trade

noun

/treɪd/

Idioms

[uncountable] 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 Business
Business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 relations
International 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
see also balance of trade, cap and trade, fair trade, free trade
Wordfinder
- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
- The 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
Topics Moneyb1, Shoppingb1, Politicsb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
verb + trade
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
trade + verb
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
trade + noun
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
preposition
- 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
see also rag trade, slave trade
- She'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。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
verb + trade
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
trade + verb
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
trade + noun
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
preposition
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
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。
see also stock-in-trade
- The 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
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
verb + trade
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
trade + verb
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
trade + noun
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
preposition
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
[uncountable, countable] the amount of goods or services that you sell营业额；交易量 synonym business
- 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。
- Shops 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
verb + trade
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
trade + verb
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
trade + noun
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
preposition
- 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 work
work
- employment
- career
- profession
- occupation
- trade
These are all words for the jobs that somebody does in return for payment, especially over a long period of time.
- 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。
  The profession is all the people who work in a particular profession: the legal profession. The professions are the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or lawyer.
- 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。
Patterns
- 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
- If 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
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- skilled
- building
verb + trade
- learn
- carry on
- exercise
- …
preposition
- by trade
phrases
- a jack of all trades
- the tricks of the trade

词源late 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

trade

verb

/treɪd/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they trade	/treɪd/ /treɪd/
he / she / it trades	/treɪdz/ /treɪdz/
past simple traded	/ˈtreɪdɪd/ /ˈtreɪdɪd/
past participle traded	/ˈtreɪdɪd/ /ˈtreɪdɪd/
-ing form trading	/ˈtreɪdɪŋ/ /ˈtreɪdɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] to buy and sell things做买卖；做生意；从事贸易
- trade in something The firm openly traded in arms.这家公司公开买卖军火。
- trade with somebody Early explorers traded directly with the Indians.早期的探险者与印第安人直接进行交易。
- trade in something with somebody Her family traded in textiles with the Far East. 她的家族与远东进行纺织品贸易。
- trading partners (= countries that you trade with)贸易伙伴
- trade something Our products are now traded worldwide.我们的产品现在销往世界各地。
- In 1900, more than 60% of cotton goods traded internationally were made in Lancashire.1900年，国际贸易中超过60%的棉织品是在兰开夏郡制造的。
- trade something with somebody The turnover of agricultural goods traded with the US amounted to $45 million last year. 去年与美国的农产品贸易额达4500万美元。
- He claimed that all businesses should be able to trade freely on Sundays.他主张所有商店都应能自由地在星期天做生意。
- After settling in Madeira they began trading in flour, sugar, and leather.在马德拉群岛定居后，他们开始做面粉、糖与皮革生意。
- countries trading illegally in rhinoceros horn非法进行犀牛角交易的国家
Topics Moneyb1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
verb + trade
- continue to
- cease to
preposition
- as
- in
- with
- …
phrases
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
[intransitive] to exist and operate as a business or company营业；营运
- The firm has now ceased trading.这家商行现已停业。
- trade as somebody/something They traded as ‘Walker and Son’.他们以 “沃克父子公司” 之名营业。
- The company trades under the name ‘English Estates’.该公司以“英国房产”为名开展业务。
- They now trade as a partnership.他们现在合伙做生意。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
verb + trade
- continue to
- cease to
preposition
- as
- in
- with
- …
phrases
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
[intransitive, transitive] to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell something, on a stock exchange（在证券交易所）交易，买卖
- Shares were trading at under half their usual value.那些股票以低于通常价值的一半买卖。
- trade something Shares in the company haven't been publicly traded since 1998.自1998年以来，该公司的股票一直没有公开交易。
Topics Moneyc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
verb + trade
- continue to
- cease to
preposition
- as
- in
- with
- …
phrases
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
[transitive] to exchange something that you have for something that somebody else has互相交换；以物易物
- trade (somebody) something to trade secrets/insults/jokes互换秘密；对骂；互说笑话
- Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound.内阁同僚为英镑的未来互相谩骂。
- trade something for something She traded her posters for his CD.她以海报换取他的光盘。
- trade something with somebody I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day.我不介意和她掉换一天位置。