inventory(名词):存货;库存;(详细的)清单;盘点记录。常指企业用于销售或生产的商品与材料,也可指对物品进行系统列举的“清单”。(另有动词用法:to inventory=清点、登记。)
/ˈɪnvənˌtɔːri/(美); /ˈɪnvəntri/(英)
The store is low on inventory.
这家店库存不多了。
After the storm, the manager conducted an inventory to assess what supplies were missing and what could be reordered quickly.
暴风雨过后,经理进行了盘点,以评估哪些物资缺失、哪些可以尽快补货。
来自中世纪拉丁语 inventarium,意为“清单、目录”,与拉丁语 invenire(“发现、找到”)同源。最初强调“把东西找出来并列成表”,后来在商业语境中逐渐固定为“库存/存货”。