一、详细释义：


adj.

商人的；商业的


例句：

This is a merchant bank.

这是个商业银行。


商船的


例句：

The President said that the baltic should be free to all nations for merchant shipping.

总统说，波罗的海应当对各国商船开放。


n.

商人


例句：

Mike got a kickback from a merchant.

麦克从商人那里得到了回扣。


例句：

The merchant decided to use camels to carry his goods across the desert.

商人决定用骆驼载运货物穿过沙漠。


例句：

The merchant had received a shipment of tea.

这个商人收到了一船茶叶。


例句：

The [merchant] had received a shipment of tea.

这个商人收到了一船茶叶。


例句：

He assumed the disguise of a merchant as a cover for his design.

他假冒商人以掩饰他的企图。


例句：

In my room, ceramic tiles overlie the cement floor.

我房间里的瓷砖在水泥的上层。


例句：

Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.

任何一个懂行的葡萄酒商人都可以给你提出建议。


例句：

I have the magazine!

我有这本杂志!


二、词义辨析：


merchant,businessman,trader,tradesman,dealer

这些名词均有“商人”之意。 merchant指从事批发生意的大商人，尤指从事国际贸易的大商人，但在美国或苏格兰等地，也指一般商人。 businessman指有经验、善于经营、从事各种买卖活动的买卖人、实业家或工商业家。 trader指从事贸易工作的人，也指贩子。 tradesman指零卖商人，开小店的商人。 dealer指商人时多与表商店的字连用。


三、相关短语：


law merchant

商人惯常法


merchant bank

商人银行，证券银行


merchant marine

商船


merchant ship

商船，民用船


四、参考例句：


This is a merchant bank.

这是个商业银行。


He is a merchant in occupation.

他的职业是经商。


One day, the merchant fell ill.

一日，商人得了重病。


Radar showed a plane closing fast with our merchant fleet.

雷达显示一架飞机正在迅速逼近（飞近）我们的商船队。


They sent naval forces to protect merchant shipping.

他们派出了海军保护商船。


The merchant looked up and there was his first wife.

商人抬起头，看到了自己的大老婆。


There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives.

从前，一位富有的商人娶了四个老婆。


The merchant had received a shipment of tea.

这个商人收到了一船茶叶。


The merchant's cash sales each day were 300 dollars.

那店主一天有300美元的现金售货收入。


The land is in the possession of the merchant.

这块地为该商人所有。