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[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. 她赶集去售自制品. * The next market is on the 15th. 次集市15号. * There is a covered market in the town centre. 市遮盖市场. * [attrib 语] a market stall, trader, day 集市货摊、 集市易者、 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 某种货易情况; 情: * a dull/lively market (in coffee) 滞[活跃]（咖啡）易象 * a rising/falling market (in shares), ie in which prices are rising/falling [跌]（股票）情 * The (gold) market is steady, ie Prices are not changing much. （黄金）情稳.



3 [sing, U] ~ (for sth) demand 需求: * a good/poor market for motor cars [滞]汽销路 * There's not much (of a) market for these goods. 些货需求.



4 [C] area, country, section of the population, etc to which goods may be sold 销; 市场: * We must find new (foreign) markets for our products. 品新（）推销市场. * This clothing sells well to the teenage market. 种青很畅销.



5 the market [sing] buyers and sellers 买者卖者; 市场: * The market determines what goods are made. 买、 卖做什麽货. * This product did not appeal to the German market. 种品受德市场欢迎.



6 (idm 语) come onto the `market be offered for sale 市; 市场售: * This house only came onto the market yesterday. 房投 场售. a drug on the market => drug. flood the market => flood1. in the market for sth (infml 口) interested in buying sth 意买某: * I'm not in the market for a big, expensive car. 意购买型价汽. on the `market offered for sale; on sale 待售; 售; 市: