commerce
noun /ˈkɒmɜːs/
/ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
[uncountable]- 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。
Wordfindersee also Chamber of Commerce, e-commerce, m-commerce- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
Topics Businessc1, Politicsc1- She 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- global
- international
- …
- engage in
- regulate
- affect
- …
- commerce between
- commerce with
- a chamber of commerce
- the world of commerce
词源mid 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’). - Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.