在当今经济快速发展的时代，贸易的重要性不言而喻，今天ETTBL君为大家带来了以下六个“贸易”单词的用法和辨析：trade、business、commerce、transaction、deal、bargain，这些单词均含“贸易，交易”的意思，但用法各有不同，一起和ETTBL君来学习一下吧~

Trade

用法：

“贸易、交易、买卖、生意”普通用词，含义广，泛指行业，货物的进出口，买卖等，既可指某种具体的行业又可指广泛的贸易。

 牛津词典释义：

the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries

 来看看例句：

• This level of confidence in the economy is good for trade generally.

这种对经济的信任通常有利于贸易的进行。

• The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds.

该调查发现了大规模野生鸟类非法交易的证据。

• The latest trade figures have dealt a severe blow to hopes of an early economic recovery.

最新的贸易数据对早期经济复苏的希望造成了严重打击。

 Business

用法：

“业务，商务（活动），买卖（货品或服务）”，指以批发或零售进行的售货、购货、换货在内的综合商业活动。

牛津词典释义：

the activity of buying and selling goods and services; the amount of work done or the number of goods or services sold by a company or organization

 来看看例句：

• Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.

许多事情使女性难以达到美国商界的顶峰。

• The way to be successful in business is always to stay one jump ahead of your competitors.

在商业上取得成功的方法是始终保持比你的竞争对手领先一步。

• What can European companies learn from Japanese business practices?

欧洲公司可以从日本的商业行为中学到什么呢？

 Commerce

用法：

“商业、交易”，（尤指大宗的，国际间的）商业贸易，买卖或易货关系。commerce主要指“交易”，而business 主要指“业务”，交易也是一种业务，但业务不一定是交易。

 牛津词典释义：

the activities involved in buying and selling things

 来看看例句：

• They are trying to promote commerce between their countries.

他们正在努力促进他们国家之间的商业往来。

• There has been a lot of commerce with their country.

他们国家之间有很多的商业往来。

• He won't last long in the world of commerce.

他在商界里坚持不了多久。

 Transaction

用法：

“交易”，强调互换性，主要指商品和业务之间的交易。

 牛津词典释义：

an occasion when someone buys or sells something, or when money is exchanged or the activity of buying or selling something

 来看看例句：

• a business transaction

生意

• Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.

外币兑换柜台的每笔交易似乎都要花很长时间。

• We need to monitor the transaction of smaller deals.

我们需要监控规模较小的交易。

 Deal

用法：

“（尤指商业上的）协议，交易”，口语用词，主要指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交，强调交易具体的动作。deal与trade意思相近，但trade更多用于书面语。

 牛津词典释义：

an agreement or an arrangement, especially in business

 来看看例句：

• They backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.

他们在即将签署合同的前一天终止了交易。

• We won't be able to make a profit on the deal unless we raise the sale price.

除非我们提高售价，否则我们将无法在交易中获利。

• Our firm could lose a lot of money if the deal is unsuccessful.

如果交易进行不顺利，我们公司可能会损失惨重。

 Bargain

用法：

“契约，交易，协议”，多指买卖双方通过谈判、协商就商品质量、数量、价格等项达成协议所成的生意。bargain还可以表示“特价商品，廉价货，便宜货”。

 牛津词典释义：

an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else; something on sale at a lower price than its true value

来看看例句：

• Will you keep your side of the bargain?

你那一方能遵守协议吗？

• There seems no justification at all for his crying off from the bargain.

他要取消这个协议似乎是没有道理的。

• The management and employees eventually struck a bargain.

劳资双方最终达成了协议。

编辑：ETTBL