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inventory

noun
🔊/ˈɪnvəntri/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/
(plural inventories)
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  1. [countable] a written list of all the objects, furniture, etc. in a particular building（建筑物里的物品、家具等的）清单；财产清单
    • an inventory of the museum’s contents博物馆馆藏清单
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    • Disaster response teams are completing an inventory of damaged facilities.灾害应急救援队正在对受损设施进行登记。
    • The inventory lists many rare items.清单上列有很多稀有物品。
    • The manager is compiling an inventory of all the hotel furniture.经理正在编制宾馆所有家具的清单。
    • The painting is listed in an inventory of his complete works.这幅画列在他全部作品的目录之中。
    • There were no forks in the inventory.清单里没有叉子。
    • All my personal possessions were included in the inventory.我所有的个人财产都已列入清单。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • comprehensive
    • detailed
    • …
    verb + inventory
    • compile
    • complete
    • conduct
    • …
    inventory + verb
    • list something
    preposition
    • in an/​the inventory
    • on an/​the inventory
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  2. [uncountable] (North American English) all the goods in a store （商店的）存货，库存synonym stock
    • The inventory will be disposed of over the next twelve weeks.在未来的十二个星期中将进行清仓处理。🔊🔊
    • inventory control库存管理
    compare stocktaking
    Extra Examples
    • Hotel chains often cut prices in order to sell excess inventory.连锁酒店经常为了消化剩余客房而减价。
    • The store wanted to offer more items but stock less inventory.商店想要摆售更多商品，同时保持较少的库存。
    • a business that is low on inventory存货不足的商家
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • excess
    • surplus
    • unsold
    • …
    verb + inventory
    • stock
    • replenish
    • liquidate
    • …
    inventory + noun
    • control
    • management
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  3. (in accounting) all of the stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress and finished products （商店的）存货，库存
    • Business inventories rose 0.7% in October.10月份商业库存增长0.7％。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’.

inventory

verb
🔊/ˈɪnvəntri/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inventory
🔊/ˈɪnvəntri/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/
he / she / it inventories
🔊/ˈɪnvəntriz/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːriz/
past simple inventoried
🔊/ˈɪnvəntrid/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːrid/
past participle inventoried
🔊/ˈɪnvəntrid/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːrid/
-ing form inventorying
🔊/ˈɪnvəntriɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɪnvəntɔːriɪŋ/
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  1. inventory something to make a complete list of something; to include something in a list开列清单
    • I've inventoried my father's collection of prints.我把父亲收藏的版画列成了清单。🔊🔊
    • Every book was inventoried.每本书都有库存。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’.