mar·ket1 /ˈmɑːkɪt $ ˈmɑːr-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 place to buy things 购物场所 [countableC] a) SHOP/STOREa time when people buy and sell goods, food etc, or the place, usually outside or in a large building, where this happens 集市;市场 I usually buy all my vegetables at the market. 我通常都是在菜市场里购买蔬菜。
fish/fruit and vegetable/flower etc market There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays. 每逢周日这里都会有一个不错的古玩集市。
street market (=with a lot of different people selling things from tables, stalls etc in the street) 街市
b) American EnglishAmESHOP/STORE a shop that sells food and things for the home 食品杂货店 SYN grocery store 2 the market a) BFSthe stock market 证券市场,股票交易所 Most analysts are forecasting a further downturn in the market. 大多数分析家预测证券市场将会进一步下挫。
As soon as she graduated from college, she started to play the market (=risk money on the stock market). 她大学一毕业就炒起了股票。
The markets (=all the stock markets in the world) are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago. 相比十年前,全球股市应对日益疲弱的经济更加有准备了。
b) BBTthe total amount of trade in a particular kind of goods 〔某种货物的〕市场总额,总销售量 Honda is trying to increase its market share. 本田公司正设法提高其市场份额。
the state of the art market 艺术品市场的状况
the housing/property etc market Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. 房地产市场的投资者对通货膨胀上升表示担忧。
the market in the world market in aluminum 全球铝市场
→ bear market, bull market c) BBTthe system in which all prices and wages depend on what goods people want to buy, how many they buy etc 市场机制;市场情况 The president believes prices should be determined by the market, not the government. 总统认为物价应该由市场决定,而不是由政府决定。
→ free market 3 on the market BBTSELLavailable for people to buy 在出售的,可买到的 The manufacturers say the device will be on the market by May. 生产商说该设备将于5月前上市。
Handguns are freely available on the open market (=for anyone to buy). 手枪可以在市场上自由买卖。
They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market (=offered it for sale). 虽然他们知道这不是卖房子的时候,但他们还是挂牌出售了。
a revolutionary new drug that has just come onto the market 刚刚上市的一种革命性新药物
Don’t say ‘in the market’. Say
on the market.
不要说 ‘in the market’. 而要说 on the market.
4 country/area 国家/地区 [countableC]BBT a particular country or area where a company sells its goods or where a particular type of goods is sold 〔公司产品或某类商品的〕市场 Our main overseas market is Japan. 我们的主要海外市场是日本。
international/home/UK etc market The domestic market makes up about 75% of their sales. 国内市场占他们总销售量的75%左右。
market for The world’s largest market for illegal drugs is the US. 全球最大的毒品市场是美国。
5 people who buy 购买者 [singular]BBTBUY the number of people who want to buy something, or the type of people who want to buy it 市场〔指购买人数或购买人群〕market for The market for specialist academic books is pretty small. 专业学术著作的市场非常小。
Is there a market for his invention? 他的发明有市场吗?
niche/specialist market 针对特定群体的销售市场
► see thesaurus at customer 6 be in the market for something WANTto be interested in buying something 有意购买某物 This is a bad time to be in the market for a new car. 现在不是购买新车的好时机。
7 the job/labour market BEthe people looking for work, and the number of jobs that are available 就业市场/劳务市场 The job market has been badly hit by the recession. 就业市场受到了经济衰退的沉重打击。
8 a buyer’s/seller’s market SELLa time that is better for buyers because prices are low, or better for sellers because prices are high 买方/卖方市场 I’ll look for a house next year when it’s more of a buyer’s market. 等明年相对来说是买方市场时我就找一栋房子。
→ corner the market at corner2(3), → price yourself out of the market at price2(4)