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单词 exchange
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exchange
(ɪkstʃndʒ )
Word forms: exchanges , exchanging , exchanged
1. verb B1+
If two or more people exchange things of a particular kind, they give them to each other at the same time.
We exchanged addresses and Christmas cards. [VERB noun]
The two men exchanged glances. [plural-noun VERB]
He exchanged a quick smile with her then entered the lift. [VERB noun + with]
Exchange is also a noun.
He ruled out any exchange of prisoners with the militants. [+ of]
...a frank exchange of views. [+ of]
2. verb B2
If you exchange something, you replace it with a different thing, especially something that is better or more satisfactory.
...the chance to sell back or exchange goods. [VERB noun]
If the car you have leased is clearly unsatisfactory, you can always exchange it for another. [VERB noun + for]
3. countable noun
An exchange is a brief conversation, usually an angry one. [formal]
There've been some bitter exchanges between the two groups. [+ between]
4. countable noun
An exchange of fire, for example, is an incident in which people use guns or missiles against each other.
There was an exchange of fire during which the gunman was wounded. [+ of]
This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
5. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] B1
An exchange is an arrangement in which people from two different countries visit each other's country, to strengthen links between them.
...a series of sporting and cultural exchanges with Seoul. [+ with]
...educational exchanges for young people.
I'm going to go on an exchange visit to Paris.
6. noun, in names [the supp N]
Exchange is used in the names of some places where people used to trade and do business with each other. [business]
...the Royal Exchange.
7. countable noun
The exchange is the same as the telephone exchange.
8.  See also corn exchange, foreign exchange, stock exchange
9. in exchange phrase B1
If you do or give something in exchange for something else, you do it or give it in order to get that thing.
It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favors.
He paid her a huge salary. In exchange, he was assured of her vote.
Collocations:
exchange a handshake
His low-key celebrations were noteworthy - often he felt the need only to exchange a handshake with other players and showed little exuberance.
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After much gesticulation by the leg spinner, the pair exchanged a handshake.
Times, Sunday Times
Following the talk, the entire student body exchanges handshakes with and congratulates the speaker.
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exchange blows
Instead, they share morning runs and exchange blows in sparring.
Times, Sunday Times
Those who turned up expecting to see the pair exchange blows ten weeks early left disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times
They will exchange blows in the quarter-finals tonight, with both predicting that the winner will lift the title.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes they exchange blows which can tear the fins, but this damage heals quickly.
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exchange data
They regularly exchange data, staff and intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times
The compilers of the commodity exchange data admit to some distortion in the way volumes are calculated.
Times, Sunday Times
We exchange data on wanted criminals and people of interest.
The Sun
These are phones that can be plugged into a computer to exchange data such as pictures and files.
Times, Sunday Times
Even though scientific conferences and journal clubs are a necessary venue in which to gain and exchange data, they can be improved.
The Scientist
exchange fire
Both sides, meanwhile, have continued to exchange fire.
Times, Sunday Times
The sides continued to exchange fire for several days after the incident.
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Both sides exchange fire until they are out of ammunition.
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Bridge gives chase to the unknown horseman, and the two exchange fire before recognizing each other.
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An exchange fire began after the fighters were discovered.
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exchange fluctuations
Deposits increased by 5 per cent to $1.05 trillion, excluding foreign exchange fluctuations.
Times, Sunday Times
The expiration of crucial patents and foreign exchange fluctuations have reduced sales below the level expected by analysts.
Times, Sunday Times
The expected return on investment, therefore, should be unaffected by foreign exchange fluctuations.
Times,Sunday Times
Excluding foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions, sales were up 10 per cent.
Globe and Mail
At least you won't have to worry about currency exchange fluctuations.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange gifts
At midnight, devotees gather to sing and dance and exchange gifts.
Times, Sunday Times
If it means feeling obligated to exchange gifts with each member of your extended family, that too may be unrealistic for you this year.
Christianity Today
The royals would enjoy performances of poetry and music, celebratory dinners and group photographs, as well as exchange gifts.
The Sun
Families come together to exchange gifts, spring-clean and decorate the home with lights and flowers.
Times, Sunday Times
If you're staying over, exchange gifts in your private quarters, before joining the in-laws, or retire early for some 'us time'.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange glances
My first and second most harassed assistants exchange glances.
Times, Sunday Times
The players, swaying restlessly on their hips, exchange glances and, eventually, laughter.
Times, Sunday Times
They exchange glances when talk turns to the stamina touring requires at their age.
Times, Sunday Times
They exchange glances, then she falls asleep against the window.
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These two doppelgngers exchange glances, but only their faces above the nose are visible.
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exchange greetings
I'll stop to exchange greetings and joke about something we've discussed before.
Christianity Today
After them, all the diners exchange greetings and morsels of wafer.
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By this stone, the delegates met to exchange greetings and, at the end of the negotiations, the signed documents.
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People visit their relatives and exchange greetings throughout the 15 days of the festival.
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exchange looks
The other musicians exchange looks.
Times,Sunday Times
An ill-advised coda reunites the tragically mismatched couple to exchange looks in tear-stained old-age make-up, but what exactly do those looks express?
Times, Sunday Times
The two gangs exchange looks, and the screen subsequently fades to black.
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The two exchange looks as she departs.
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exchange money
By contrast, if you exchange money in a high street bank, you will pay 3% to 4% on the rate of exchange.
Times, Sunday Times
Convert any world currency using live mid-market currency rates, so that you can see whether you're getting ripped off when you exchange money at the airport.
Times, Sunday Times
These recommend that sellers take a friend with them when meeting prospective buyers to exchange money, and to do so at a public location, such as a coffee shop.
Times, Sunday Times
The inhabitants of the neighborhood would exchange money there.
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Personal finance experts are advising holidaymakers to shop around before buying currency and avoid exchanging money at airports, where exchange rates are notoriously poor.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange of gunfire
The move triggered an exchange of gunfire between the two countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It sounded like an exchange of gunfire and was accompanied by gasps of astonishment from the crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with security forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
exchange opinions
I like football and to exchange opinions with my players.
The Sun
Our aim was to bring the private, public sector and the charities together in one place to exchange opinions and contacts.
Times, Sunday Times
We immediately began to exchange opinions, argue about certain points, and on others agree.
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He was also able to exchange opinions, writings and even specimens which he then studied and examined. d.
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The artists would exchange opinions about the new revived versions of each other.
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exchange pleasantries
I made sure to learn every staff member's name and exchange pleasantries with anyone courteous enough to visit me or come to administer care.
Times, Sunday Times
At the moment, we do not have any problems with the neighbour and exchange pleasantries.
Times, Sunday Times
The days are over when they would exchange pleasantries and grin - albeit through gritted teeth.
Times, Sunday Times
People can't get close enough to her to exchange pleasantries or take a proper photo.
The Sun
Even five years down the track, though we would shake hands and exchange pleasantries, conversation went no further.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange rings
But they can exchange rings that are approved by the prison.
Times,Sunday Times
They want to exchange rings, they want to say 'until death do us part' in front of all their friends and family.
Times, Sunday Times
Young, educated people exchange rings and state themselves to be pre-married, or 'engaged'.
Times, Sunday Times
They exchange rings and are pronounced husband and wife.
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To seal the agreement, the two exchange rings.
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exchange trader
A second senior foreign exchange trader has been put on leave as part of the investigation into possible currency manipulation.
Times, Sunday Times
When he left to go to law school, he was a foreign exchange trader for the bank.
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It also advises that bank divisions guilty of misconduct should bear the brunt of bonus cuts, a policy that would cost foreign exchange traders dearly.
Times, Sunday Times
Bond and foreign exchange traders will be hit hardest.
Times, Sunday Times
He had worked for the bank since 2007 and was one of its most senior foreign exchange traders.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange views
There wasn't even time to exchange views with fellow passengers.
Times,Sunday Times
He sees it as his mission to 'help the two sides exchange views'.
Times, Sunday Times
Vertex added that it now met staff twice a month to 'exchange views directly'.
Times, Sunday Times
They exchange views and opinions, they debate issues, they transmit representations.
canada.com
In addition, he brings together the experiences of the shareholders and are through regional meetings the opportunity to exchange views between the members.
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exchange vows
Now his dream comes true as the devoted couple exchange vows in front of friends and family.
The Sun
Exchange vows at the top of the wheel and sign the register on the way down.
Times, Sunday Times
So they are going ahead with their own commitment ceremony, where they will exchange vows and rings in front of close family and friends.
The Sun
I appreciate that many who exchange vows here love the experience.
Times, Sunday Times
No, clothes are a necessity when you exchange vows.
Times, Sunday Times
exchange words
He was seen to exchange words with them before stewards stepped in to intervene.
The Sun
An impoverished and terrified populace knows not to exchange words or glances with foreign visitors.
Times, Sunday Times
And he played down a touchline confrontation with a pitch invader (left) after he left his technical area to exchange words with the supporter.
The Sun
They had to be kept apart as they continued to exchange words and square up again.
The Sun
Rather than exchange words, he gave words freely.
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facilitate an exchange
The programs facilitate the exchange of ideas, resulting in more informed dialogue and, they hope, improved economic policymaking.
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The arrangement will facilitate the exchange of information, personnel and technology in the transportation sector.
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In this way, a system of symbolic representation emerges which can facilitate the exchange of the most diverse products with great efficiency.
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Staff will help facilitate the exchange of these materials without ever taking possession of the materials.
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Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
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heated exchange
I can understand the indignation when a heated exchange escalates to unfortunate proportions.
Times, Sunday Times
It sparks a heated exchange between the members of the team.
The Sun
The two had already had a heated exchange when the winger had been substituted a minute earlier.
Times, Sunday Times
Especially by another criminal barrister in the middle of a heated exchange.
Times, Sunday Times
But he found himself at the centre of a heated exchange as fellow shoppers complained about the tax rises he has introduced.
Times, Sunday Times
lively exchange
As much as you enjoy a lively exchange of ideas, there are certain individuals with whom you've done enough talking.
Times, Sunday Times
You enjoy a lively exchange of ideas, even if it develops a contentious tone.
Times, Sunday Times
As you adore a lively exchange of ideas, even if they're going nowhere, you enjoy it.
Times, Sunday Times
Being logical, you enjoy a lively exchange of ideas.
Times, Sunday Times
As much as you enjoy a lively exchange of ideas, at a certain point you want to turn them into action.
Times, Sunday Times
mutual exchange
It's a mutual exchange that can act as a spur to social progress.
Times,Sunday Times
The soul sale today might fail for want of the mutual exchange of value, technically known as consideration.
Times, Sunday Times
When she asked where they could go if they wanted to leave, he suggested the mutual exchange programme, a national 'house swap' scheme.
Times, Sunday Times
And yet this doesn't alter the value that football creates through mutual exchange, or ameliorate the dangers of trying to thwart high earnings through arbitrary means.
Times, Sunday Times
Additionally, the agreement includes provisions for the mutual exchange of information vis-a-vis military history, publications and museology.
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online exchange
In early 2016, a publisher ended an online exchange with the words, 'send me a pic of yr garden'.
Times, Sunday Times
She started swapping clothes on online exchange sites rather than buying them new.
The Sun
You can buy bitcoins like any foreign currency, through an account with an online exchange.
Times, Sunday Times
These online exchange markets operate a market index of prices near but usually not at 100% competitiveness, as exchanges take commissions on winnings.
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There have been vitriolic blog postings and online exchanges about the new school.
Times, Sunday Times
prisoner exchange
We have communicated with his government to try to negotiate a prisoner exchange and you know how they responded?
Times, Sunday Times
A prisoner exchange had been arranged and somehow, using false passports, my family was on it.
Times, Sunday Times
So was there a prisoner exchange deal?
Times, Sunday Times
The fate of the young conscript, and the possibility of a prisoner exchange to free him, has been the focus of intense, if intermittent, diplomacy.
Times, Sunday Times
Negotiations on a prisoner exchange may have been derailed.
Times, Sunday Times
promote the exchange of
They can promote the exchange of ideas and people and help health workers from richer countries to work in poorer countries.
Times, Sunday Times
Social media resources employ the use of web-based and mobile applications to promote the exchange of user-generated content.
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He was a member of numerous committees to support and promote the exchange of philosophical ideas and organized the in 1954.
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It also supports training in media law and promotes the exchange of information, litigation tools and strategies for lawyers working on media freedom cases.
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He engaged in activities that further the social and intellectual development by encouraging individual expression, promoting the exchange of ideas by providing a forum for discussion and presentations.
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sharp exchanges
Allow those tensions to surface in the form of sharp exchanges or outand-out disputes, however, and you'll be amazed how much the general mood improves.
Times, Sunday Times
A third source said that there were 'short, sharp exchanges'.
Times, Sunday Times
When pressed about this again later, some sharp exchanges resulted.
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It's bound to ruffle political feathers, especially in its unexpurgated version, but their sharp exchanges brim with spice and character.
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The debates between the two gubernatorial candidates were sharp exchanges on issues involving the state's economic and crime problems.
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verbal exchange
They used games, unconventional props and a lot of verbal exchange to convey mathematical concepts to their enthusiastic charges.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the family had been told that he had been chased by a 'maintenance guy' with whom he had a verbal exchange at the hotel.
Times, Sunday Times
Here, for instance, was the initial verbal exchange afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times
A verbal exchange could have allowed more opportunity for such behaviour to be regulated by more mature players and there would have been less opportunity for it to become public.
Times, Sunday Times
Is there any verbal exchange more hackneyed in the history of fiction, filmed or otherwise?
Times, Sunday Times
witness an exchange
It also emerged that an offduty member of the diplomatic protection group pretended to be a member of the public who witnessed the exchange.
Times, Sunday Times
At least two journalists from two different newspapers witnessed the exchange.
Times, Sunday Times
The footage also contradicts the police log and the officer's e-mail, which both referred to members of the public witnessing the exchanges and looking shocked.
Times, Sunday Times
The last twenty years witnessed the exchange of numerous visits between the two countries on all levels.
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Translations:
Chinese: 交换
Japanese: 取り交わす
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