merchant banker

基本解释

Yet Mr Wolfensohn’s memoir is plodding and for the most part bloodless; more like the reminiscences of an old-school London merchant banker than a freewheeling charmer.
然而，沃尔芬森先生的回忆录读来犹如嚼蜡，通篇大部分都毫无感情可言；与其说我们是在阅读一位随心所欲、魅力十足的人生，还不如说是在研究一位老派的伦敦商业银行家的回忆录。
One of the great investment banks of the 19th century, Barings, began life as a London outpost for the family's West Country wool business, operating as both merchant and banker.
巴林银行是十九世纪最大的投资银行之一。十九世纪最大的投资银行之一的巴林银行，最初是西部乡间家庭羊毛作坊在伦敦的前哨站，身兼经商与银行两职。
“When the merchant extended his traffic in the exchange market to enter the credit market, he became a banker”—and a capitalist.
“当商人通过信用市场而不是交换市场来扩大贸易规模的时候，他们就成了银行家”，也成了资本家。

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