"goods sold on agreement for future delivery," 1880, from future (n.) in a financial sense "speculative purchase or sale of stock or other commodities for future delivery."
雙語例句
1. Futures prices recovered from sharp early declines to end with moderate losses.
期貨價格在早盤深幅下跌后出現反彈，收盤時未見嚴重損失。
來自柯林斯例句
2. People feel pinched in their pocketbooks and insecure about their futures.
人們感到荷包拮據，對未來缺乏安全感。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A question mark hangs over many of their futures.
他們的不少期貨都還是個問號。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Cotton futures are selling at high prices.
棉花期貨交易的賣價是很高的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. We have a different background, a different history. Accordingly, we have the right to different futures.