This paper, based on the analysis of typical examples, discusses the lexical characteristics of English for business contracts from the perspectives of literary words, technical terms, archaisms, loanwords, juxtaposition of synonyms and hedging.

• 本文基于典型实例的分析,从书卷词语、业术语、体词、来词、语并列以及模糊性限制词等方面论述了商务合同英语在词汇层次所体现出来的文体特征。