market

[英]n 1 [C] gathering of people for buying and selling goods; place where they meet 集市; 市场: * She went to (the) market to sell what she had made. 她赶集去出售自制品. * The next market is on the 15th. 下一次集市是15号. * There is a covered market in the town centre. 市中心有个有遮盖的市场. * [attrib 作定语] a market stall, trader, day 集市货摊、 集市交易者、 集日.
2 [C] the state of trade (in a particular type of goods) as shown by prices or the rate at which things are bought and sold 某种货物的交易况; 行: * a dull/lively market (in coffee) 呆滞的[活跃的]（咖啡）交易现象 * a rising/falling market (in shares), ie in which prices are rising/falling 上涨的[下跌的]（股票）行 * The (gold) market is steady, ie Prices are not changing much. （黄金）行稳定.
3 [sing, U] ~ (for sth) demand 需求: * a good/poor market for motor cars 良好的[呆滞的]汽车销路 * There's not much (of a) market for these goods. 这些货物的需求量不大.
4 [C] area, country, section of the population, etc to which goods may be sold 行销地区; 市场: * We must find new (foreign) markets for our products. 我为产品找到新的（国外）推销市场. * This clothing sells well to the teenage market. 这种衣服在青少年中间很畅销.
5 the market [sing] buyers and sellers 买者与卖者; 市场: * The market determines what goods are made. 有人买、 有人卖就能决定做出什麽货物. * This product did not appeal to the German market. 这种产品不受德国市场的欢迎.
6 (idm 习语) come onto the `market be offered for sale 上市; 在市场上出售: * This house only came onto the market yesterday. 这所房子是昨天才投放到 场出售的. a drug on the market => drug. flood the market => flood1. in the market for sth (infml 口) interested in buying sth 有意买某物: * I'm not in the market for a big, expensive car. 我无意购买大型高价汽车. on the `market offered for sale; on sale 待售; 出售; 上市: Fr helper cop yright