ply for hire/tradeBritish EnglishBrETTCWORK/DO WORK to try to get customers or passengers, in order to do business 招揽生意，揽客 Continental airlines ply for trade in the UK. 欧洲大陆的航空公司希望在英国开展业务。
ply for hire/trade• A two-in-hand waiting opposite, which Lefevre had assumed to be plying for hire, trotted sedately up to the stage door.
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