n. 交易;市集;需求;交易情況,行情;
vt. 在市場上出售某物;推銷;
vi. <美>去市場買東西;
?? mark(merc-=trade)+et(名詞后綴)→市場;市集;交易;出售
"to buy or sell goods on the black market"
從事黑市買賣
近義:introduce, launch, merchandise, merchandize, release, commercialise
反義:obtain, procure, purchase, secure, acquire, get
n. 發明;發明物;捏造:內心捏造的東西,特指謊言;發明才能;
?? invent發明,創造+ion名詞后綴 → 發明,創造,捏造
"Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
傳真機在當時是一項了不起的發明。
近義:improvisation, intellect, intelligence, strike, talent, brainchild
n. 文明,文化;開化,教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民;禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture