初级产品的中文解释

指用作食品或制造用的天然原料。可分以下各大类：（1）石油和天然气；（2）金属；（3）谷物和油籽；（4）糖、可可、咖啡和茶等软性产品；（5）橡胶、棕榈油、棉花和羊毛等种植园作物。在交易所买卖的初级产品按合约指定的商品数量、质量及交割日期报价，通常也以远期、期货和期权合约形式交易。如果在交易所以外买卖，初级产品通常通过个别生产者与使用者之间的直接接触而成交，每一笔交易都是"量身定做"的合约，双方往往会签订长期供应合约。

Commodity的英文解释

A natural raw material used as a foodstuff or in manufacturing. Classified in the following groups: oil and gas metals; grains and oilseeds; soft commodities such as sugar, cocoa, coffee and tea; plantation crops such as rubber, palmoil, cotton and wool. Exchange-traded commodities are quoted in specific lots of a specific quality for specified delivery, and usually also trade in forward, futures and options contracts. Commodities traded outside organised exchanges usually change hands by direct contact between individual producers and individual end-users. The contracts are tailor-made for each deal and are often signed for a long-term continuing supply.

• rubber [´rʌbə]   n.(摩)擦的人；橡皮   (初中英语单词)
• contact [´kɔntækt]   n.接触；联系 v.联络   (初中英语单词)
• plantation [plæn´teiʃən]   n.种植园；栽植；移民   (高中英语单词)
• specific [spi´sifik]   a.具体的；特有的   (高中英语单词)
• delivery [di´livəri]   n.送交；分娩；交货   (高中英语单词)