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英 [treɪd] 美 [treɪd]

• n. 贸易；交易；行业；同行；顾客；营业额；交易量
• v. 做生意；从事贸易；购物；营业；(在证券交易所)交易；交换

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]贸易,商业,买卖

   exchange of goods or services for money or other goods

2. [C]行业,生意

   business of a particular kind

3. [C]谋生手段,手艺,职业

   way of making a living, especially a job that involves making sth; occupation

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 交易; 经商

   buy and sell things; exchange; barter

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 贸易，交易
2. 行业
3. 商业
4. 职业
5. 手艺
6. 同行，同业，同业者
7. 顾客，主顾
8. 营业额，交易量
9. 信风
10. 交换
11. 【气】贸易风
12. 生意
13. 零售商
14. 酒品制造商人，酒商

v. 动词

1. （互相）交换，对换，以某物换取他物同某人交换某物，折价贴换，以旧物折价换新物，以物易物
2. 进行交易，从事交易，做买卖，从事贸易，做正当或不正当交易，做生意，经营...交易
3. <美>做主顾
4. 买（东西），在（某商店）购物
5. 营业，营运
6. 降低消费
7. 权衡
8. 经商
9. 来来去去，尤指禽鸟来回飞翔
10. 使（球员）转会

英英释义

Noun:

1. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;

   "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"
   "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
   

2. the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

   "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
   

3. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;

   "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
   

4. a particular instance of buying or selling;

   "it was a package deal"
   "I had no further trade with him"
   "he's a master of the business deal"
   

5. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

   "he represented the craft of brewers"
   "as they say in the trade"
   

6. steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;

   "they rode the trade winds going west"
   

7. an equal exchange;

   "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
   

Verb:

1. engage in the trade of;

   "he is merchandising telephone sets"
   

2. turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;

   "trade in an old car for a new one"
   

3. be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;

   "The stock traded around $20 a share"
   

4. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

5. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

   "She deals in gold"
   "The brothers sell shoes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. China does a lot of trade with many countries.
   中国和许多国家进行多方面贸易。
2. There has been some shrinkage in our export trade.
   我们的出口贸易量已有些减少。
3. He started his daughter up in the trade.
   他让女儿从事这一行业。
4. They offer discounts to the trade(= to people who are working in the same business).
   他们对同行业的人给予折扣。
5. That department store has a lot of trade.
   那家百货公司顾客很多。
6. Trade was very good last month.
   上月的交易量很大。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I refuse to trade with that company again.
   我拒绝再度和那家公司做生意。
2. He trades in silk.
   他经营丝绸贸易。
3. I used to trade at that store.
   过去我常在那家商店买东西。
4. The firm has now ceased trading.
   这家商行现已停业。
5. Shares were trading at under half their usual value.
   那些股份以低于通常价值的一半买卖。
6. My deskmate wanted to trade his pen for my book.
   我的同桌想用他的钢笔换我这本书。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This town carries on a brisk trade.
   这市镇贸易很昌盛。
2. Foreign trade kept the country's economy healthy.
   对外贸易使国家的经济健康发展。
3. By the end of a year the little seed and grain shop had developed its trade considerably.
   到年底,那个种子、粮食小店的生意有了相当大的发展。
4. He is in trade.
   他经商。
5. None are genuine unless bearing the above trademark.
   无此商标者均系伪造。
6. He got a job as editor of a trade journal.
   他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。
7. Wu Yi Mountain City earns most of its income from the tourist trade.
   武夷山市的大部分收入来自旅游业。
8. Words are the tools of her trade.
   言语是她那一行必不可少的工具。
9. He is a jack of all trades and master of none.
   他样样都懂一点,但都不精通。
10. She made a good trade.
    她做了一笔好生意。
11. Being a printer is a trade; being a lawyer is a profession.
    当印刷工是一项需要有手艺的行当,当律师则是一门专业。
12. Basket-weaving is a dying trade.
    编篮子这一行已逐渐衰弱。
13. We offered discounts to the trade.
    我们对同行给予优惠。
14. They only sell cars to the trade, not to the general public.
    他们只向经销商出售汽车,不卖给一般人。
15. That store has a lot of trade.
    那商店有许多顾客。

～+in n.

1. The new shop has been doing a brisk trade in cut-price clothes.
   那家新商店做减价服装生意一直很兴隆。
2. Outside the scene he was doing a good trade in souvenirs.
   在景点外,他经销纪念品的生意不错。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He traded as a tobacco merchant.
   他是做烟草生意的商人。
2. To trade is to buy and sell things.
   经商就是买卖东西。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They were persuaded to trade information.
   他们被说服出卖情报。
2. They traded seats.
   他们互换座位。

经典引文

• A refreshment tent..is doing a roaring trade in halves of scrumpy.

  出自：Country Homes

• There was no black market or street trade in any psychiatric drugs.

  出自： J. Masson

• The British established a rich trade with Portugal for this..wine.

  出自：People

• An illegal..weapons trade is growing.

  出自：Time

• They traded with profit only to China.

  出自： H. H. Wilson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

trade at (v.+prep.)

在…买东西 buy goods at (usually a particular shop)
trade at sth
They are trading at a store.

他们正在商店买东西。
Which store do you usually trade at?

你常在哪个商店买东西?

trade for (v.+prep.)

用…换 exchange sth by sth
trade sth for sth
The boy traded his skates for a cricket bat.

这个男孩子用他的溜冰鞋换了一个板球拍。
The early settlers traded copper for corn.

早期的殖民者用铜来换玉米。
I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.

我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。
They landed on the island and traded knives for gold dust.

他们登上岛后,用刀子去换金沙。
Early European visitors to the North of Canada traded manufactured goods for furs and skins.

早期到加拿大北部的欧洲来客用工业品换取毛皮。
He traded a job in New York City for the life of a cowboy.

他放弃了在纽约的工作,去过牛仔生活。

trade in¹ (v.+adv.)

折价换取 surrender sth in part-exchange when buying sth else
trade sth ⇔ in
They trade in their car every three years.

他们每三年就以旧汽车贴换新车。
I have traded my old radio in for a transistor.

我把那台旧收音机折价换了一台半导体收音机。
The gas company is offering fifty pounds off a new cooker if you trade in your old one.

如果你用旧炊具来折价的话,那家煤气公司愿减价50镑出售一套新炊具。

trade in² (v.+prep.)

出售,经营 sell a certain kind of goods; engage in sth
trade in sth
They traded in fruit and vegetables.

他们经营水果和蔬菜。

trade off (v.+adv.)

〈非正〉交换物品或人 exchange one thing or people for another
trade sb/sth ⇔ off
The two armies agreed to trade off their prisoners.

两军同意交换俘虏。
They traded off horses hundreds of miles from home.

他们到离家几百里外的地方用马匹换别的东西。

trade on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

(不公正地)利用 take (unfair) advantage of sth
trade on〔upon〕 sth
The senator's son traded on his father's name when he ran for mayor.

参议员的儿子在竞选市长时利用他父亲的名气。
They traded on his credulity.

他们利用了他的轻信。
I'm tired of the way in which he trades on your generosity and I think it is time you put an end to it.

我讨厌他那样利用你的慷慨大方来获取好处,我认为你不应当让他这样干。

trade with (v.+prep.)

与…进行贸易〔交换〕 have dealings with sb; change with sb
trade with sb/sth
We don't trade with that company.

我们和那家公司没有贸易往来。
We trade with many countries in industrial and agricultural products.

我们与许多国家在工农业产品方面进行贸易。
China now trades with more than 130 countries.

中国现在和130多个国家进行贸易。
He wanted to change his days off and got a fellow worker to trade with him.

他想换休,找一位同事和他对调。 trade sth with sb
Rosa traded seats with Cage.

罗莎和凯奇对换了座位。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• advance trade 发展贸易
• build up trade 发展商业
• carry on trade 经商,做生意
• develop trade 发展商业
• do a trade 进行贸易,做生意
• encourage trade 鼓励贸易
• engage in trade 做买卖
• expand trade 扩大贸易
• go into trade 经商
• lose trade 失去生意,失去贸易机会
• open up trade 开发贸易
• promote trade 促进贸易
• restrict trade 限制贸易
• enter a trade 步入某一行业
• follow a trade 从事一种职业
• give up a trade 放弃一种职业
• learn a trade 学一门手艺
• play a trade 从事某一行业
• practice a trade 从事某一行业
• take up a trade 从事一种职业

形容词+～

• fair trade 公平贸易
• foreign trade 对外贸易,国际贸易
• free trade 自由贸易
• international trade 对外贸易,国际贸易
• large trade 大宗生意
• lively trade 生意兴隆
• overseas trade 对外贸易

名词+～

• border trade 边境贸易
• drug trade 毒品贸易
• export trade 出口贸易
• slave trade 奴隶买卖
• transit trade 过境贸易,转口贸易
• service trade 服务行业
• the news trade 新闻业

～+名词

• trade agreement 贸易协定
• trade balance 贸易平衡
• trade union 工会

介词+～

• by trade 以…为职业
• in trade 做小买卖,开铺子
• a trick of the trade 做生意的诀窍

～+介词

• trade among… 之间的贸易
• trade at village fair 集市贸易
• trade between… 之间的贸易

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• trade books 交换书
• trade places 交换位置
• trade seats 交换座位
• trade stamps 交换邮票

～+副词

• trade extensively 大量地做生意
• trade away 卖掉,换掉
• trade down 以高价物品交换廉价物品
• trade off 轮流,交替
• trade out 出卖
• trade out principles 出卖原则
• trade up 将手中的东西折价换取更重要的同类东西

～+介词

• trade at the store 在商店买东西
• trade sth for a hat 用…换一顶帽子
• trade sth for a new bicycle 把…折价换新自行车
• trade sth for a spoon 用…换一把勺子
• trade sth for another thing 以…换取另一物
• trade in bicycles 做自行车生意
• trade in furs 做毛皮生意
• trade in grain 经营粮食
• trade in matches 经营火柴
• trade in iron and steel 经营钢铁
• trade in salt 贩卖盐
• trade in sewing machines 经营缝纫机
• trade with a firm 和公司做生意
• trade with a shopkeeper 和店主做生意
• trade with various countries 与好几个国家做生意

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. trade用作名词表示一般性非具体的“买卖,贸易,生意”时,是不可数名词,其前一般不加冠词。
2. trade用作可数名词时,可表示“具体的生意或行业”“谋生手段,手艺,职业”等。作“生意”解时,通常后接介词in引导的短语,表示“…方面的生意”; 作“谋生手段,手艺,职业”解时,通常指需要特殊手工的技巧。
3. trade还可作集合名词,在英式英语中是“(从事某行业的)同仁,同行,同业”的总称,在美式英语中是“顾客,主顾”的总称,此时通常要加定冠词the,只有单数形式。当其在句中充当主语时,其谓语动词既可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。

v. (动词)

1. trade用作动词的基本意思是从事贸易、做买卖或进行商品交换。引申可指交换位置、交换邮票等。
2. trade既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,常与for, in等连用; 用作不及物动词时,常与on〔upon〕, with等连用,还与at连用表示“在…买东西”,多用于美式英语中。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

trade, business, occupation, profession, vocation

• 这组词都有“职业,工作”的意思。它们之间的区别是：business使用广泛,在日常生活中,可泛指“事情”,尤指自己负责管理的事情; 在社会经济生活中,多指生意,尤指以赢利为目的的买卖或商业中的工作。occupation可以泛指各种专业。profession指必须受过相当高的教育或专门训练才能从事的知识性职业,如律师、医生、建筑师等。vocation指专心从事的业务,除谋生的行业外,还包括专门爱好。trade则是指涉及体力或手工劳动、手工操作机械或工具的职业。例如:
• That's no business of yours.那事与你无关。
• Mind your own business.管你自己的事,少管闲事。
• A lot of the U.S. small grocers have gone out of business since the advent of the supermarkets.超级市场一出现,大批美国食品杂货店就歇业了。
• She got a sideline occupation.她从事第二职业。
• She left her teaching profession and became a secretary.她放弃教书的职业改行当了秘书。
• Mr. Brown is a lawyer by profession.布朗先生的职业是律师。
• He chose painting as his vocation.他以绘画为专业。
• He is in the silk trade.他做丝绸生意。

trade, commerce

• 这两个词的共同意思是“商业”“贸易”。其区别是：
• 1.commerce是较正式用语,多指国际或海外贸易; trade是普通用语,一般指国内贸易。
• 2.commerce的规模、范围及地域比trade大,且包括trade所不含有的货币和汇票交易; trade虽有时指国际的大贸易,但比commerce的规模小,且主要指商品交易。

business，commerce，trade，bargain，deal

• 这些名词均含“贸易，交易”之意。
• business指包括售货、购货、换货在内的综合商业活动，方式可以是批发或零售。
• commerce多指大规模的买卖或易货关系。
• trade普通用词，含义广。既可指某种具体的商业又可指广泛的贸易。
• bargain多指买卖双方通过谈判、协商就商品质量、数量、价格等项达成协议所成的生意。
• deal口语用词，指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交。

profession，job，occupation，trade，vocation，career，work，employment

• 这些名词均含“职业”之意。
• profession以前常指要受过高等教育(尤指法律、医学和神学)才能获得的职业，现在一般指为谋生之职，尤指从事脑力劳动和受过专门训练，具有某种专业知识的工作。
• job 泛指一切有报酬的工作。
• occupation泛指任何一种职业，比job正式，经常用于书面填表中。
• trade指技巧、技能型职业。
• vocation较正式用词，语气庄重，有专业及天职之意，以前常用于教会中的职位。
• career指经过专门训练，终身愿意从事的职业。
• work指任何种类的工作，也泛指职业。
• employment指受雇的工作，通常能比较稳定领取工资。

近反义词

【近义词】

• business
• commerce
• dealing
• traffic
• craft
• learning
• livelihood
• occupation
• profession
• barter
• exchange
• swap