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barter v.物物交换；以货易货n.物物交换；实物交易 (1) 他们过去以食盐交换马匹。(2) 殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。(3) 囚犯们企图和看守做换取自由的交易。(4) 一些国家不得不采取以货易货的方法以得到外国货物。(5) 在这些岛上仍然实行着物物交换的制度。(6) 这笔交易据说是按易货方式做的。 Before money was invented, people traded goods and services in order to acquire the things they needed. An individual might trade, for example, a cow in exchange for help building a shed, or a dozen eggs in exchange for several yards of cloth. To this day people continue to barter for goods and services although this method of commerce is no longer widespread. The verb barter has survived into modern times to refer to making a transaction that involves the exchange of goods or services rather than money.

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英 ['bɑːtə(r)] 美 ['bɑːrtər] (1) They used to barter for horses with salt.(2) The colonists bartered calico for Indian land.(3) The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for their freedom.(4) Some countries had to resort to barter to obtain foreign goods.(5) On these islands a system of barter is used.(6) The business is said to be done on barter basis. If you make a deal with your brother to change the oil in his car in exchange for one of his video games, what you’ve just done is barter — or trade goods and services. 1[VERB 动词]以物易物；交换（货物） If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.   [V n for n]  [V]  [V n]  [oft N n]They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber...他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。The market-place and street were crowded with those who'd  come to barter...市场和街道上挤满了前来做物物交换的人。Traders came to barter horses.商人们前来用马匹交换其他物品。Barter is also a noun.Overall, barter is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions.总之，易货贸易是一种效率很低的交易形式。...a barter economy.易货经济

英语单词	barter
英美音标	英 ['bɑːtə(r)] 美 ['bɑːrtər]
中文释义	v.物物交换；以货易货 n.物物交换；实物交易
英语例句	(1) They used to barter for horses with salt. (2) The colonists bartered calico for Indian land. (3) The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for their freedom. (4) Some countries had to resort to barter to obtain foreign goods. (5) On these islands a system of barter is used. (6) The business is said to be done on barter basis.
中文例句	(1) 他们过去以食盐交换马匹。 (2) 殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。 (3) 囚犯们企图和看守做换取自由的交易。 (4) 一些国家不得不采取以货易货的方法以得到外国货物。 (5) 在这些岛上仍然实行着物物交换的制度。 (6) 这笔交易据说是按易货方式做的。
vocabulary简明	If you make a deal with your brother to change the oil in his car in exchange for one of his video games, what you’ve just done is barter — or trade goods and services.
vocabulary扩展	Before money was invented, people traded goods and services in order to acquire the things they needed. An individual might trade, for example, a cow in exchange for help building a shed, or a dozen eggs in exchange for several yards of cloth. To this day people continue to barter for goods and services although this method of commerce is no longer widespread. The verb barter has survived into modern times to refer to making a transaction that involves the exchange of goods or services rather than money.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]以物易物；交换（货物） If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money. [V n for n] [V] [V n] [oft N n] They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber... 他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。 The market-place and street were crowded with those who'd come to barter... 市场和街道上挤满了前来做物物交换的人。 Traders came to barter horses. 商人们前来用马匹交换其他物品。 Barter is also a noun. Overall, barter is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions. 总之，易货贸易是一种效率很低的交易形式。 ...a barter economy. 易货经济

Barter Exchange Goods Services N People Money [V