| 单词 | commodity |
| 释义 | commodity (kəmɒdɪti ) Word forms: commodities countable noun A commodity is something that is sold for money. [business] The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat. Synonyms: goods, produce, stock, products Collocations: commodity crop Its name also referred to what became the colony's chief export commodity crop. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sugar was a lucrative commodity crop throughout the eighteenth century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Timber has been harvested and processed as a new commodity crop. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the first half of the 19th century, tobacco declined as a commodity crop and planters adopted mixed farming, which required less labor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As compared to commodity crop production, biomass reduces surface runoff and nitrogen transport. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soon coffee became the primary commodity export of the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was another attempt to shift the continent away from a dependency on primary commodity exports and towards local manufacturing and beneficiation. ST The trend was particularly pronounced among developing economies that depend on commodity exports. Times, Sunday Times The end of the commodity 'super-cycle' initially affected those countries that were heavily reliant on commodity exports. Times, Sunday Times No considerable changes have taken place in the structure of commodity exports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Slower and less investment-intensive growth means weaker commodity imports and prices. Times, Sunday Times Commodity imports appeared robust last year, with inbound shipments of coal and iron ore rising by more than 10 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Exchange rate volatility has also made commodities imports more expensive, increasing producer prices, the bureau noted. Times, Sunday Times The top commodities imported, by value, were vehicles and parts, followed by industrial machinery and electronics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That has not been lost on investors of all sorts, many of whom have been dipping a toe in energy and commodity investment. Times, Sunday Times It reflects the returns made from commodity investment that are in excess of cash returns. Times, Sunday Times It shows the two indices for all commodity investment over the past 20 years. Times, Sunday Times The vast bulk of returns has come from the cash component of commodity investment, the fact that cash used as collateral in futures deals earns risk-free interest. Times, Sunday Times The global commodity price of sugar stood at €750 per tonne in early 2013, but it has dropped to €420. Times, Sunday Times While these economies are also benefiting from commodity price increases, there has been a much lower level of financial speculation. Times, Sunday Times All bode well for a strong commodity price. Times, Sunday Times That's about as good as commodity price forecasts get. Times, Sunday Times They think the commodity price boom will come and go but the effects of the credit crunch are here to stay. Times, Sunday Times The simple commodity producer could aim just to trade his products for others with an equivalent value, or he could aim to realise a profit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For a while, the world's commodity producers had an easy life. Times, Sunday Times The disruption from new digital technology has only intensified the pressure on traditional commodities producers. Times, Sunday Times The company, like most other miners and commodity producers, has been hit by the double whammy of falling prices and a shortage of credit. Times, Sunday Times The world for commodity producers looks much as it did in the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times It was just a commodity product. Times, Sunday Times Commodity products make up the bulk of sales, said a company spokesman. Times, Sunday Times Revenue from trading fixed-income, currency and commodity products for clients, tumbled 44 per cent. Times, Sunday Times As result large scale agriculture of commodity products, industrial development and sustainable investments have been neglected by governments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Typical motives are cars, buildings, monuments and commodity products. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The biggest blow was not banks at all, but mining and commodity stocks. Times, Sunday Times Another fall in the oil price helped to drive down commodity stocks, but it also lifted transport companies. Times, Sunday Times Commodity stocks and miners gave back some of their earlier gains, although most held firm. The Sun Commodity stocks were driven lower by falling oil and metal prices. Times, Sunday Times Energy and commodities stocks fell after the dollar rose in early trading. Houston Chronicle Portfolio also worked as a newspaper publisher, commodity trader, and investment banker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the other hand, they can also simply become a commodity trader, cargo runner, or pirate and leave the galaxy to fend for itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Commodities traders have said that a long strike could push copper prices to record levels. Times, Sunday Times Commodity traders said it could go higher still. Times, Sunday Times But the announcement failed to boost the commodities trader's share price. Times, Sunday Times Its main interests are in chemicals, engineering, commodity trading, cattle and paper. Times, Sunday Times The bank was also targeted by anti-poverty campaigners, who claimed its commodity trading business was helping to drive up food prices. Times, Sunday Times The company's other activities are commodity trading, financial services and freight logistics. ST Another $300 billion has been allocated in recent years to so-called commodity trading advisers. Times, Sunday Times An international commodity trading system for carbon fibre might emerge as a result. Times, Sunday Times It has shown him the futility of the struggle to become, and remain, a desirable commodity. Times, Sunday Times A table at the tiny seafood joint remains a highly desirable commodity, with diners squeezing and folding themselves into titchy spaces to order lobster, oysters and sensational crab cakes. Times, Sunday Times His leftarm angle makes him a doubly desirable commodity. Times, Sunday Times Identified with distant lands and desirable commodities, composite animals also enjoyed magical, protective powers, making them favourite images on amulets and to be placed near doorways. The Times Literary Supplement They also became highly desirable commodities to some people because lessons were almost impossible to find before 2004-2005 and many different dancers perform routines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Somehow you sense that the industry that provides another essential commodity - good-value investments - can no longer withstand a shake-up. Times, Sunday Times Since developers can do nothing without this essential commodity, they'll fight tooth and nail to get it - paying top dollar, perhaps over the odds. Times, Sunday Times As imports are largely made up of essential commodities and food, the import bill will tend to reduce. Times, Sunday Times Although the move helped maintain stocks of essential commodities in the capital and in provincial centers, supplies were small relative to demand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prices of essential commodities rose to unprecedented heights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the late 1960s it was becoming possible to build international news coverage around satellite communication, although it was a scarce and expensive commodity. Times, Sunday Times That said, water (this one may take a bit longer than ten years) will become a more precious and expensive commodity than oil. Times, Sunday Times Such an expensive commodity requires close inspection before it disappears down the hatch. Times, Sunday Times From the journeyman down to the lowest cottar, meat was an expensive commodity, and would be consumed rarely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Traditionally made of silver, they were in common use in the 19th century, when tea was a more expensive commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All of the companies improved their profit margins despite record increases in food commodity prices. Times, Sunday Times Compass, the catering group and supplier of school dinners, said that it had overcome soaring food commodity prices as it reported a 42 per cent rise in profits yesterday. Times, Sunday Times A poorly calculated subsidy in one country can cause dangerous price rises in a food commodity on another continent. Times, Sunday Times She added that the company had responded to falling food commodity inflation by undercutting competitors. Times, Sunday Times In the food commodity industry, there are two processes: mechanical and cryogenic (or flash freezing). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So what will be the next hot commodity? Times, Sunday Times All of a sudden, they are a hot commodity. Times, Sunday Times At that time potash was a hot commodity thanks to the rising food price. Times, Sunday Times Protective glasses were a hot commodity this week and there were warnings of counterfeits. Times, Sunday Times For them, evidence of economic good times can be found in the strong residential housing market, with sold signs dominating the streetscape and high-end west-side homes a hot commodity. Globe and Mail The rout in industrial commodity prices means that producer prices should fall again this month. Times, Sunday Times Feathers for dusters are the ostrich families most valuable industrial commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An industrial design can be a two- or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But how would copper, zinc and other industrial commodities respond? Times, Sunday Times However, the consequent collapse in global economic activity would be extremely bearish, not bullish, for the price of copper and other industrial commodities. Times, Sunday Times Other key commodity categories that fared worse than in previous years were fish and seafood exports, which fell by 7.8 per cent, or by 115 million. Times, Sunday Times The key commodity was pepper, but other goods also came to be defined as royal monopoly items. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He reckons the weak global recovery will bring the price of oil and other key commodities back down. The Sun Retail experts say that price pressure on food driven by global demand for key commodities will continue for at least two years. Times, Sunday Times Record agricultural prices come at a time of growing concern about inflation in other key commodities. Times, Sunday Times However, up to now, very few products have been developed into a marketable commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They produced cloth as a marketable commodity, without having any organic links or skills in the production of the raw material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Laws were made by a parliament, seats in which were a marketable commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Where interpersonal skills - such as being polite, tolerant and level-headed - will suddenly become marketable commodities. Times, Sunday Times Such a job may mark the end of a push, a departure from the company, or a loss of faith in the wrestler as a marketable commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These cards, dished out by paint companies that want to display their range, reduce paint to a mere commodity. Times, Sunday Times We started to think about what we eat as a mere commodity, like crude oil - to be traded as cheaply as possible. The Sun It was not a mere commodity. Times, Sunday Times Unlike other perishable commodities, they can also be 'stored' in bad markets and sold off as and when they are needed. Times, Sunday Times These systems utilize the information to provide reliable and protected services to shippers of perishable commodities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The consumers get the supply of perishable commodities with lower fluctuation of prices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For perishable commodities, price differences between near and far delivery are not a contango. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trust among the local population is the most precious commodity in any counterinsurgency. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Perhaps the biggest sacrifice of all is time, arguably our most precious commodity. Christianity Today (2000) Nowadays restaurants don't charge for salt but in the past it was such a precious commodity it was used as a form of trade. The Sun (2013) Urgent steps should be taken by the coalition so that we become self sufficient in this precious commodity. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Last night, candles became the most prized commodity as rumours spread that the electricity could be cut. Times, Sunday Times Ice became something of a prized commodity. Times, Sunday Times It was a prized commodity for preserving meat. Times, Sunday Times Bananas are a prized commodity. Times, Sunday Times Rabbits remained a rare and highly prized commodity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prior to this, singles were concentrated upon as a profitable commodity, especially for smaller record labels, and albums were often built around already successful singles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both miners want to focus on more profitable commodities, such as iron ore, copper and uranium. Times, Sunday Times His influence and connections within the government have allowed him to control the issuance of certain types of profitable commodities contracts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through the process of purchase all commodities lose their form by the universal alienator, money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These salaries would be used to purchase commodities in a communal market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such schemes can sometimes make it difficult for consumers to locate and purchase commodities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The amount it adds depends on the duration, intensity, productivity and skill of the labor-power purchased: in this sense the buyer of labor-power has purchased a commodity of variable use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first half was virtually eventless as opportunities at either end were a rare commodity. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There is a lot to be said for staying power, a rare commodity in our plastic, disposable world but one that we instinctively value. Times, Sunday Times (2008) These sometimes contradictory requirements for the perfect rural pile mean that it is a rare commodity. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Bags of ice became a relatively scarce commodity as the population tried to remain cool in the sweltering heat of summer. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995) But tries are becoming a scarce commodity. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Milk is going to become more of a scarce commodity. Times, Sunday Times (2007) As a consequence, art has become nothing more than a hotly traded commodity. Times, Sunday Times You could, for example, buy an exchange traded commodity fund that tracks the price of corn. Times, Sunday Times In practice, this results in constantly rising prices for traded commodities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, many traded commodities are inherently indivisible, such as houses and cars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At first, the relationship between quantities of traded commodities symbolically represents the relative costs in labour time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forget football, though, for the transfer activity has been extraordinary with engineers the most valuable commodity in the paddock. Times, Sunday Times The benefit of speeding will be removed and culprits will pay not with money but a far more valuable commodity: their time. Times, Sunday Times He was under no doubt that his name and past career were a valuable commodity for opening doors to the corridors of power. Times, Sunday Times As such, media content of all forms has become a valuable commodity in the technology sector. Times, Sunday Times In a future world of scarce skilled labour, they are a valuable commodity - with a huge international labour market eager to attract scarce skilled workers. Times, Sunday Times Whether we pay as taxpayers or as licence payers we should be proud to be the preferred international supplier of this vital commodity. Times, Sunday Times An enveloping old theatre or cinema with - vital commodity - an orchestral pit. Times, Sunday Times Later, the decline of the white pine, a vital commodity in the lumber trade, forced the shift to pulp and paper production based on abundant spruce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, increasingly volatile commodity markets have prompted some concerns about a potential downturn if the bubble bursts. Times, Sunday Times He expects revenues to remain the same for the next financial year because of volatile commodity prices. Times, Sunday Times Democratic nations are also subject to volatile commodity cycles. Times, Sunday Times They are cheaper than central heating, immune to volatile commodity prices and, say their millions of new converts, the perfect solution to a bout of depression. Times, Sunday Times In the 200 years or so since independence, they have depended on commodities for the bulk of their exports: that has made them vulnerable to volatile commodity cycles. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 商品 Japanese: 商品 |
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