merchandise

n. 商品；货物

vt. 买卖；推销

vi. 经商

中文词源

merchandise 商品，销售

来自merchant,商人。引申词义商品，商品销售，销售。

merchandise (n.): mid-13c., "trading, commerce;" mid-14c., "commodities of commerce, wares, articles for sale or trade," from Anglo-French marchaundise, Old French marcheandise "goods, merchandise; trade, business" (12c.), from marchaunt "merchant" (see merchant).
merchandise (v.): also merchandize, "to buy and sell; to market," late 14c.; see merchant + -ize. Meaning "promote the sale of goods" is from 1926. Related: Merchandising; merchandizing.

【摸钱袋子】买商品、货物时，你当然要摸钱袋子

1. The merchandise is reasonably priced and offers exceptionally good value.: 这些商品定价合理，很是划算。

2. Merchandise can now circulate freely among the EU countries.: 商品现在可以在欧盟各国自由流通。

3. They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise.: 他们已经偷了商店价值好几千美元的商品。

4. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.: 他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。