昨天在Will的美语课VIP学习群中，有位会员提出了这么一个问题：”At a time when Pyongyang is believed to be inching ever closer to developing nuclear warheads, Washington and Seoul are more than ever unlikely to be in the market for a grand, symbolic gesture.” 这句话里的in the market for该如何理解？
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其实，in the market for … 是一个固定的英文短语，其意思是：wanting to buy something, interested in buying，即：想购买某物，有兴趣买某样东西。其引申出的含义为：对…有兴趣。因此上面这段文字中的”… Washington and Seoul are more than ever unlikely to be in the market for a grand, symbolic gesture.”可以理解为：华盛顿及首尔对做出象征性的高姿态根本毫无兴趣。