英['brəʊkə(r)]美['broʊkər]
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词源词根法
在古代欧洲的酒吧或其他零售酒水的地方,卖酒的小贩会批发采购一桶一桶的啤酒或其他酒类,然后打开酒桶,装上龙头,然后一杯一杯地卖给喝酒的人。打开酒桶的工具在法语中叫broche,后来演变为英语单词Broach(钻头、凿子)。而表示“打开酒桶”的动词brochier则辗转演变成英语中的broker,其字面意思就是“打开酒桶的人”,原本用来表示零售酒水的小贩,后来泛指各种经销商。在金融行业中,则表示经纪人、掮客。虽然中文叫法不同,但其实都是经销商、中间人的意思。经纪人其实就是把股票、证券等金融产品贩卖给个体投资者的中间人。=broker['br??k?]n经纪人,中间人,掮客v以中间人身份来谈判、安排=broach[br??t?]n钻头,凿子,胸针vt.提出,给……钻孔、开口,开始讨论
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小知识
A broker is someone who buys or sells for someone else for a commission. You may go to a real estate company to get a broker to help you buy a house.
In Middle English broker meant “peddler or retailer.” Nowadays a broker still sells things — but she's acting as an agent making deals for someone else and collecting a commission for all that work. Used as a verb, broker means to arrange a deal or negotiate. Working for an advisory firm, a broker may convince you to invest in a company — so the broker would broker a business deal.