mar·ket
noun/ˈmɑːkɪt/
/ˈmɑːrkɪt/
Idioms 
enlarge image[countable] an occasion when people buy and sell goods; the open area or building where they meet to do this集市；市场；商场 - a fruit/flower/fish market
水果／鲜花市场；鱼市 - an antiques market
古玩市场 - an indoor/a street market
室内／街头市场 - market stalls/traders
集市货摊／商贩 - at the market We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market.
我们在市场上购买水果和蔬菜。 - Thursday is market day.
星期四是赶集日。
Culture marketsmarketsMost people in Britain and the US buy their fresh food in supermarkets rather than traditional markets. But markets are still important to the life of many cities and towns, and farmers' markets, where local farmers and others sell produce (= fruit, vegetables, etc.) or home-made foods directly to the public, are popular.In Britain, most markets are held in the open air, in town squares or market places. They usually take place only on market day, the same day each week, and sometimes on Saturdays, and the stalls are put up for each occasion. Towns where markets have been held for many years are called market towns. Many still have a market cross, indicating where the market was originally held, or an old market hall, a covered area open at the sides. Today, markets sell flowers, fruit and vegetables, fish and meat, clothes and household goods. Markets that sell cheap second-hand goods, including clothes, jewellery and books are called flea markets.Some towns and cities in Britain and the US have a covered or indoor market. These markets are usually open more days of the week than outdoor markets and operate more like shops.The word market is sometimes used in American English to refer to any food shop. A hypermarket or superstore in both Britain and the US is a very large store or supermarket.Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1- Every town here has its street market.
这里的每个城镇都有街头市场。 - They took the pigs to market.
他们把猪运到市场去卖。 - He bought the socks from a market stall in Gloucester.
他从格洛斯特的一个市场摊位上买了这些袜子。 - The town was granted a charter to hold a market on Fridays.
该镇获得了每周五举办集市的许可。 - You can buy seaweed at any local market.
您可以在任何当地市场购买海藻。 - Market traders donned traditional costumes to sell their mouth-watering crepes, cheeses and wines.
市场商贩穿着传统服装出售令人垂涎的薄饼、奶酪和葡萄酒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open-air
- outdoor
- street
- …
- hold
- go to
- take something to
- …
- square
- town
- day
- …
- at a/the market
- in a/the market
- a fruit/flower/fish market
- [singular] business or trade, or the amount of trade in a particular type of goods
交易；买卖；交易量 - the world market in coffee
世界咖啡交易 - They have increased their share of the market by 10 per cent.
他们的市场份额增加了 10%。 - The firm will expand its size to claim more market share.
公司将扩大规模，争取更大的市场份额。 - the property/housing/job market (= the number and type of houses, jobs, etc. that are available)
房地产／就业市场 - They have cornered the market in sportswear (= sell the most).
他们垄断了运动装的销售。 - New companies have entered the market.
新公司已进入市场。 - The big players still dominate the market.
大型公司仍然主导着市场。
Wordfinder- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
Collocations BusinessBusinessRunning a businesssee also labour market- buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise
- set up/establish/start/start up/launch a business/company
- run/operate a business/company/franchise
- head/run a firm/department/team
- make/secure/win/block a deal
- expand/grow/build the business
- boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade
- increase/expand production/output/sales
- boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability
- achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability
- cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices
- announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks
- break into/enter/capture/dominate the market
- gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share
- find/build/create a market for something
- start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign
- develop/launch/promote a product/website
- create/generate demand for your product
- attract/get/retain/help customers/clients
- drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales
- beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition
- meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets
- draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget
- keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget
- be/come in below/under/over/within budget
- generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business
- fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit
- provide/raise/allocate capital/funds
- attract/encourage investment/investors
- recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment
- get/obtain/offer somebody/grant somebody credit/a loan
- apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance
- lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue
- accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts
- suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses
- face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy
- file for/ (North American English) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy
- (British English) go into administration/liquidation
- liquidate/wind up a company
- survive/weather a recession/downturn
- propose/seek/block/oppose a merger
- launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- A relatively small group of collectors drives the art market.
一群数目不多的收藏家驱动着艺术品市场。 - Organic product lines have expanded from serving a small niche market.
有机产品系列已经不再仅仅服务于小众市场。 - Their books were geared to a mass market.
他们的书面向大众市场。 - Lenders have flooded the market with easy credit.
贷方的宽松信贷充斥了市场。 - Markets evolve in response to consumer demands.
市场根据消费者需求而不断发展。 - They seem to have identified a gap in the market.
他们似乎已经找到了一处市场空白。 - Rising mortgage rates will price some people out of the market.
抵押率的上涨将使一些人退出市场。 - We will charge whatever the market will bear.
我们将按消费者的最大承受能力定价。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- competitive
- active
- booming
- …
- put something on
- come on
- come onto
- …
- open up
- boom
- grow
- …
- price
- value
- conditions
- …
- in a/the market
- into a/the market
- on the market
- …
- be in the market for something
- the bottom drops out of the market
- the bottom falls out of the market
- …
- the world market in coffee
- [countable] a particular area, country or section of the population that might buy goods
商品的销售地；行销地区；消费群体 - exporters who want to access the Japanese market
想要进入日本市场的出口商 - Expansion into the global market brings more risk.
向全球市场扩张会带来更多风险。 - They supply beef to the domestic market.
他们为国内市场供应牛肉。 - The young, health-conscious female consumer is our target market.
注重健康的年轻女性消费者是我们的目标群体。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- Emerging markets in Asia and Latin America represent the best export opportunities for us.
亚洲及拉丁美洲的新兴市场是我们最好的出口机遇。 - They're hoping to get into the Far Eastern market.
他们希望打入远东市场。 - The disks are designed for professional applications, rather than the consumer market.
这些光盘是为专业应用而非消费市场设计的。 - There is not a broad commercial market for these prints.
此类版画没有广阔的商业市场。 - Giving away free toys is a popular way to tap the family market.
派发免费玩具是开拓家庭市场的普遍方法。 - Both products are targeting the same market.
两种产品都瞄准同一市场。 - Single professionals with no children are a lucrative market.
没有孩子的单身专业人士是个赚钱的市场。 - The company has established new markets in China, Bermuda and Algeria.
该公司已在中国、百慕大和阿尔及利亚建立了新市场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- broad
- good
- …
- create
- target
- reach
- …
- expand
- grow
- shrink
- …
- segment
- niche
- research
- …
- market for
- exporters who want to access the Japanese market
- [singular] market (for something) the number of people who want to buy something
（顾客对货物或服务的）需求 - a growing/declining market for second-hand cars
不断扩大的／萎缩的二手车市场 - There's not much of a market for tourist art on the island.
岛上旅游艺术品没有多少市场。 - New Zealand is competing in an international market for medical graduates.
新西兰正在国际市场上争夺医学毕业生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- broad
- good
- …
- create
- target
- reach
- …
- expand
- grow
- shrink
- …
- segment
- niche
- research
- …
- market for
- a growing/declining market for second-hand cars
- (often the market)[singular] people who buy and sell goods in competition with each other
（处于竞争中的）市场经营者，市场 - The market will decide if the TV station has any future.
电视台是否有前途将取决于市场。 - a market-based/market-led/market-driven economy
基于市场的／市场主导的／市场推动的经济 - innovative products at the forefront of market trends
走在市场趋势前沿的创新产品
Extra Examples- He believes that regulating the market is a good thing.
他认为市场调控是好事。 - Some services cannot be left to the market.
有些公共事业不能任由市场调节。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + market- leave something to
- regulate
- deregulate
- …
- forces
- economy
- economics
- …
- The market will decide if the TV station has any future.
- (also stock market)[countable] the business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens; a stock exchange
证券交易（所）；股票交易（所）；股市 - the futures market
期货市场 - a market crash
股市暴跌 - The market closed weaker.
收市时行情挫低了。 - The markets reacted quickly to the negative publicity.
市场对负面新闻迅速作出反应。
Extra Examples- The market was down 15 per cent.
股市跌了15 个百分点。 - He believes oil stocks will outperform the market over the next 12 months.
他相信石油股在未来 12 个月会有出色的市场表现。 - Government attempts to manipulate currency markets tend to backfire.
政府操纵货币市场的企图往往事与愿违。
- the futures market
Word OriginMiddle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
Idioms
a buyer’s market
- a situation in which there is a lot of a particular item for sale, so that prices are low and people buying have a choice
买方市场 - In a buyer's market, the commodity is plentiful and so its price is not high.
在买方市场的情况下，商品丰富，因此价格不高。
- In a buyer's market, the commodity is plentiful and so its price is not high.
in the market for something
- interested in buying something
有意购买 - I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.
我现在还不想买新车。
- I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.
on the market
- available for people to buy
出售；上市；有现货供应 - to put your house on the market
出售房屋 - The house came on the market last year.
这栋房屋去年就上市了。 - There are hundreds of different brands on the market.
有数百种不同的品牌供应。
- to put your house on the market
on the open market
- available to buy without any limits
敞开销售；自由买卖
play the market
- to buy and sell stocks and shares in order to make a profit
买卖证券和股票 - He is a skilled investor who knows how to play the market—and win.
他是一位熟练的投资者，知道如何参与市场并获胜。
- He is a skilled investor who knows how to play the market—and win.
price yourself/something out of the market
- to charge such a high price for your goods, services, etc. that nobody wants to buy them
因索价过高而无人问津 - Some leading UK firms are pricing themselves out of the market.
英国的一些大公司因要价过高而无人问津。
- Some leading UK firms are pricing themselves out of the market.
a seller’s market
- a situation in which people selling something have an advantage, because there is not a lot of a particular item for sale, and prices can be kept high
卖方市场 - In a seller’s market, demand exceeds supply, and prices are high.
在卖方市场中，需求超过供给，价格很高。
- In a seller’s market, demand exceeds supply, and prices are high.
take something off the market/shelves
- to stop something from being sold
停止销售 - The slimming pills were taken off the market.
这种减肥药片已停止销售。 - Thousands of egg products were taken off the shelves following the health scare.
由于健康恐慌，数千种蛋制品被下架。
- The slimming pills were taken off the market.