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commerce

noun
 
🔊/ˈkɒmɜːs/
🔊/ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
[uncountable]
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  1. trade, especially between countries; the buying and selling of goods and services（尤指国际间的）贸易；商业；商务
    • Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.工商界领导人在巴黎首脑会议上会面。
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    see also Chamber of Commerce, e-commerce, m-commerce
    Extra Examples
    • She has little experience of the world of commerce.她没有什么商界经验。
    • The marketplace was where commerce was traditionally carried on.这个集市是传统的贸易场所。
    • The marketplace was where merchants engaged in commerce.集市是商人从事贸易的地方。
    • commerce between China and Africa中国与非洲之间的商业往来
    • the development of commerce with Asia与亚洲在贸易上的发展
    Topics Businessc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • foreign
    • global
    • international
    • …
    verb + commerce
    • engage in
    • regulate
    • affect
    • …
    preposition
    • commerce  between
    • commerce  with
    phrases
    • a chamber of commerce
    • the world of commerce
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. originally in the sense of social interaction between people: from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’).