commodity

noun

/kəˈmɒdəti/

/kəˈmɑːdəti/

(plural commodities)

(economics经济学) a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold商品
- rice, flour and other basic commodities稻米、面粉和其他基本商品
- a drop in commodity prices商品价格的下跌
- Crude oil is the world's most important commodity.原油是世界上最重要的商品。
- basic agricultural commodities基本农产品
Synonyms product
product
- goods
- commodity
- merchandise
- produce
These are all words for things that are produced to be sold.
- product a thing that is produced or grown, usually to be sold:
  to create/develop/launch a new product创造／开发／推出新产品
- goods things that are produced to be sold:
  cotton/leather goods棉织／皮革商品
  electrical goods电器商品
- commodity (economics) a product or raw material that can be bought and sold, especially between countries:尤指国家间贸易的商品：
  rice, flour and other basic commodities稻米、面粉和其他基本商品
- merchandise [U] goods that are bought or sold; things that you can buy that are connected with or advertise a particular event or organization:
  official Olympic merchandise奥林匹克运动会官方指定商品
goods or merchandise?用 goods 还是 merchandise？Choose goods if the emphasis is on what the product is made of or what it is for: leather/household goods. Choose merchandise if the emphasis is less on the product itself and more on its brand or the fact of buying/selling it.
- produce [U] things that have been grown or made, especially things connected with farming:
  We sell only fresh local produce.我们只售当地的新鲜农产品。
Patterns
- consumer/industrial products/goods/commodities
- household products/goods
- farm products/produce
- luxury products/goods/commodities
- to sell/market a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise/produce
- to export a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise
- to buy/purchase a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise/produce
Topics Businessc1, Moneyc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- basic
- important
- primary
- …
verb + commodity
- produce
commodity + noun
- market
- exchange
- futures
- …
phrases
- trade in commodities
(formal) a thing that is useful or has a useful quality有用的东西；有使用价值的事物
- Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.水很宝贵，但在西方国家人们往往意识不到这一点。
- Time is a very valuable commodity.时间是非常宝贵的。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hot
- precious
- valuable
- …

词源late Middle English: from Old French commodite or Latin commoditas, from commodus ‘convenient’.

词汇	commodity
释义	commodity noun /kəˈmɒdəti/ /kəˈmɑːdəti/ (plural commodities) (economics经济学) a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold商品 rice, flour and other basic commodities稻米、面粉和其他基本商品 a drop in commodity prices商品价格的下跌 Crude oil is the world's most important commodity.原油是世界上最重要的商品。 basic agricultural commodities基本农产品 Synonyms productproduct goods commodity merchandise produce These are all words for things that are produced to be sold. product a thing that is produced or grown, usually to be sold: to create/develop/launch a new product创造／开发／推出新产品 goods things that are produced to be sold: cotton/leather goods棉织／皮革商品 electrical goods电器商品 commodity (economics) a product or raw material that can be bought and sold, especially between countries:尤指国家间贸易的商品： rice, flour and other basic commodities稻米、面粉和其他基本商品 merchandise [U] goods that are bought or sold; things that you can buy that are connected with or advertise a particular event or organization: official Olympic merchandise奥林匹克运动会官方指定商品 goods or merchandise?用 goods 还是 merchandise？Choose goods if the emphasis is on what the product is made of or what it is for: leather/household goods. Choose merchandise if the emphasis is less on the product itself and more on its brand or the fact of buying/selling it. produce [U] things that have been grown or made, especially things connected with farming: We sell only fresh local produce.我们只售当地的新鲜农产品。 Patterns consumer/industrial products/goods/commodities household products/goods farm products/produce luxury products/goods/commodities to sell/market a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise/produce to export a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise to buy/purchase a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise/produce Topics Businessc1, Moneyc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective basic important primary … verb + commodity produce commodity + noun market exchange futures … phrases trade in commodities (formal) a thing that is useful or has a useful quality有用的东西；有使用价值的事物 Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.水很宝贵，但在西方国家人们往往意识不到这一点。 Time is a very valuable commodity.时间是非常宝贵的。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective hot precious valuable … 词源late Middle English: from Old French commodite or Latin commoditas, from commodus ‘convenient’.
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