| 单词 | commercial |
| 释义 | commercial commercial /; AmE / adjective, noun
■ adjective
1 [usually before noun] connected with the buying and selling of goods and services: the commercial heart of the city Tesco's commercial director The government wants to give greater commercial freedom to nationalized industries. He owns hotels and property and has a range of commercial interests. commercial flights (= ones that carry passengers)
2 [only before noun] connected with businesses or the process of carrying out business: commercial insurance companies legislation controlling the noise level from industrial and commercial premises a downturn in the commercial property market The group has a fleet of 38 000 commercial vehicles for hire.
3 [only before noun] making or intended to make a profit: the commercial use of genetically-modified crops The new product was not a commercial success (= it did not make much money). They see their music as art-others see it as a commercial product.
4 (about television or radio) paid for by the money charged for broadcasting advertisements: a commercial radio station/TV channel
commercially /; AmE / adverb: commercially produced/grown/developed The product will be commercially available next year. His invention was not commercially successful.
■ noun [C]
1 an advertisement on television or on the radio: TV commercials a commercial break (= a time during or between programmes when advertisements are shown)
2 (Stock Exchange ) commercials [pl.] shares in companies that buy and sell goods to individual customers: In the City today, commercials rose slightly but there was little interest in industrials. |
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