As feudalism decayed in the West it gave rise to a mercantile class.

随着西方封建制度解体，商业阶层应运而生。

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For all its overwhelming industrial and mercantile dominance, the United States remained a tenth-rate military power (except for its navy) until galvanized by Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

比如，由于拥有压倒性的工业与商业优势，直到日本袭击珍珠港之前，美国一直是个低等军事国家（海军除外）。

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The paw trade has damaged hunting traditions with deep roots in Siberia, the taxidermist said, turning a hallowed male winter ritual into a mercantile exercise.

剥制店老板说，熊掌交易也破坏了西伯利亚历史悠久的打猎传统，将神圣的纯爷们的冬天变成了商业活动。

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I've been working with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to create a futures market for single-family homes, which is sort of my connection to the futures industry.

我一直以来和芝加哥商业交易所合作,创建一个适合单一家庭的期货市场,这是我参与期货行业的一种方式

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