[13分28秒] 英语听力练习：购物买衣服常用英文会话与词汇

及物动词打折扣，减价出售; 减息贷款; 削价出售，打折; 减价，减量

不及物动词折扣; 贴现; 贴现率

名词贴现; 数目; （任何面值上的）扣除额; （考虑到故事、报告、报道等的夸张或偏见等）不全信

及物动词推荐; 劝告; 使显得吸引人; 托付

不及物动词推荐; 建议

1. 推荐;介绍
If someone recommends a person or thing to you, they suggest that you would find that person or thing good or useful.

e.g. I have just spent a holiday there and would recommend it to anyone...
我刚刚在那里度过假，很想把它推荐给每一个人。
e.g. 'You're a good worker, boy,' he told him. 'I'll recommend you for a promotion.'...
“你是个好员工，孩子，”他告诉他，“我将推荐你升职。”

名词库存; 股份，股票; 树干; 家畜

形容词常备的，存货的; 陈旧的

及物动词提供货物; 备有

不及物动词出新芽; 囤积

1. 股票;证券
Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid.

e.g. ...the buying and selling of stocks and shares...
证券和股票买卖
e.g. As stock prices have dropped, so too has bank capital.
随着股价下跌，银行资本也减少了。

2. (公司的)股本，股份
A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares.

e.g. Two years later, when Compaq went public, their stock was valued at $38 million...
康柏公司两年后上市时，他们的股本为 3,800 万美元。
e.g. The Fisher family holds 40% of the stock.
费希尔家族持有 40%的股份。

3. (商店)存(货)，储备
If a shop stocks particular goods, it keeps a supply of them to sell.

e.g. The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled loo paper.
商店货品齐全，从香烟到再生厕纸应有尽有。

4. (商店的)全部存货，库存
A shop's stock is the total amount of goods which it has available to sell.

e.g. We took the decision to withdraw a quantity of stock from sale.
我们决定将一批存货下架。

5. 在…中储备(或贮存)
If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things.

e.g. I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store...
我在一家杂货店工作，负责为货架上货。
e.g. Some families stocked their cellars with food and water...
有些家庭在地窖里储备了食品和水。

6. 贮存;储备
If you have a stock of things, you have a supply of them stored in a place ready to be used.

e.g. I keep a stock of cassette tapes describing various relaxation techniques...
我收集了一些介绍各种放松技巧的卡带。
e.g. Stocks of ammunition were running low.
弹药的库存正在减少。

7. 供应量;储备量;现有量
The stock of something is the total amount of it that is available in a particular area.

e.g. ...the stock of accommodation available to be rented.
可供租赁的住房储备量

8. 出身;种族;家系
If you are from a particular stock, you are descended from a particular group of people.

e.g. We are both from working class stock.
我们俩都出身于工人家庭。
e.g. ...blacks, Asians and people of Mediterranean stock.
黑人、亚洲人和地中海沿岸高加索人的后裔

9. (尤指经过特殊饲养的)家畜，牲畜
Stock are cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals which are kept by a farmer, usually ones which have been specially bred.

e.g. I am carefully selecting the breeding stock...
我正在精心挑选种畜。
e.g. His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
他那170头奶牛和200头乳牛都在那块地上圈养。

10. (回答、说法或做事方式)老一套的，陈腐的
A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.

e.g. My boss had a stock response — 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'...
我上司总是这一句——“别没事找事！”
e.g. National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
国家安全常被用作对一些事情保密的挡箭牌。

11. 高汤;原汤
Stock is a liquid, usually made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables in water, that is used to give flavour to soups and sauces.

12. (旧时惩罚犯人用的)手足枷
In former times, the stocks were an instrument of punishment. A criminal's hands and legs were locked into holes in a wooden frame while people threw things at them.

13. see also: stocking;laughing stock;rolling stock

14. 有货/缺货
If goods are in stock, a shop has them available to sell. If they are out of stock, it does not.

e.g. Check that your size is in stock...
查查你的尺码是否有货。
e.g. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
柠檬汁和酸橙汁暂时都缺货。

15. 作出整体估量;全面分析
If you take stock, you pause to think about all the aspects of a situation or event before deciding what to do next.

e.g. It was time to take stock of the situation...
是时候统观一下形势了。
e.g. I was forty, the age when people take stock and change their lives.
我已年届不惑，到了该全面审视自己并改变生活的年龄了。

16. lock, stock, and barrel - see barrel

相关词组：stock up

及物动词[牌戏]分; 分配; 经营; 施予

名词（一笔）交易; 许多; 待遇; 发牌

不及物动词交易; 论述; （有效地或成功地）处理; 惩处

形容词冷杉木制的，松木制的

量词用法（QUANTIFIER USES）

1. 许多;大量
If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.

e.g. ...a great deal of money...
大量的钱
e.g. I am in a position to save you a good deal of time.
我能够为你节省许多时间。

2. 许多;很多
A deal of something is a lot of it.

e.g. He had a deal of work to do.
他有许多工作要做。

形容词昂贵的，花钱多的; 豪华的

1. 昂贵的;高价的
If something is expensive, it costs a lot of money.

e.g. Wine's so expensive in this country...
葡萄酒在这个国家非常昂贵。
e.g. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.
因为正在使用很多昂贵的设备，所以我非常紧张。

名词装修; 试穿，试衣; 设备，器材; 装置

形容词适合的，适宜的; 适当的; 相称的

动词安装; 使适合（fit的现在分词）; 使合身; 与…相符

1. (设备、家具等的)小配件，附件，零件
A fitting is one of the smaller parts on the outside of a piece of equipment or furniture, for example a handle or a tap.

e.g. ...brass light fittings.
黄铜灯具配件
e.g. ...industrial fittings for kitchen and bathroom...
工业化生产的厨卫零配件

2. 可拆除装置(如烤箱、加热器等)
Fittings are things such as ovens or heaters, that are fitted inside a building, but can be removed if necessary.

3. 恰好的;恰当的;合适的
Something that is fitting is right or suitable.

e.g. A solitary man, it was perhaps fitting that he should have died alone...
他是个离群索居的人，孤独地死去也许正得其所。
e.g. The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.
总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。