stock 在這裡不是股票，而是原料的意思
而 trade 在這裡則是指一門生意
stock-in-trade 本來是指做生意所必要的材料或設備
但現在多半用它的引申意思，把它用在人的身上
一個人的 stock-in-trade 就是這個人的專長或以它著名的事情
它是個名詞，所以中間一定要用兩槓連起來
我們來造些句：
而 trade 在這裡則是指一門生意
stock-in-trade 本來是指做生意所必要的材料或設備
但現在多半用它的引申意思，把它用在人的身上
一個人的 stock-in-trade 就是這個人的專長或以它著名的事情
它是個名詞，所以中間一定要用兩槓連起來
我們來造些句：
Romance, which used to be the writer’s stock-in-trade, is replaced by horror and suspense in her latest work.
(愛情小說過去是這名作家的專長，但在她最新的作品裡卻被恐怖懸疑取代了。)
Pole-vaulting is the athlete’s stock-in-trade.
(撑竿跳是這名運動員的專長。)
His stock-in-trade glove-puppet making is almost a lost art.
(他專精的布袋戲偶製作已經快要失傳了。)
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