commerce

英 ['kɒmɜːs] 美['kɑmɝs]
  • n. 贸易,商业

CET4TEM4考研CET6TOEFL中频词常用词汇

词态变化


复数: commerces;

英英释意


1. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
2. social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

英文词源


commerce
commerce: [16] Commerce is etymologically related to market, merchandise, merchant, and mercury. It comes, perhaps via French commerce, from Latin commercium ‘trade’, a compound noun formed from the collective prefix com- ‘together’ and merx ‘merchandise’. The adjective commercial is 17th-century, its nominal use for ‘broadcast advertisement’ 20thcentury.
=> market, merchant, mercury
commerce (n.)
1530s, from Middle French commerce (14c.), from Latin commercium "trade, trafficking," from com- "together" (see com-) + merx (genitive mercis) "merchandise" (see market (n.)).

同义词辨析


business, commerce, trade, bargain, deal

这些名词均含"贸易,交易"之意。

business: 指包括售货、购货、换货在内的综合商业活动,方式可以是批发或零售。

commerce: 多指大规模的买卖或易货关系。

trade: 普通用词,含义广。既可指某种具体的商业又可指广泛的贸易。

bargain: 多指买卖双方通过谈判、协商就商品质量、数量、价格等项达成协议所成的生意。

deal: 口语用词,指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交。

考试真题


At 11:00, you're seeing Gianni Riva at Megastar and (14) then you'll have a lunch engagement with Gavin from the Chamber of Commerce at 1:00.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Gavin from the Chamber of Commerce

出自-2013年12月听力原文

During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication became commonplace in the U.S.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

It serves as a guide to arts and commerce.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doom saying

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent".

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commerce.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

This generated little commerce for downtown businesses in the evenings, which made business and generating tax revenue for municipal upkeep difficult.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

This policy sets the stage for the Department of Commerce to take over the management of traffic in space.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

实用场景例句


leaders of industry and commerce
工商界领导人

牛津词典

They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce.
他们靠工商业发了财。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He appeared to deprive his city of all its resources, arts, commerce, money, and defenses.
他看似剥夺了他城池的所有资源, 艺术, 商业, 金钱和与国防.

期刊摘选

This shows Chinese and small businesses to undertaking commerce direction initiative and actively adjust.
这显示出中国中小企业正在自发而主动地进行贸易方向调整.

期刊摘选

And they require more than the state to step in: commerce and churches are as important.
他们需要的不仅仅是国家的干预,商业发展和教会引导也同样重要.

期刊摘选

The Commerce Department reported the US trade deficit narrowed to its lowest level in nine months.
商业部报道了英国在近九个月的外贸赤字,已达到最低水平.

期刊摘选

Chain commerce grew rapidly.
实现利润40亿元,增长6.8%.

期刊摘选

Finally it is about the electronic commerce displays the technical leverage of the product technological question.
最后则是电子商务中发挥技术杠杆作用的产品技术问题.

期刊摘选

Congress may pass laws that allow states to independently regulate interstate commerce.
国会可以通过法律允许州独立规制州际商务.

期刊摘选

Region economy and commerce collectivize are one of fundamental trends that current world economy grows.
区域经济和贸易集团化是当今世界经济发展的重要趋势之一.

期刊摘选

Bonus acts as a stimulus to industry and commerce.
奖金对工商业起促进作用.

期刊摘选

National Real Estate Federation of Industry and Commerce Chamber of Commerce , said Nie Meisheng.
全国工商联房地产商会会长聂梅生说.

期刊摘选

Manifesting the significance of DPR system for direct commerce enterprise.
分销辅助系统对直销企业有着重要的意义.

期刊摘选

During the war, they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.
在战争期间, 他们禁止与敌国通商.

《简明英汉词典》

Commerce binds the two countries together.
贸易把这两国结合在一起.

《简明英汉词典》

The marketplace was where commerce was traditionally carried on.
这个集市是传统的贸易场所.

《简明英汉词典》

Mercury was the presiding divinity over commerce.
墨丘利是商业之神.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Banks are the nerves of commerce.
银行是商业的中心.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He is engaged in commerce.
他从事商业.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They drew up plans aimed at expanding commerce.
他们拟定了发展商业的计划.

《简明英汉词典》

leaders of industry and commerce
工商界领导人

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

There's been a dramatic shift away from traditional careers towards business and commerce.
从传统职业转向商贸领域的巨大转变已然发生了。

柯林斯例句

There were notable jousts with the Secretary of Commerce.
和商业部长之间明显存在竞争。

柯林斯例句