commercial traveler

IPA/kəmˈɜːʃəl tɹˈavələ/
IPA/kəmˈɜːʃəl tɹˈævəlɚ/

commercial traveler — 名詞

1. a person whose job is to travel from place to place, showing goods and getting o

1.名詞C2
釋義

旅行推銷員

到各地賣貨接單的業務員

a person whose job is to travel from place to place, showing goods and getting orders for a company

例句

In 1950, Andrés worked as a commercial traveler for a shoe company.

1950 年，Andrés 在一家鞋公司做旅行推銷員。

work as a commercial traveler

The hotel kept a small desk ready for commercial travelers carrying sample cases.

旅館為帶著樣品箱的旅行推銷員留了一張小桌子。

commercial travelers carrying sample cases

常見搭配
  • work as a commercial traveler
  • commercial traveler for a company
  • commercial travelers carrying samples
  • commercial traveler on the road
同義詞
  • travelling salesman

    traditional near-equivalent, but older in tone and more clearly male-specific

  • sales representative

    modern business term that is gender-neutral and more common today

  • salesperson

    broader term for someone who sells, without the built-in idea of travelling from place to place

文法句型

work as a commercial traveler

be a commercial traveler for a company

用法筆記

Mostly sounds old-fashioned now and often appears in historical writing or stories about earlier business life. In modern English, people usually say salesperson, sales representative, or travelling salesman instead.

常見錯誤

Dana is a commercial traveler because she flies to conferences for work.
Dana travels for work, but a commercial traveler is someone who goes from place to place selling goods.
the phrase is for a travelling salesperson, not for every worker who takes business trips.
The company sent a commercial traveler to repair the broken printer.
The company sent a technician to repair the broken printer.
a commercial traveler sells products or takes orders; the phrase is not used for repair workers.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • work as a commercial traveler
  • become a commercial traveler

介系詞搭配

  • as a commercial traveler
  • for a company