這位常駐科特迪瓦的經濟學家兼統計學家表示,該地區的商業貿易主要與法國進行。

The economist and statistician based in Ivory Coast says commercial trade in the region is primarily conducted with France.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這位 zhèwèi this (person)
2 常駐 chángzhù
  1. resident
  2. permanent (representative)
3 科特迪瓦 Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 經濟學家 jīngxuéjiā economist
6 jiān
  1. double
  2. twice
  3. simultaneous
  4. holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
7 統計學家 tǒngxuéjiā statistician
8 表示 biǎoshì
  1. (of sb) to express; to state; to show
  2. (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
  3. expression; manifestation
9 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
10 地區
  1. region; area (informal or geographical term)
  2. prefecture (in China's administrative system)
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 商業 shāng
  1. business
  2. trade
  3. commerce
13 貿易 mào (commercial) trade

classifier:

14 主要 zhǔyào main; principal; major; primary
=15 variant of
=15
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=15 to take part in
16 法國 guó France
17 進行 jìnxíng
  1. (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway
  2. (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
  3. (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance