词根-merc-，frommerx?“merchandise商品;Objective;商业守护神Mercury墨丘利

messengerofJupiterandgodofcommerce;counterpartofGreekHermes;mercury(?m??kj?r??)(-merc-business,商业+-ury名词后缀）来自古罗马神话中的商业保护之神Mercury，水银。

silver-whitefluidmetallicelement,late14c.,fromMedievalLatin?mercurius,fromLatin?Mercurius?(see?Mercury).Preparedinancienttimesfromcinnabar(?s?n??bɑ??),itwasoneofthesevenmetals(bodiesterrestrial/t??restri?l/)knowntotheancients,whichwerecoupledinastrologyandalchemywiththesevenknownheavenlybodies.Thisoneprobablywasassociatedwiththeplanetforitsmobility.TheotherswereSun/gold,Moon/silver,Mars/iron,Saturn/lead,Jupiter/tin,Venus/copper.;TheGreeknameforitwas?hydrargyros?liquidsilver,whichgivestheelementitssymbol,?Hg.Compare?quicksilver,whichisitspopularname.Ithasafreezingpointof-39°C.Theuseofthewordinreferencetotemperatureorstateoftheatmosphere(by1756)isfromitsuseinthermometersandbarometers.

;commerce(?k?m??s?)n.(from?com?“with,together”(see?com-)+?merx?(genitive?mercis)“merchandise”)商业

e-commercen.电子商务

commerciala.(com-一起+-merc-商品，商业+-i-连字符+-al形容词或名词后缀)

n.广告advertisement

;commercialize,commercialisev.

商业化

commercialismn.商业主义，

commercialisationn.商业化

mercenary(?m?rs??n?ri)(?m??s?n?r??)n.雇佣兵

a.唯利是图的

;mercer/?m??s?(r)/n.布商，绸缎商dealerinsmallwaresofmerchandiseofanysort,especiallydealerintextilesorclothesofanysort,especiallysilk;

;

Theyhavemadetheirfortunesfromindustryand_________.

;mercantile/?m??k?nta?l/a.relatingtoorinvolvedintrade.贸易的;商业的

mercantilesystem

商业体系：一种经济体系，主张通过贸易实现国家财富的积累，尤其是黄金和白银。

mercantilism/m???k?nt?l?z?m/n.重商主义(Alsocalledmercantilesystem)

;merchant/?m??t??nt/n.商人a.海上货运的；商业的，商人的

merchantmann.商人;merchandise/?m??t??nda?s/

n.商品，货品；相关商品，指定商品

v.（用广告等方式）推销（商品或服务）；推介，宣传（思想，人）；古从商

merchandizing/?m??t??nda?z??/n.推销，经营

merchandizern.商人，apersonorcompanythatsellsprodu