Word
mercantilism
重商主义；重商政策
核心释义
An economic theory and system, especially in 18th-century Europe, that a nation's wealth depends on its supply of capital and that the global volume of trade is fixed, so governments regulate commerce to increase exports and reduce imports.
- 1.
认为国家繁荣取决于资本储备,且全球贸易总量不变的理論。
The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.
- 2.
通过政府管制国家所有商业利益以增加国家财富的经济体系(18世纪欧洲)
an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
- 3.
以供应商品(货物和服务)为目的的交易(销售和购买)
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
商业活动；买卖；认为国家繁荣取决于资本储备,且全球贸易总量不变的理論。；通过政府管制国家所有商业利益以增加国家财富的经济体系(18世纪欧洲)；以供应商品(货物和服务)为目的的交易(销售和购买)；重商主义
用法In use
Mercantilism dominated European economic policy in the 16th to 18th centuries.
用法提示：在此句中，mercantilism指一种历史经济体系，作主语。
Many historians argue that mercantilism prioritized a nation's exports over imports.
用法提示：在此句中，mercantilism作为从句主语，强调其核心主张。
Adam Smith's free trade ideas challenged the principles of mercantilism.
用法提示：在此句中，mercantilism作介词宾语，与free trade形成对比。
under mercantilism
用于交代重商主义盛行的历史背景，常置于句首。
Under mercantilism, a country's power was measured by its stock of gold and silver.
在重商主义下，一个国家的实力以其金银储备来衡量。
a form of mercantilism
用来说明某种具体做法属于重商主义的一种表现。
相关词与表达Connections
近义词Synonyms
易混词Confusing words
- mercantile
- 商业的；贸易的 · mercantile 是形容词，只表示“与买卖、贸易有关的”，如 mercantile law（商法）；mercantilism 是名词，指把金银储备和贸易顺差视为国家富强根本的经济学说或政策体系。不能把“重商主义”直接写成 mercantile。
- commercialism
- 商业主义；唯利是图的风气 · commercialism 常带贬义，指过分强调赚钱、把一切商业化的风气（如节日的 commercialism）；mercantilism 是历史经济学术语，指政府管制商业利益以增加国家财富的理论与制度。二者都含“商业”，但一个评价社会风气，一个描述政策体系。
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