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niche

noun
 
🔊/niːʃ/, 🔊/nɪtʃ/
🔊/niːʃ/, 🔊/nɪtʃ/
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  1.  
    a comfortable or suitable role, job, way of life, etc.舒适或称心的工作（或生活等）
    • He eventually found his niche in sports journalism.最后他在体育新闻界找到了理想的工作。🔊🔊
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    • He had found his own little niche in life.他找到了自己的人生定位。
    • She's carved out quite a niche for herself in fashion design.她已经为自己在时装设计方面谋得了一个称心的工作。
    • women who dared question their niche in society敢于质疑自己社会定位的女性
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • comfortable
    • distinctive
    • particular
    • …
    verb + niche
    • have
    • find
    • identify
    • …
    niche + noun
    • market
    • marketing
    • business
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the niche
    • into a/​the niche
    • niche for
    • …
    phrases
    • a niche in the market
    See full entry
  2.  
    (business商业) a small section of the market for a particular kind of product or service“利基”，商机，市场补缺（针对特定消费者群体的市场需求）
    • They spotted a niche in the market, with no serious competition.他们在市场上发现了一个竞争不大的商机。🔊🔊
    • There's a niche for a small stylish car.小型时尚汽车还有一席之地。
    Topics Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • comfortable
    • distinctive
    • particular
    • …
    verb + niche
    • have
    • find
    • identify
    • …
    niche + noun
    • market
    • marketing
    • business
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the niche
    • into a/​the niche
    • niche for
    • …
    phrases
    • a niche in the market
    See full entry
  3. a small hollow place, especially in a wall to contain a statue, etc., or in the side of a hill壁龛；（山体）凹进的地方 synonym nook
    • The niche was just big enough to hold two small candles.利基市场足够大，可以容纳两个小蜡烛。
    • I found a niche in the rock and sat and watched while the sun rose and filled the valley with light.我在岩石上发现了一个小生境，坐下来看着太阳升起，充满了山谷的光芒。
    Topics Buildingsc2
  4. (biology生物) a position or role taken by a kind of living thing within its community. Different living things may have the same niche in different places, for example antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia.生态位（一种生物在群落中的地位或作用）
    • Within each niche, similar animals avoid competing with each other.在每个细分市场中，相似的动物会避免彼此竞争。
    • Mammals moved into the niche left vacant by the disappearance of the dinosaurs.哺乳动物填补了恐龙消失后留下来的空间。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • comfortable
    • distinctive
    • particular
    • …
    verb + niche
    • have
    • find
    • identify
    • …
    niche + noun
    • market
    • marketing
    • business
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the niche
    • into a/​the niche
    • niche for
    • …
    phrases
    • a niche in the market
    See full entry
    5. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’.

niche

adjective
🔊/niːʃ/, 🔊/nɪtʃ/
🔊/niːʃ/, 🔊/nɪtʃ/
(business商业)
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  1. (of products, services or interests) appealing to only a small section of the population
    • Enthusiast markets will always exist but they are niche.热心的市场将永远存在，但它们是利基市场。
    • a niche market利基市场
    • We see niche products as one of our strengths.我们将利基产品视为我们的优势之一。
    • the development of niche marketing (= aiming products at particular groups)利基市场营销的开发
    • a film intended for a niche audience针对特定观众群拍摄的电影
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’.