trade
trade
noun
trade places
tradable (或 tradeable)
adjective
语源
trade down (或 up)
noun
- [mass noun]the action of buying and selling goods and services
贸易，交易，生意
a move to ban all trade in ivory.
全面禁止象牙贸易的行动。
a significant increase in foreign trade.
外贸方面显著的增长。
the meat trade.
肉类贸易。
■(dated, chiefly derogatory)the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income
(旧，主贬)经商
the aristocratic classes were contemptuous of those in trade.
贵族阶级鄙视商人。
■[count noun](N. Amer.)(in sport) a transfer; an exchange
(北美)（体育界）转会，交换，交换运动员
players can demand a trade after five years of service.
服务五年之后，球员可以提出转会。 - a skilled job, typically one requiring manual skills and special training
（尤指需要手工技巧，受专门训练的）职业，行业，手艺
the fundamentals of the construction trade.
建筑行业的基本原则。
[mass noun]a carpenter by trade.
一个职业木匠。
■(the trade)[treated as sing. or pl.]the people engaged in a particular area of business
同行业者，同业，同仁
in the trade this sort of computer is called ‘a client-based system’.
这种计算机被业内人士称为“客户机系统”。
■(the trade)[treated as sing. or pl.](Brit.)people licensed to sell alcoholic drink
(英)执照酒商 - (一般作 trades)a trade wind
信风，贸易风
the north-east trades.
东北信风。
- [no obj.]buy and sell goods and services
买卖货物，做生意，从事服务贸易
middlemen trading in luxury goods.
从事奢侈品贸易的中间商。
■[with obj.]buy or sell (a particular item or product)
买或卖（某物，产品）
she has traded millions of dollars' worth of metals.
她经手了数百万美元的金属贸易。
■(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price
（尤指股票、货币）被买卖，被交易
the dollar was trading where it was in January.
美元交易价格与一月份持平。
■[with obj.]exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction
以物易物，对换，交换（尤指商业交易）
they trade mud-shark livers for fish oil.
他们用灰六鳃鲨肝换鱼油。
the hostages were traded for arms.
人质被用来换取武器。
■[with obj.](figurative)give and receive (typically insults or blows)
(喻)相互交换（尤指相互辱骂、对打）
they traded a few punches.
他们挥拳对打。
■[with obj.](N. Amer.)transfer (a player) to another club or team
(北美)将（运动员）转会或转队
trade places
- (US)change places
(美)更换地方
tradable (或 tradeable)
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Low German, literally track', of West Germanic origin; related to tread. Early senses included 'course, way of life', which gave rise in the 16th cent. to 'habitual practice of an occupation', 'skilled handicraft'. The current verb senses date from the late 16th cent
trade down (或 up)
- sell something in order to buy something similar but less (or more) expensive
为购买价格更低或更高的类似物而出售
- exchange a used article in part payment for another
以旧物折价贴换同类新物
she traded in her Ford for a Land Rover.
她把旧福特车折价添钱买了一辆“陆虎”越野车。
- exchange something of value, especially as part of a compromise
（尤指作为让步而）交换某物
the government traded off economic advantages for political gains.
政府以牺牲经济利益来换取政治好处。
- take advantage of (something), especially in an unfair way
（尤指以不公平手段）利用
the government is trading on fears of inflation.
政府利用了对通货膨胀的恐惧心理。
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