1. | [u] 贸易；买卖；商业；交易the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries |
international/foreign trade 国际╱对外贸易 | |
Trade between the two countries has increased. 两国之间的贸易增长了。 | |
the international trade in oil 国际石油贸易 | |
the arms/drugs, etc. trade 军火、毒品等交易 |
2. | [c] 行业；职业；生意a particular type of business |
the building/food/tourist, etc. trade 建筑业、食品业、旅游业等 | |
He works in the retail trade(= selling goods in shops/stores) . 他做零售工作。 |
3. | [singspv] 同业；同行；同人a particular area of business and the people or companies that are connected with it |
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。 | |
a trade magazine/journal 行业杂志╱期刊 |
4. | [u][c] 营业额；交易量the amount of goods or services that you sell |
Trade was very good last month. 上月的交易量很大。 |
5. | [u][c] （尤指手工）职业；手艺；行当a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and that requires special training and skills |
He was a carpenter by trade . 他以木工为业。 | |
When she leaves school, she wants to learn a trade. 她毕业后想学一门手艺。 | |
She was surrounded by the tools of her trade(= everything she needs to do her job) . 她周围都是她干活用的工具。 |
1. | [i][t] 做买卖；做生意；从事贸易to buy and sell things |
The firm openly traded in arms. 这家公司公开买卖军火。 | |
Early explorers traded directly with the Indians. 早期的探险者与印第安人直接进行交易。 | |
trading partners(= countries that you trade with) 贸易伙伴 | |
Our products are now traded worldwide. 我们的产品现在销往世界各地。 |
2. | [i] 营业；营运to exist and operate as a business or company |
The firm has now ceased trading. 这家商行现已停业。 | |
They traded as ‘Walker and Son’. 他们以“沃克父子公司”之名营业。 |
3. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （在证券交易所）交易，买卖to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell sth, on a stock exchange |
Shares were trading at under half their usual value. 那些股票以低于通常价值的一半买卖。 |
4. | [t] 互相交换；以物易物to exchange sth that you have for sth that sb else has |
to trade secrets/insults/jokes 互换秘密；对骂；互说笑话 | |
She traded her posters for his CD. 她以海报换取他的光盘。 | |
I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day. 我不介意和她掉换一天位置。 |
