barter是什么意思，barter怎么用
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barter
TOEFL TEM8 GRE
📰 外刊例句
In the absence of prices, economists struggle to work out what people are getting back when they barter their data and attention for digital services . 由于不存在价格，经济学家很难计算出人们在用数据和注意力换取数字服务时实际得到了多少。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
[动词] 在不使用金钱的情况下用（商品或服务）交换其他商品或服务
💡 深入解读
Barter 一词源自古法语barater（以物易物、讨价还价、欺骗），15世纪中期进入英语后也是用来表示“以物易物”，常用搭配 barter sth for sth 或 barter with sb for sth ，主要指在不使用金钱的情况下用商品、服务、劳务等交换其他商品、服务、劳务等，
比如：
They have been bartering wheat for cotton and lumber.他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。
该词也可以用作名词表示“易货贸易、物物交换”以及“用来进行易货贸易的物品、交换品”，比如：以物物交换方式进行贸易
trade by barter
易货经济
a barter economy
barter away one's soul for wealth而下面权威用例部分提到的短语动词 barter away 则是用来指可耻或得不偿失地“出卖、出让”，比如：为财富而出卖灵魂
We do not barter away principles, succumb to external pressure, or act as vassals of others.权威用例不拿原则做交易，不屈从外部压力，不做别国的附庸。
出自习主席在金砖国家领导人第十五次会晤上的讲话（双语全文）
exchange: give something and receive something of the same kind in return swap: give (one thing) and receive something else in exchange trade: exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- exchange: give something and receive something of the same kind in return
- swap: give (one thing) and receive something else in exchange
- trade: exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction
