commerce
commercenoun[mass noun]- the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
贸易;商业
the changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
税收上的变化有利于贸易。
- (dated)social dealings between people
(旧)社交,交往
- (archaic)sexual intercourse
(古)性交
语源- mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from French, or from Latin commercium 'trade, trading', from com- 'together' + mercium (from merx, merc- 'merchandise')
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