trade是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries -- 貿易；交易；買賣

  • The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years. 該國的工業品貿易在最近十年裡擴大了規模。

  • 70 percent of the country's trade is with Europe. 該國70%的貿易是和歐洲進行的。

  • The two countries have signed a trade agreement for one year only. 這兩個國家簽署了一項為期僅一年的貿易協定。

  • Since the supermarket opened, many small local shops have lost up to 50 percent of their trade. 自從這家超市開張後，當地許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. 天熱時，商店裡的冷飲和霜淇淋生意非常好。

  • This level of confidence in the economy is good for trade generally. 這種對經濟的信任通常有利於貿易的進行。

• 1 a particular business or industry -- 行業

  • the building/catering/tourist trade 建築／飲食服務／旅遊行業

  • the book/car/fur trade 圖書／汽車／皮毛製品行業

  • He worked in the same trade all his life. 他終身從事同一行業。

  • She went to college to learn a trade. 她去一家技術學院學一門手藝。

  • He's a carpenter by trade. 他是做木工工作的。

  • People who work in the trade can buy their books at a discount. 同行購書可以打折。

  • The company only supplies its goods to the (building/catering) trade, not direct to the public. 這家公司只向（建築／飲食服務）從業者提供貨物，而不直接面向公眾。

• 2 a newspaper, etc. produced for people working in a particular business or industry -- 行業出版物／期刊／雜誌／報紙

  • a steel industry trade journal 鋼鐵工業的行業刊物

• 3 to buy and sell goods or services, especially between countries -- （尤指國與國之間）從事（…）貿易，進行（…）交易

  • For centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers. 美洲印第安人和歐洲殖民者做了幾百年生意。

  • The company has been trading in oil for many years. 該公司做石油生意已經有許多年了。

  • The two countries have become close trading partners. 兩國已經成為關係密切的貿易夥伴。

  • Our books are traded throughout Asia. 我們的書在全亞洲銷售。

  • The volume of stocks traded today was very high. 今天證券交易所股票成交量非常大。

  • Shares in the company traded actively. 該公司的股票交易活躍。

• 4 to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead -- 交換；改換，更換

  • The children traded comics. 孩子們交換了連環漫畫。

  • [ + two objects ] I'll trade you some of my chocolate for some of your ice cream. 我願意用些巧克力換些你的霜淇淋。

  • I wouldn't trade you for the world (= I do not want a different partner). 除了你，我誰都不要。

  • We sat around the dinner table, trading stories. 我們圍坐在餐桌旁，你一言我一語地講著各自的見聞。

  • The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults. 這兩個政客並不是真的在討論問題，而是在互相辱罵。