(Commerce 商业; Production 生产) [countable, uncountable] (especially NAmE) the goods that a business has for sale at a particular time存货◆We will carry a large inventory of candy.我们将出售大量的糖果存货。◆Crude oil inventories are running low.原油存货降至低位。◆What do you do when you're stuck with inventory you can't sell?当存货砸在手里卖不掉时你该怎么办？ SYN stock ⨁to buy (in) / order / replenish inventory购买／订购／补充存货 ⨁ to carry / have / hold inventory出售／有／持有存货 ⨁ to control / get rid of / reduce / run down / sell off inventory控制／出清／减少／缩减／出售存货 (Accounting 会计; Production 生产) [uncountable, countable] (especially NAmE) all the goods owned by a business, including raw materials, parts, work not yet finished and finished products库存◆The company has no factories, no inventory, no delivery trucks and no sales force.这家公司没有工厂、没有库存、没有送货卡车、没有销售人员。◆The software can improve inventory management and cash flow.这个软件可以改善库存管理和现金流。◆a drive to cut costs and reduce inventory levels in manufacturing在制造业中降低成本和减少库存水平的动力 SYN stock , stock-in-trade ⨁to build (up) / maintain / order / replenish / store inventory增大／维持／订购／补充／贮存库存 ⨁ to control / get rid of / reduce / run down / sell (off) inventory控制／出清／减少／削减／廉价出售库存 [countable] a complete list of something, especially of all the goods and property owned by a person, a company, an organization, etc.（尤指个人、公司、机构等拥有的所有货品和资产的）清单◆She keeps a full inventory of company assets and updates it every six months.她编制公司全部资产的清单，每六个月更新一次。◆They made/took an inventory of all the goods in the shop.他们编制了商店里所有货物的清单。 beginning inventory continuous inventory