托福每日一词:stock
托福词汇的积累,是一个长期的过程,因此想要打好词汇的基础。要对一些重点词汇进行深入的复习。每日一词为大家整理了托福考试中的重点词汇。帮助大家全方位的备考。下面让我们来看看今天的每日一词吧!
来源:新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
stock
常考释义
1.n. 牲畜
farm animals (such as cattle) from which meat, wool and other products are obtained 同livestock
例:stock raising 畜牧业
2. n. 库存
a supply of something that is available for use
例:The stock is nearly exhausted.
库存已几乎卖完。
3. n. 股票
Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid.
例: Stock prices have jumped up this month.
这月的股票价格暴涨。
音频中例句
1.None of the bookstores in the campus area had it (the book) in stock.
校园中没有一家书店有(这本书)库存。
2.laughing stock 笑柄
3.domestic stock 、 live stock 家畜
练习
判断下列句子中stock的意思。
1. Many complex factors led to the adoption of the new economies, not only at Abu Hureyra, but at many other locations such as 'Ain Ghazal, also in Syria, where goat toe bones showing the telltale marks of abrasion caused by foot tethering (binding) testify to early herding of domestic stock.
2. Then there is Dick Grasso, the former head of the New York Stock Exchange.
3. If a product is out-of-stock, this is a problem for any store.
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拓展
衍生词:stockbroker(n.)股票经纪人
stockholder(n.)股东
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