commodity
英 [kəˈmɒd.ə.ti]
美 [kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i]
将“commodity”拆解为“com”和“modity”。记住“com”来源于common,意味着普遍的,而“modity”可以想象成“mode”加上“-ity”,即“模式”或“形态”的普遍属性。因此,“commodity”可以理解为普遍的商品或货物,便于记忆。
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commodity 商品来自commode, 舒适的物品。词义演变比较goods, 商品,来自good, 好的。
- commodity (n.)
- early 15c., "benefit, profit, welfare;" later "a convenient or useful product," from Middle French commodité "benefit, profit," from Latin commoditatem (nominative commoditas) "fitness, adaptation, convenience, advantage," from commodus "suitable, convenient" (see commode). General sense "property possession" is from c. 1500.
- 1. Many brokers were charged with cheating customers in commodity trades.
- 许多经纪人被指控在商品交易中欺骗顾客。
- 2. Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.
- 钱对她来说就是个抽象的东西,她从不去想钱。
- 3. The authorities took measures to roll commodity price back.
- 当局采取措施使物价全面回降.
- 4. There is an abundance of commodity supplies on the markets.
- 商品供应充足.
- 5. Tact is a valuable commodity.
- 圆滑老练是很有用处的.