From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading, and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
The foreign trade of consumption is employed in purchasing foreign goods for home consumption. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The home trade is employed in purchasing in one part of the same country, and selling in another, the produce of the industry of that country. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
First, it maybe employed in raising, manufacturing, or purchasing goods, and selling them again with a profit. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
About the same time Kepler in purchasing some wine was struck by the rough-and-ready method used by the merchant to determine the capacity of the wine-vessels. 李贝.西洋科学史.
The brokers did a fine business, and so did many such purchasers as were sharp enough to quit purchasing before the final crash came. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
I had lived near what was called the Jersey market, and saw, with pain, the inhabitants wading in mud while purchasing their provisions. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
We still consider his revenue as consisting in this power of purchasing or consuming, and not in the pieces which convey it. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Money stands for all kinds of things--its purchasing quality isn't limited to diamonds and motor-cars. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Europe is bankrupt, and people's pockets rustle with paper money whose purchasing power dwindles as they walk about with it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Being now ready for manufacturing, but requiring more facilities, Edison increased his real-estate holdings by purchasing a large tract of land lying contiguous to what he already owned. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Every shell that burst in the recent war diminished by a little fraction the purchasing value of every coin in the whole world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
I really must talk to him about purchasing a donkey. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.