trade
noun/treɪd/
/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／对外／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
野生动物非法贸易 - the arms/drugs trade
军火／毒品交易 - The Senate has approved a trade agreement with Latin American nations.
参议院批准了一项与拉美国家的贸易协议。 - 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 BusinessBusinessRunning a business- 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
Collocations International relationsInternational relationsTradesee also balance of trade, cap and trade, fair trade, free trade- facilitate/regulate trade (with other countries)
- form/join a trading bloc
- live in/compete in a global/the world economy
- support/promote free trade
- adopt/call for/oppose protectionist measures
- erect/impose/reduce/remove trade barriers
- impose/lift/raise/eliminate import tariffs (on something)
- have/run a huge/large/growing trade surplus/deficit
- embrace/resist/drive globalization
- conduct/handle/talk about/discuss foreign policy
- pursue an aggressive/a hawkish foreign policy
- require/use/conduct diplomacy
- establish/break off/sever/restore diplomatic relations
- foster/promote/strengthen regional cooperation
- facilitate/achieve economic/political integration
- exercise/defend/protect/transfer/restore/regain national/state/full/limited sovereignty
- consolidate/extend/lose/retain your power (in the region)
- hold/maintain/change/alter/shift/be a shift in the balance of power (in the region)
- cause/create/open/expose/heal/repair a deep/growing/major/serious rift between X and Y
- have/hold/host/attend an international conference/an economic forum/a G20 summit
- launch a new round of global/multilateral/world trade negotiations
- send/head/lead/meet a high-level/an official/a trade delegation
- begin/start/continue/resume peace talks
- be committed to/be opposed to/disrupt/undermine/derail/sabotage the peace process
- negotiate/achieve a lasting political settlement
- broker/sign a peace deal/agreement/treaty
- be/constitute/pose a threat to global security
- compromise/endanger/protect national security
- justify/be in favour of/ (US English) be in favor of/be against military intervention
- threaten/authorize/launch/take/support/oppose unilateral/pre-emptive military action
- impose/enforce/lift/end economic sanctions/an arms embargo/a naval blockade
- close/protect/secure/patrol the border
- lead/be involved in a peacekeeping operation
- negotiate/announce a $15 billion aid package/an economic stimulus package
- send/provide/request/cut off military aid
- bring/provide emergency/humanitarian relief
- deliver/distribute medical supplies/(British English) food parcels/(North American English)food packages
- fund/run a foreign/a local/an international NGO
- reduce/eradicate child/global/world poverty
Wordfinder- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Shoppingb1, Politicsb1- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- international/foreign/global/world trade
- [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
Extra Examples- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- the building/food/tourist trade
- 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.
他们的公司在业内受到尊重并享有盛誉。 - 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贸易协会。
Extra Examples- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- They offer discounts to the trade (= to people who are working in the same business).
- [uncountable, countable] the amount of goods or services that you sell
营业额；交易量 - 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。
Extra Examples- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- brisk
- burgeoning
- …
- conduct
- do
- engage in
- …
- boom
- expand
- flourish
- …
- balance
- figures
- performance
- …
- in a/the trade
- trade between
- trade in
- …
- Trade was very good last month.
- [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 workworkemployment ▪ career ▪ profession ▪ occupation ▪ tradeThese 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。
- Only half the people here are in paid employment.
这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。
- He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。
- He hopes to enter the medical profession.
他希望能从事医务工作。
- Please state your name, age, and occupation.
请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
- Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。
- 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
Extra Examples- If you've got a trade, you need never be out of work.
如果你有生意，你就永远不需要失业。 - Dressmaking is a highly skilled trade.
裁缝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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- skilled
- building
- learn
- carry on
- exercise
- …
- by trade
- a jack of all trades
- the tricks of the trade
- by trade He was a carpenter by trade.
Word Originlate 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.
冰淇淋摊贩的生意非常红火。
- The ice-cream vendors were doing a roaring trade.
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
出租车在剧院外进行交易
- taxis plying for trade outside the theatre
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。
- This is the restaurant where he plied his trade as a cook.
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