trade, especially between countries; the buying and selling of goods and services (尤指国际间的)贸易;商业;商务 Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris. 工商界领导人在巴黎首脑会议上会面。
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc1, Politicsc1She has little experience of the world of commerce. 她没有什么商界经验。 The marketplace was where commerce was traditionally carried on. 这个集市是传统的贸易场所。 The marketplace was where merchants engaged in commerce. 集市是商人从事贸易的地方。 commerce between China and Africa 中国与非洲之间的商业往来 the development of commerce with Asia 与亚洲在贸易上的发展
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- global
- international
- …
- engage in
- regulate
- affect
- …
- commerce between
- commerce with
- a chamber of commerce
- the world of commerce
Word Originmid 16th cent. originally in the sense of social interaction between people: from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’).