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trade (obj)treIdv从事贸易，进行交易For centuries, Native Americans traded (= bought and sold or exchanged goods) with European settlers. [I]几个世纪以来，美国印第安人和欧洲移民进行贸易。The company has been trading in (= buying and selling) oil for many years. [I]多年来这家公司一直做石油的生意。The two countries have become close trading partners.这两个国家成为了密切的贸易伙伴。On London's Stock Exchange, 18.5 million shares were traded yesterday. [T]伦敦证券交易所昨天成交了1850万股。The company employs nearly 10, 000 people and is publicly traded (= shares in it are available for sale to the public). [T]这家公司雇佣了近1万人，股票公开上市交易。Shares in the company traded (= were bought and sold) actively. [I]这家公司里的股票交易进行得十分活跃。To trade is also to exchange, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead.交换; 改换The children traded comics. [T]孩子们交换连环画。Billy traded his toy soldiers for Joe's toy car. [T]比利用他的玩具兵换乔的玩具汽车。I'll trade you some of my chocolate for some of your ice cream. [+ two objects]我会用我的一些巧克力和你的冰淇淋交换。She has traded her glasses for contact lenses. [T]她用隐形眼镜替换了眼镜。In the Second World War, many women traded aprons for welders'masks (= stopped working in the home and went to work in factories). [T]在第二次世界大战中，许多妇女解下围裙戴上了焊工面罩。I wouldn't trade you for the world (= I do not want a different partner). [T]除你之外，我谁也不要。If people trade statements of a particular type, they say or tell them to each other.相互说We sat around the dinner table, trading stories. [T]我们围坐在饭桌旁，相互说着故事。They traded bets on how long Tom would stay in his new job. [T]他们相互就汤姆会在他的新工作上呆多久打赌。The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults. [T]这两个政客不是真正在讨论问题，他们只是在对骂。If you trade something in, you give it as part of the payment for something else.（以旧物）折价贴换别的物品He recently traded in his Jeep for a red Mercedes. [M]他最近把他的吉普折价贴换成了一辆红色的梅塞德斯。We got a good trade-in price for our old television.我们的旧电视机得了个好抵购价。To trade up is to buy esp. a house or car that is of higher value than the one you already have.购进比现有的（房子、汽车等）价格更高的货物To trade down is to buy one of lower value.购进价格档次较低的货物Our house is getting too small for us now, so we've decided to trade up and buy a bigger one. [I]现在我们的房子对我们来说变得太小了，所以我们决定折价贴换买一幢更大的房子。My car is costing me too much to run, so I'm going to trade down to/for a cheaper model. [I]我的车开起来花费太大，所以我打算换一辆便宜些的车。[HORSETRADE]
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