commodity

英 [kəˈmɒdəti]

美 [kəˈmɑːdəti]

n.  商品; 有用的东西; 有使用价值的事物

复数：commodities　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC经济

Collins.2 / BNC.4365 / COCA.4581

牛津词典

noun

• 商品
  a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold
  1. rice, flour and other basic commodities
     稻米、面粉和其他基本商品
  2. a drop in commodity prices
     商品价格的下跌
  3. Crude oil is the world's most important commodity.
     原油是世界上最重要的商品。
• 有用的东西；有使用价值的事物
  a thing that is useful or has a useful quality
  1. Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.
     水很宝贵，但在西方人们往往意识不到这一点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 商品
  Acommodityis something that is sold for money.
  1. The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat.
     政府提高了面包、肉类等几种基本商品的价格。

英英释义

noun

• articles of commerce
  Synonym:trade goodgood

双语例句

• Modern market economy is the mixed economy of the commodity economy and non-commodity economy.
  现代市场经济是商品经济和非商品经济的混合经济。
• Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.
  钱对她来说就是个抽象的东西，她从不去想钱。
• Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.
  像其他商品一样，纯种狗的买卖同样受《货物买卖法》的约束。
• Growing demand for biofuels and the resulting higher agricultural commodity prices offer important opportunities for some developing countries.
  对生物燃料需求的不断增长和因此提高的农业商品价格为发展中国家带来了重要机遇。
• The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business.
  这个集团成为了商品期权交易市场的销售巨头。
• Weaker commodity prices triggered some fund selling.
  疲软的商品期货期价引发了基金的卖盘。
• But Mr Bernanke may explain how high commodity prices can depress the economy, and prices.
  但伯南克也许会解释，大宗商品价格高企将会如何抑制物价和经济增长。
• Can it be moral to make so much money out of a commodity which is essential to life?
  靠着一种生活必需品赚这么多钱，这在道德上说得过去吗？
• This comes at a time when rising commodity costs are boosting the price of foods like beef and coffee.
  此时正值大宗商品价格的升高提振了牛肉和咖啡等食品的价格。
• Optimism about the US economy has been a rare commodity lately.
  近来很少有人对美国经济持乐观态度。