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commodity n.日用品 Farmers closely follow the commodities' markets, where the future value of the crops they grow are traded, and on any given day assigned a different value. Commodity descends from Middle English commodite "benefit, profit," from Old French, from Latin commoditās "fitness," from commodus "convenient, appropriate," from the prefix com- "with" plus modus "measure." ★★☆☆☆ 2002.3

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[kə'mɔditi] A commodity is any useful or valuable thing, especially something that is bought and sold. Grain, vegetables, and precious metals are commodities, but so are personal qualities that can be used to make money: Originality and imagination are rare commodities in the film business. …… it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]商品 A commodity is something that is sold for money.   [BUSINESS 商]The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat.政府提高了面包、肉类等几种基本商品的价格。

英语单词	commodity
英美音标	[kə'mɔditi]
中文释义	n.日用品
vocab简明	A commodity is any useful or valuable thing, especially something that is bought and sold. Grain, vegetables, and precious metals are commodities, but so are personal qualities that can be used to make money: Originality and imagination are rare commodities in the film business.
vocab扩展	Farmers closely follow the commodities' markets, where the future value of the crops they grow are traded, and on any given day assigned a different value. Commodity descends from Middle English commodite "benefit, profit," from Old French, from Latin commoditās "fitness," from commodus "convenient, appropriate," from the prefix com- "with" plus modus "measure."
真题原句	…… it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]商品 A commodity is something that is sold for money. [BUSINESS 商] The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat. 政府提高了面包、肉类等几种基本商品的价格。
来源	2002.3

Commodity Kə'Mɔditi N.日用品 Valuable Thing Bought Sold Grain