mercantile
英['mɜːk(ə)ntaɪl]
美['mɝkəntɪl]
英英释意
- 1. of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism;
- "mercantile theories"
- "mercantile system"
- 2. profit oriented;
- "a commercial book"
- "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan
- "a mercenary enterprise"
- "a moneymaking business"
- 3. of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders;
- "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks