| 单词 | trade |
| 释义 | noun | verb tradetrade1 /treɪd/ ●●○ W2 noun 1BUYING/SELLING [uncountable] social studies, economics the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods within a country or between countries: international tradetrade in the trade in precious metalstrade with trade with neighboring countriestrade between Trade between the two countries increased sharply.the arms/drug/slave etc. trade (=the buying and selling of weapons, drugs, etc.) → see also balance of trade, free trade, slave trade2the hotel/banking/tourist etc. trade the business done by or involving hotels, banks, etc.: The whole town lives off the tourist trade.3JOB [countable] a particular job, especially one needing special skill with your hands: She enrolled in the tech school to learn a trade. My grandfather was a plumber by trade (=that was his job).► see thesaurus at job4EXCHANGE [countable] an exchange of something you have for something someone else has: Let’s make a trade – my Frisbee for your baseball.5STOCK MARKET [singular] social studies, economics an occasion when a stock is bought and sold on a financial market6EXCHANGE IN SPORTS [countable] the act of exchanging a player on a sports team for a player on another sports team: The St. Louis Cardinals got Ramirez in a trade.7the trade a particular kind of business, and the people who are involved in it: These companies are known in the trade as “service bureaus.”[Origin: 1300–1400 Middle Low German course, way, track] → see also jack-of-all-trades, ply your trade at ply1 (1), stock-in-trade noun | verb tradetrade2 ●●○ S3 W3 verb 1BUY/SELL [intransitive, transitive] social studies, economics to buy and sell goods, services, etc.: trade with The U.S. has not traded with the country since the 1980s.2EXCHANGE [intransitive, transitive] to exchange something you have for something someone else has: Your sandwich looks good. Do you want to trade?trade something (with somebody) I wouldn’t mind trading jobs with her.trade something for something I’ll trade this green car for your red one.trade somebody (something for something) “That dessert looks good.” “I’ll trade you.”3STOCK MARKET social studies, economics a)[transitive usually passive] to buy or sell something on the stock exchange: Over a million shares were traded during the day. b)[intransitive] if stocks trade, they are bought and sold on the stock exchange4SPORTS [transitive] to exchange a player on a sports team for a player on another team: The Marlins traded Brown for a new second baseman.5trade insults/blows etc. (with somebody) if two people trade insults, blows, etc., or if one person trades insults etc. with someone else, the two people insult each other, hit each other, etc.trade down phrasal verb trade (something ↔) down to sell something such as a car or house in order to buy one that costs less OPP trade uptrade something ↔ in phrasal verb to give something such as a car to the person you are buying a new one from, so that you pay less: trade something in for something I’m going to trade my car in for a pickup truck. → see also trade-intrade off phrasal verb1 if two or more people trade off, they each do something sometimes so that they share the work fairly: We trade off so that nobody has to do all the cleaning.2trade something ↔ off to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result: trade something off for/against something They will be trading off economic advantages for political gains. → see also trade-offtrade on/upon something phrasal verb to use a situation or someone’s kindness in order to get an advantage for yourself: She traded on her father’s name to get her job.trade (something ↔) up phrasal verb to sell something such as a car or house so you can buy a better car or house OPP trade down: trade up to Computer makers expect people to trade up to faster, more powerful models. |
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