谈判。
2. V-I When people, companies, or countries trade, they buy, sell, or exchange goods or services between themselves. 做生意[商业]
They may refuse to trade, even when offered attractive prices. 他们有可能拒绝做生意,即便是报价很有吸引力。
They had years of experience of trading with the West. 他们有数年与西方做生意的经验。
3. tradingN-UNCOUNT 交易
Trading on the stock exchange may be suspended. 股票交易可能被暂停。
4. N-COUNT A trade is a particular area of business or industry. 生意; 行业[商业]
They've ruined the tourist trade for the next few years. 他们已经毁掉了以后几年的旅游生意。
5. N-COUNT Someone's trade is the kind of work that they do, especially when they have been trained to do it over a period of time. 职业; 手艺[商业] [oft poss N, also 'by' N]
He learned his trade as a diver in the North Sea. 他在北海当上了潜水员。
Alicia was a jeweler by trade. 艾丽西亚是个珠宝商。
6. V-RECIP If someone trades one thing for another or if two people trade things, they agree to exchange one thing for the other thing. 互相交换[美国英语]
They traded land for goods and money. 他们用土地来换取商品和金钱。
Kids used to trade baseball cards. 孩子们过去常互相交换棒球卡片。
7. N-COUNT Trade is also a noun. 交易
I am willing to make a trade with you. 我愿意和你做个交易。
8. V-RECIP If you trade places with someone or if the two of you trade places, you move into the other person's position or situation, and they move into yours. 交换 (位置)[美国英语]
Mike asked George to trade places with him so he could ride with Tomas. 迈克请乔治跟他交换位置,这样他就能和托马斯同车了。
9. V-RECIP If two people or groups trade something such as blows, insults, or jokes, they hit each other, insult each other, or tell each other jokes. 对打; 互骂; 互开玩笑[美国英语]
Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard. 孩子们通过在校园里打架或对骂来解决争端。
返回 trade
trade /treɪd/ (trading,traded,trades)
剑桥词典
- The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds .
- Russia has just drawn up a trade agreement with Norway.
- The latest trade figures have dealt a severe blow to hopes of an early economic recovery .
- We are planning to develop our export trade.
- There's a flourishing trade in second-hand video machines .
- There's a flourishing trade in second-hand video machines .
- This has been a difficult year for the motor trade.
- His is a family trade, passed down from generation to generation .
- For the modern sales executive , a car phone is one of the tools of the trade.
- Business people wailed that their trade would be ruined . 返回 trade
trade noun (BUYING AND SELLING)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the activity of buying and selling , or exchanging , goods and/or services between people or countries
贸易;交易;买卖
The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years . 该国的工业品贸易在最近10年里扩大了规模。
70 percent of the country's trade is with Europe . 该国70%的贸易是和欧洲进行的。
The two countries have signed a trade agreement for one year only. 这两个国家签署了一项为期仅1年的贸易协定。
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
business activity
生意
Since the supermarket opened , many small local shops have lost up to 50 percent of their trade. 自从这家超市开张后,当地许多小商店失去了一半的生意。
In hot weather , shops do a roaring /brisk trade in (= sell a lot of) cold drinks and ice cream . 天热时,商店里的冷饮和冰激凌卖得非常火爆。
This level of confidence in the economy is good for trade generally . 这种对经济的信任通常有利于贸易的进行。
例句
trade noun (BUSINESS)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a particular business or industry
行业
the building /catering /tourist trade 建筑/饮食服务/旅游行业
the book /car /fur trade 图书/汽车/皮毛制品行业
He worked in the same trade all his life . 他终身从事同一行业。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
a job , especially one that needs special skill , that involves working with your hands
(尤指需要特殊技术和手工劳动的)职业,行当
She went to college to learn a trade. 她去一家技术学院学一门手艺。
He's a carpenter by trade. 他是干木工活的。
the trade [ 单数名词 ]
the people who work in a particular business or industry or in the same one
(特定或同一行业的)从业者
People who work in the trade can buy their books at a discount . 同行购书可以打折。
The company only supplies its goods to the (building /catering ) trade, not direct to the public . 这家公司只向(建筑/饮食服务)从业者提供货物,而不直接面向公众。
例句