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the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries 贸易；买卖；商业；交易 international/foreign/global/world trade 国际/国外/全球/世界贸易 - trade in something
the international trade in oil 国际石油贸易 the illegal trade in wildlife 野生动物的非法贸易 the arms/drugs trade 武器/毒品交易 The Senate has approved a trade agreement with Latin American nations. 参议院批准了与拉丁美洲国家的贸易协定。 - trade between/with somebody/something
Trade between the two countries has increased. 两国之间的贸易增长了。 an international trade barrier to GM food 转基因食品的国际贸易壁垒 Market prices and trade liberalization have increased prices. 市场价格和贸易自由化提高了价格。 trade negotiations/talks 贸易谈判/会谈 Public support for the current trade policy is declining. 公众对当前贸易政策的支持正在下降。 a bilateral trade deal 双边贸易协议
Collocations BusinessBusiness 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
Collocations International relationssee also balance of trade, cap and trade, fair trade, free tradeInternational relations 国际关系 Trade 贸易 - facilitate/regulate trade (with other countries)
促进／规范（与其他国家的）贸易 - form/join a trading bloc
建立／加入贸易同盟 - live in/compete in a global/the world economy
生存于全球／世界经济中；参与全球／世界经济竞争 - support/promote free trade
支持／促进自由贸易 - adopt/call for/oppose protectionist measures
采取／呼吁／反对保护主义措施 - erect/impose/reduce/remove trade barriers
设置／推行／减少／消除贸易壁垒 - impose/lift/raise/eliminate import tariffs (on something)
征收／取消／提高／废除（某物的）进口关税 - have/run a huge/large/growing trade surplus/deficit
有巨额／持续增长的贸易顺差／逆差 - embrace/resist/drive globalization
接受／抵制／推进全球化
Politics and law 政治与法律 - conduct/handle/talk about/discuss foreign policy
执行／掌控／谈论／讨论外交政策 - pursue an aggressive/a hawkish foreign policy
执行强硬的外交政策 - require/use/conduct diplomacy
需要／使用／实施外交手段 - establish/break off/sever/restore diplomatic relations
建立／中断／断绝／恢复外交关系 - foster/promote/strengthen regional cooperation
促进地区间合作 - facilitate/achieve economic/political integration
促进／实现经济／政治一体化 - exercise/defend/protect/transfer/restore/regain national/state/full/limited sovereignty
行使／维护／保护／移交／恢复／重获民族／国家／全部／部分主权 - consolidate/extend/lose/retain your power (in the region)
巩固／扩张／丧失／保持（区域内的）势力 - hold/maintain/change/alter/shift/be a shift in the balance of power (in the region)
维持／改变（区域内的）势力均衡 - cause/create/open/expose/heal/repair a deep/growing/major/serious rift between X and Y
导致／造成／引发／暴露出／弥合／修复 X 与 Y 之间深层次的／不断扩大的／主要的／严重的分歧
Meetings and agreements 会议与协议 - have/hold/host/attend an international conference/an economic forum/a G20 summit
召开／举行／主办／出席国际会议／经济论坛／二十国集团峰会 - launch a new round of global/multilateral/world trade negotiations
发起新一轮的全球／多边／世界贸易谈判 - send/head/lead/meet a high-level/an official/a trade delegation
派遣／领导／带领／会见高层／官方／贸易代表团 - begin/start/continue/resume peace talks
开始／继续／重启和平谈判 - be committed to/be opposed to/disrupt/undermine/derail/sabotage the peace process
致力于／反对／扰乱／损害／干扰／破坏和平进程 - negotiate/achieve a lasting political settlement
达成／取得长期的政治协议 - broker/sign a peace deal/agreement/treaty
协商／签署和平协议
Conflict 冲突 - be/constitute/pose a threat to global security
构成对全球安全的一大威胁 - compromise/endanger/protect national security
损害／危及／保护国家安全 - justify/be in favour of/ (US English) be in favor of/be against military intervention
证明军事干预合理；支持／反对军事干预 - threaten/authorize/launch/take/support/oppose unilateral/pre-emptive military action
扬言采取／授权使用／发起／采取／支持／反对单边的／先发制人的军事行动 - impose/enforce/lift/end economic sanctions/an arms embargo/a naval blockade
强制实行／解除经济制裁／武器禁运／海上封锁 - close/protect/secure/patrol the border
封锁／保卫边境；在边境地区巡逻 - lead/be involved in a peacekeeping operation
领导／参与维和行动
Aid 援助 - negotiate/announce a $15 billion aid package/an economic stimulus package
达成／宣布 150 亿美元的一套援助计划／刺激经济的一揽子计划 - send/provide/request/cut off military aid
派遣／提供／请求／中断军事援助 - bring/provide emergency/humanitarian relief
带来／提供紧急／人道主义救助 - deliver/distribute medical supplies/(British English) food parcels/(North American English)food packages
- fund/run a foreign/a local/an international NGO
资助／管理外国／当地／国际非政府组织 - reduce/eradicate child/global/world poverty
减少／根除儿童／全球性／世界性贫困
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Shoppingb1, Politicsb1The US has restricted trade with India. 美国已经限制同印度的贸易。 Several local companies took part in a trade mission to Spain. 好几家本地公司参加了赴西班牙的贸易代表团。 Steps were taken to ban the trade in ivory. 已采取措施禁止象牙交易。 The US was accused of employing unfair trade practices. 美国被指进行不公平贸易。 The countries were locked in a trade war, refusing to allow imports of each other's goods. 这些国家陷入了贸易战，拒绝进口对方的货物。 The five countries formed a regional trade bloc. 这 5 个国家成立了一个地区性贸易集团。 They already dominated the domestic trade in raw jute. 他们已经主宰了国内的黄麻原麻生意。 Trade between the Adriatic ports and their hinterland had grown. 亚得里亚海港和其内地之间的贸易增长了。 attempts to curb the illicit trade in exotic species 制止外来物种非法交易的努力 the boom and slump periods of a trade cycle 商业周期的繁荣期和衰退期 the evil trade in drugs 罪恶的毒品交易
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- [countable]
a particular type of business 行业；职业；生意 the building/food/tourist trade 建筑/食品/旅游业 - in the… trade
He works in the retail trade (= selling goods in shops/stores). 他做零售工作。 the fur/book trade 毛皮/书籍贸易
Extra ExamplesShe's in the wholesale fruit trade. 她做水果批发生意。 the area's dependence on the tourist trade 该地区对旅游业的依赖 Employment in the building trade is notoriously irregular. 建筑业工作的不稳定是尽人皆知的。 He built up a trade in seeds, corn, and manure. 他逐步发展了经营种子、谷物和肥料的业务。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
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- the trade[singular + singular or plural verb]
a particular area of business and the people or companies that are connected with it 同业；同行；同人 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 Their company is respected and well known in the trade. 他们公司在业内享有盛誉。 It's a trade association that represents all segments of the dairy industry. 这是一个代表乳制品行业所有部门的行业协会。
Extra ExamplesThe vase was bought by a trade buyer. 那个花瓶让一个业内买家给买去了。 These flour sacks are known in the trade as ‘pockets’. 这些面粉袋在业内称为“口袋”。 the trade body representing water companies 代表自来水公司的行业公会
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
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the amount of goods or services that you sell 营业额；交易量 Trade was very good last month. 上月的交易量很大。 All around the pyramids, salespeople were doing a roaring trade in souvenirs. 在金字塔周围，商贩们红红火火地做着纪念品生意。
Extra ExamplesShops have lost a day's trade. 商店损失了一整天的生意。 Stores are doing a brisk trade in wizard accessories and vampire kits. 商店里魔法配件和吸血鬼套装卖得很火。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- [uncountable, countable]
a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and that requires special training and skills （尤指手工）职业；手艺；行当 - by trade
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。
Synonyms workwork- employment
- career
- profession
- occupation
- trade
- work the job that somebody does, especially in order to earn money:
It’s very difficult to find work at the moment. 目前很难找到工作。
- employment (rather formal
) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work: 指工作、职业、受雇、就业： Only half the people here are in paid employment. 这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。
- career the job or series of jobs that somebody has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes:
He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office. 他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。
- profession a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education:
He hopes to enter the medical profession. 他希望能从事医务工作。
- occupation (rather formal
) a job or profession: 指工作、职业： Please state your name, age, and occupation. 请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
- trade a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills:
Carpentry is a highly skilled trade. 木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。
- in/out of work/employment
- (a) full-time/part-time work/employment/career/occupation
- permanent/temporary work/employment
- (a) well-paid work/employment/profession/occupation
- (a) low-paid work/employment/occupation
- to look for/seek/find work/employment/a career/an occupation
- to get/obtain/give somebody/offer somebody/create/generate/provide work/employment
Extra ExamplesIf you've got a trade, you need never be out of work. 如果你有一份职业，你就永远不需要失业。 Dressmaking is a highly skilled trade. 制衣是一项技术含量很高的行业。 the tools needed to carry on a trade 从事某行业工作所需的工具
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- skilled
- building
- learn
- carry on
- exercise
- …
- by trade
- a jack of all trades
- the tricks of the trade
- by trade
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Low German, literally ‘track’, of West Germanic origin; related to tread. Early senses included ‘course, way of life’, which gave rise in the 16th cent. to ‘habitual practice of an occupation’, ‘skilled handicraft’. The current verb senses date from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
do a roaring trade (in something)
- (informal)
to sell a lot of something very quickly 生意兴隆；售出大量（某物） The ice-cream vendors were doing a roaring trade. 冰淇淋小贩生意兴隆。
a jack of all trades
a person who can do many different types of work, but who perhaps does not do them very well 博而不精的人；万金油
ply for trade/hire/business
- (British English)
to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business 招徕顾客；等生意 taxis plying for trade outside the theatre 在剧院外从事贸易的出租车
ply your trade
to do your work or business 从事工作；做事 This is the restaurant where he plied his trade as a cook. 这是他做厨师的那家餐厅。 Drug dealers openly plied their trade in front of children. 毒贩在儿童面前公开进行交易。
the tricks of the trade
the clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity （某一行业或活动的）绝招，绝活，门道，生意经