market: [12] The Latin word for ‘goods to be sold’ was merx (source of English commerce, merchant, and mercury). From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘buy’, and its past participle produced the noun mercātus ‘trade, market’. In Vulgar Latin this became *marcātus, which was adopted into early Middle English as market. The now seldom used synonym mart [15] comes from early modern Dutch mart, a variant of markt ‘market’. => commerce, mart, merchant, mercury
market (n.)
early 12c., "a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions," from Old North French market "marketplace, trade, commerce" (Old French marchiet, Modern French marché), from Latin mercatus "trading, buying and selling, trade, market" (source of Italian mercato, Spanish mercado, Dutch markt, German Markt), from past participle of mercari "to trade, deal in, buy," from merx (genitive mercis) "wares, merchandise," from Italic root *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Meaning "public building or space where markets are held" first attested mid-13c. Sense of "sales, as controlled by supply and demand" is from 1680s. Market value (1690s) first attested in writings of John Locke. Market economy is from 1948; market research is from 1921.
market (v.)
1630s, from market (n.). Related: Marketed; marketing.
双语例句
1. Like a good businessman, Stewart identified a gap in the market.
像精明的商人一样，斯图尔特发现了市场上的一个空白。
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2. Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.
从务实角度来说，音乐电视网的生存依赖于把年轻人市场卖给广告商。
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3. We are becoming one of the market leaders in the fashion industry.
我们正在成为时装业的领军者之一。
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4. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.
美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。
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5. Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.
