Stock-in-trade

英 [stɒk ɪn treɪd] 美 [stɑːk ɪn treɪd]

• n. 存货；工具；营业用具；惯用手段

英英释义

Noun:

1. any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation;

   "friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is not much stock in the shop right now.
   目前店里存货不多。
2. The food store took stock every week.
   这家食品店每周盘点存货。
3. I was merely a pawn in his cunning stratagem.
   我只不过是他那狡猾计谋中的一件工具。
4. He dumped the tools in the box just anyway.
   他把工具随随便便往箱子里一扔。
5. Flattery is his stock in trade.
   阿谀奉承是他的惯用手段。