literaryWORK/DO WORK to work at your business, especially buying and selling things on the street 从事工作;〔尤指在街头〕经营生意
In some areas, drug dealers openly ply their trade on street corners.
某些地区,毒贩公然在街角进行交易。
Examples from the Corpus
ply your trade• But then, as a freeagent, he must have a warmclimate in which to ply his trade.• She is only plying her trade.• But it is up front where the expertsply their trade and both Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand are bouncing with confidence.• There was Captain Show, a seemingly respectable ex-army man, who plied his trade around the Sunningdale area of the moor.• In earlier days a ladybarberplied her trade here, Belle Kendal by name.• Complaints Police have receivedscores of complaints about dealers openly plying their trade in front of small children on street corners.• A number of drug dealers ply their trade in the park.• Tom was not the only preacherplying his trade that day.