词汇精选:merchant的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
商人的;商业的
例句:
This is a merchant bank.
这是个商业银行。
商船的
例句:
The President said that the baltic should be free to all nations for merchant shipping.
总统说,波罗的海应当对各国商船开放。
n.
商人
例句:
Mike got a kickback from a merchant.
麦克从商人那里得到了回扣。
例句:
The merchant decided to use camels to carry his goods across the desert.
商人决定用骆驼载运货物穿过沙漠。
例句:
The merchant had received a shipment of tea.
这个商人收到了一船茶叶。
例句:
The [merchant] had received a shipment of tea.
这个商人收到了一船茶叶。
例句:
He assumed the disguise of a merchant as a cover for his design.
他假冒商人以掩饰他的企图。
例句:
In my room, ceramic tiles overlie the cement floor.
我房间里的瓷砖在水泥的上层。
例句:
Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.
任何一个懂行的葡萄酒商人都可以给你提出建议。
例句:
I have the magazine!
我有这本杂志!
二、词义辨析:
merchant,businessman,trader,tradesman,dealer
这些名词均有“商人”之意。merchant指从事批发生意的大商人,尤指从事国际贸易的大商人,但在美国或苏格兰等地,也指一般商人。businessman指有经验、善于经营、从事各种买卖活动的买卖人、实业家或工商业家。trader指从事贸易工作的人,也指贩子。tradesman指零卖商人,开小店的商人。dealer指商人时多与表商店的字连用。
三、相关短语:
law merchant
商人惯常法
merchant bank
商人银行,证券银行
merchant marine
商船
merchant ship
商船,民用船
四、参考例句:
This is a merchant bank.
这是个商业银行。
He is a merchant in occupation.
他的职业是经商。
One day, the merchant fell ill.
一日,商人得了重病。
Radar showed a plane closing fast with our merchant fleet.
雷达显示一架飞机正在迅速逼近(飞近)我们的商船队。
They sent naval forces to protect merchant shipping.
他们派出了海军保护商船。
The merchant looked up and there was his first wife.
商人抬起头,看到了自己的大老婆。
There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives.
从前,一位富有的商人娶了四个老婆。
The merchant had received a shipment of tea.
这个商人收到了一船茶叶。
The merchant's cash sales each day were 300 dollars.
那店主一天有300美元的现金售货收入。
The land is in the possession of the merchant.
这块地为该商人所有。