| 单词 | in trade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin trade b. in trade: engaged in a mercantile or commercial occupation, as opposed to practising a learned profession, having a private income, etc. Often depreciative. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [adverb] in trade1708 1708 Daily Courant 25 Oct. All the Burghers and other Inhabitants of the said City..whether they have been in Trade or other Employments whatsoever. 1750 Gentleman & Lady's Palladium Jan. 6 Both the Gentry, and Persons in Trade, Where Oeconomy rules, are all fond of my Aid. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. vii. 118 On the other hand, they were of low origin, in trade, and only moderately genteel. View more context for this quotation a1869 L. W. D. Gordon Discretions & Indiscretions (1932) v. 60 I could never be presented at Court, because I was in ‘trade’. 1953 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour xii. 125 His father was in trade, and Frederick snubbed him. 1974 ‘W. Haggard’ Kinsmen x. 98 When he'd made a great fortune Duncan Gregg had gone up the ladder a little. But not very much, he was still in trade. 1998 R. Sobel Coolidge iii. 66 Crane, a man from the provinces who was in trade, and thus not a true gentleman. < as lemmas |
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