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an occasion when people buy and sell goods; the open area or building where they meet to do this 集市;市场;商场 a fruit/flower/fish market 水果/鲜花/鱼市场 an antiques market 古董市场 an indoor/a street market 室内/街头市场 market stalls/traders 集市货摊/商贩 - at the market
We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market. 我们在市场上购买水果和蔬菜。 Thursday is market day. 星期四是赶集日。
Culture marketsmarketsMost people in Britain and the US buy their fresh food in supermarkets rather than traditional markets. But markets are still important to the life of many cities and towns, and farmers' markets, where local farmers and others sell produce (= fruit, vegetables, etc.) or home-made foods directly to the public, are popular.In Britain, most markets are held in the open air, in town squares or market places. They usually take place only on market day, the same day each week, and sometimes on Saturdays, and the stalls are put up for each occasion. Towns where markets have been held for many years are called market towns. Many still have a market cross, indicating where the market was originally held, or an old market hall, a covered area open at the sides. Today, markets sell flowers, fruit and vegetables, fish and meat, clothes and household goods. Markets that sell cheap second-hand goods, including clothes, jewellery and books are called flea markets.Some towns and cities in Britain and the US have a covered or indoor market. These markets are usually open more days of the week than outdoor markets and operate more like shops.The word market is sometimes used in American English to refer to any food shop. A hypermarket or superstore in both Britain and the US is a very large store or supermarket.Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1Every town here has its street market. 这里的每个城镇都有自己的街头市场。 They took the pigs to market. 他们把猪运到市场去卖。 He bought the socks from a market stall in Gloucester. 他从格洛斯特的一个市场摊位上买了袜子。 The town was granted a charter to hold a market on Fridays. 该镇被授予在星期五举行集市的许可证。 You can buy seaweed at any local market. 你可以在当地任何一个市场买到海藻。 Market traders donned traditional costumes to sell their mouth-watering crepes, cheeses and wines. 市场商人穿着传统服装出售令人垂涎的薄饼、奶酪和葡萄酒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open-air
- outdoor
- street
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- hold
- go to
- take something to
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- square
- town
- day
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- at a/the market
- in a/the market
- [singular]
business or trade, or the amount of trade in a particular type of goods 交易;买卖;交易量 the world market in coffee 世界咖啡交易 They have increased their share of the market by 10 per cent. 他们的市场份额增加了10%。 The firm will expand its size to claim more market share. 该公司将扩大规模以争取更多的市场份额。 the property/housing/job market (= the number and type of houses, jobs, etc. that are available) 房地产/住房/就业市场。可用的) They have cornered the market in sportswear (= sell the most). 他们垄断了运动装的销售。 New companies have entered the market. 新公司已经进入市场。 The big players still dominate the market. 大玩家仍然主宰着市场。
Collocations Businesssee also labour marketBusiness 商业 Running a business 经营企业 - buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise
收购/获得/拥有/出售公司/商行/特许经销权 - set up/establish/start/start up/launch a business/company
创办企业/公司 - run/operate a business/company/franchise
经营企业/公司/专卖店 - head/run a firm/department/team
管理公司/部门/团队 - make/secure/win/block a deal
达成/阻止一笔交易 - expand/grow/build the business
扩展业务 - boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade
增加投资/支出/销售量/营业额/收入/出口/贸易 - increase/expand production/output/sales
增加产量/输出量/销售量 - boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability
使产量/生产力/效率/收入/收益/利润/收益增加/最大化 - achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability
实现/维持/保持增长/收益 - cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices
削减成本/价格 - announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks
宣布/强制实行/实施削减
Sales and marketing 销售和市场营销 - break into/enter/capture/dominate the market
打入/进入/占领/控制市场 - gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share
取得/夺取/得到/赢得/增加/丢失市场份额 - find/build/create a market for something
为某物找到/建立/开创市场 - start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign
发起广告/营销宣传活动 - develop/launch/promote a product/website
开发/推出/推销产品/网站 - create/generate demand for your product
为产品创造需求 - attract/get/retain/help customers/clients
吸引/赢得/留住/帮助顾客/客户 - drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales
刺激/创造/提高/增加需求/销售量 - beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition
打败/领先于/智胜/胜过竞争对手 - meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets
完成/达到/超过/未达到销售目标
Finance 财务 - draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget
起草/制订/提出/批准预算 - keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget
执行/平衡/削减/大幅削减预算 - be/come in below/under/over/within budget
未超出/超出预算;在预算之内 - generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business
产生收益/利润/资金/营业额 - fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit
为活动/商业项目/扩张/开支/赤字提供资金 - provide/raise/allocate capital/funds
提供/筹集/分配资金 - attract/encourage investment/investors
吸引/鼓励投资/投资者 - recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment
收回成本/亏损/投资 - get/obtain/offer somebody/grant somebody credit/a loan
获得/为某人提供/准予某人贷款 - apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance
申请/筹集/获得/安排/提供资金
Failure 失败;不成功 - lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue
失去生意/买卖/顾客/销量/收益 - accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts
累积/积累/招致/积欠债务 - suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses
蒙受惨重损失 - face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy
面临削减/赤字/裁员/破产 - file for/ (North American English) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy
申请/避免/幸免破产 - (British English) go into administration/liquidation
进入行政接管/清算 - liquidate/wind up a company
清算/关闭公司 - survive/weather a recession/downturn
艰难渡过萧条期/衰退期 - propose/seek/block/oppose a merger
提出/寻求/阻止/反对合并 - launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid
发起/进行/接受/阻止收购投标
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1A relatively small group of collectors drives the art market. 一群数目不多的收藏家驱动着艺术品市场。 Organic product lines have expanded from serving a small niche market. 有机产品系列已经不再仅仅服务于小众市场。 Their books were geared to a mass market. 他们的书面向大众市场。 Lenders have flooded the market with easy credit. 贷方的宽松信贷充斥了市场。 Markets evolve in response to consumer demands. 市场根据消费者需求而不断发展。 They seem to have identified a gap in the market. 他们似乎已经找到了一处市场空白。 Rising mortgage rates will price some people out of the market. 抵押率的上涨将使一些人退出市场。 We will charge whatever the market will bear. 我们将按消费者的最大承受能力定价。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- competitive
- active
- booming
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- put something on
- come on
- come onto
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- open up
- boom
- grow
- …
- price
- value
- conditions
- …
- in a/the market
- into a/the market
- on the market
- …
- be in the market for something
- the bottom drops out of the market
- the bottom falls out of the market
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a particular area, country or section of the population that might buy goods 商品的销售地;行销地区;消费群体 The Chinese market has opened up recently. 中国市场最近开放了。 Expansion into the global market brings more risk. 向全球市场扩张会带来更多风险。 They supply beef to the domestic market. 他们为国内市场供应牛肉。 The young, health-conscious female consumer is our target market. 年轻而注重保健的女性消费者是我们的目标市场。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1Emerging markets in Asia and Latin America represent the best export opportunities for us. 亚洲及拉丁美洲的新兴市场是我们最好的出口机遇。 They're hoping to get into the Far Eastern market. 他们希望打入远东市场。 The disks are designed for professional applications, rather than the consumer market. 这些光盘是为专业应用而非消费市场设计的。 There is not a broad commercial market for these prints. 此类版画没有广阔的商业市场。 Giving away free toys is a popular way to tap the family market. 派发免费玩具是开拓家庭市场的普遍方法。 Both products are targeting the same market. 两种产品都瞄准同一市场。 Single professionals with no children are a lucrative market. 没有孩子的单身专业人士是个赚钱的市场。 The company has established new markets in China, Bermuda and Algeria. 该公司已在中国、百慕大和阿尔及利亚建立了新的市场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- broad
- good
- …
- create
- target
- reach
- …
- expand
- grow
- shrink
- …
- segment
- niche
- research
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- market for
- [singular] market (for something)
the number of people who want to buy something synonym demand(顾客对货物或服务的)需求 a growing/declining market for second-hand cars 不断扩大的/萎缩的二手车市场 There's not much of a market for tourist art on the island. 这个岛上旅游艺术品市场不大。 New Zealand is competing in an international market for medical graduates. 新西兰正在国际市场上争夺医学毕业生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- broad
- good
- …
- create
- target
- reach
- …
- expand
- grow
- shrink
- …
- segment
- niche
- research
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- market for
- (often the market)[singular]
people who buy and sell goods in competition with each other (处于竞争中的)市场经营者,市场 The market will decide if the TV station has any future. 电视台是否有前途将取决于市场。 a market-based/market-led/market-driven economy 市场经济 innovative products at the forefront of market trends 处于市场趋势前沿的创新产品
Extra ExamplesHe believes that regulating the market is a good thing. 他认为市场调控是好事。 Some services cannot be left to the market. 有些公共事业不能任由市场调节。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + market- leave something to
- regulate
- deregulate
- …
- forces
- economy
- economics
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- (also stock market)[countable]
the business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens; a stock exchange 有意购买 the futures market 期货市场 a market crash 股市暴跌 The market closed weaker. 收市时行情挫低了。 The markets reacted quickly to the negative publicity. 市场对负面新闻迅速作出反应。
Extra ExamplesThe market was down 15 per cent. 股市跌了15 个百分点。 He believes oil stocks will outperform the market over the next 12 months. 他相信石油股在未来 12 个月会有出色的市场表现。 Government attempts to manipulate currency markets tend to backfire. 政府操纵货币市场的企图往往事与愿违。
Word OriginMiddle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
Idioms
a buyer’s market
a situation in which there is a lot of a particular item for sale, so that prices are low and people buying have a choice 买方市场 In a buyer's market, the commodity is plentiful and so its price is not high. 在买方市场的情况下,商品丰富,因此价格不高。
in the market for something
on the market
available for people to buy 出售;上市;有现货供应 to put your house on the market 出售房屋 The house came on the market last year. 这栋房屋去年就上市了。 There are hundreds of different brands on the market. 有数百种不同的品牌供应。
on the open market
available to buy without any limits 敞开销售;自由买卖
play the market
to buy and sell stocks and shares in order to make a profit 买卖证券和股票 He is a skilled investor who knows how to play the market—and win. 他是一个熟练的投资者,知道如何玩市场——并赢得胜利。
price yourself/something out of the market
to charge such a high price for your goods, services, etc. that nobody wants to buy them 因索价过高而无人问津 Some leading UK firms are pricing themselves out of the market. 英国的一些大公司因要价过高而无人问津。
a seller’s market
a situation in which people selling something have an advantage, because there is not a lot of a particular item for sale, and prices can be kept high 卖方市场 In a seller’s market, demand exceeds supply, and prices are high. 在卖方市场,需求大于供给,价格很高。
take something off the market/shelves