A stockbroker is a person — or a company — whose job is to buy and sell shares, bonds and other investments for other people. If you want to own a piece of a company but you cannot walk into the stock market yourself, you tell a stockbroker, and they do the buying for you.

A stockbroker is a person — or a company是一個人——或一家公司 whose job is to buy and sell shares, bonds and other investments for other people工作是替別人買賣股票、債券和其他投資。If you want to own a piece of a company but you cannot walk into the stock market yourself如果你想擁有一家公司的一部分，卻不能自己走進股票市場 you tell a stockbroker, and they do the buying for you你就告訴一個stockbroker，由他們幫你買。

They charge a fee for this, and that fee is how they earn a living.

They charge a fee for this他們會為此收取一筆費用 and that fee is how they earn a living這筆費用就是他們的謀生方式。

A broker is a go-between: they are not the owner of the thing being sold and not the buyer either — they stand in the middle and arrange the deal. That is why we also have insurance brokers and property brokers.

A broker is a go-betweenbroker指的是一個居中的角色 they are not the owner of the thing being sold and not the buyer either他們既不是被賣東西的所有人，也不是買方 they stand in the middle and arrange the deal他們站在中間，安排這筆交易。That is why we also have insurance brokers and property brokers這也是為什麼我們還有insurance broker（保險經紀）和property broker（房產經紀）。

The 'stock' here means shares in companies. In everyday speech, people often shorten it to 'broker'.

The 'stock' here means shares in companies這裡的'stock'指的是公司的股份。In everyday speech在日常口語裡 people often shorten it to 'broker'大家常常簡稱它為'broker'。

The word carries a picture with it: expensive suits, phones, shouting, a lot of money moving quickly. Films use it that way. It is worth knowing that computers have changed this job a great deal — many people now buy shares through an app and never speak to a human being at all — so 'stockbroker' can sound slightly old-world, though the job still very much exists.

The word carries a picture with it這個字帶著一種畫面 expensive suits, phones, shouting, a lot of money moving quickly昂貴的西裝、電話、吼叫聲，還有大筆金錢快速流動。Films use it that way電影也是這樣呈現的。It is worth knowing that computers have changed this job a great deal值得知道的是，電腦已經大大改變了這份工作 many people now buy shares through an app and never speak to a human being at all現在很多人透過app買股票，完全不用跟真人講話 so 'stockbroker' can sound slightly old-world所以'stockbroker'這個字聽起來可能有點過時 though the job still very much exists不過這份工作其實還是存在得好好的。