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 -- 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。

  • 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。

• 1 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

• 2 a newspaper, etc. produced for people working in a particular business or industry -- 行业出版物／期刊／杂志／报纸

  • a steel industry trade journal 钢铁工业的行业刊物

• 3 to buy and sell goods or services, especially between countries -- （尤指国与国之间）从事（…）贸易，进行（…）交易

  • For centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers. 美洲印第安人和欧洲殖民者做了几百年的生意。

  • The company has been trading in oil for many years. 该公司做石油生意已经有许多年了。

  • The two countries have become close trading partners. 两国已经成为关系密切的贸易伙伴。

  • Our books are traded throughout Asia. 我们的书在全亚洲销售。

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

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

• 4 to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead -- 交换；改换，更换

  • The children traded comics. 孩子们交换了连环画。

  • [ + two objects ] I'll trade you some of my chocolate for some of your ice cream. 我愿意用些巧克力换些你的冰激凌。

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

  • We sat around the dinner table, trading stories. 我们围坐在餐桌旁，你一言我一语地讲着各自的见闻。

  • The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults. 这两个政客并不是真的在讨论问题，而是在互相辱骂。