If a thing is mass-market, it is made and sold for as many ordinary people as possible, not for a small special group. A mass-market paperback is the cheap book at the station shop. A mass-market phone is the one most people can buy, not the luxury model.

If a thing is mass-market一樣東西如果是 mass-market， it is made and sold for它就是做來賣給 as many ordinary people as possible越多普通人越好， not for a small special group而不是賣給一小群特別的人。 A mass-market paperback大眾市場的平裝書， is就是 at the station shop車站商店裡 the cheap book那種便宜的書。 A mass-market phone大眾市場的手機 is the one是 most people can buy大多數人買得起的那支， not the luxury model不是奢華款。

Shops, ads, and business people use this a lot. It can sound a little sniffy, as if the thing were common and not “serious” — though actually it only says who the thing is for, not that it is bad.

Shops, ads, and business people商店、廣告和商業人士 use this a lot很常用這個字。 It can sound a little sniffy它有時聽起來帶點瞧不起， as if好像 the thing were common這東西很普通、 and not “serious”不「正經」—— though actually不過其實 it only says它只說了 who the thing is for這東西是給誰的， not that it is bad沒說它不好。

You can also hear the mass market as a noun, meaning that big crowd of ordinary buyers. The hyphenated form usually sits in front of a noun and describes the product.

You can also hear你也會聽到 as a noun當名詞用的 the mass market， meaning指的是 that big crowd of ordinary buyers那一大群普通的買家。 The hyphenated form有連字號的寫法 usually sits通常放 in front of a noun在名詞前面， and describes the product描述那個產品。