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    sell 的英语意思

    sellsell1 /sel/ verb (past tense and past participle sold /səʊld $ soʊld/) 查看全部语言翻译1give something for money [intransitive, transitive] to give something to someone in exchange for money把某物给予某人以换取金钱;出售 OPP  buy:  If you offer him another hundred, I think he’ll sell.如果你再多给他一百,我想他会卖的。 He regrets selling all his old records.他后悔把所有的旧唱片都卖掉了。sell something for £100/$50/30p etc Toni’s selling her car for £700.托尼正以700英镑出售她的汽车。sell somebody something I won’t sell you my shares!我不会把我的股票卖给你!sell something to somebody The vase was sold to a Dutch buyer.这个花瓶被卖给了一位荷兰买家。sell something at a profit/loss (=make or lose money on a sale)(=在出售中盈利或亏损) Tony had to sell the business at a loss.托尼不得不亏本出售了这家企业。2make something available [intransitive, transitive] to offer something for people to buy向人们出售某物;经售:  Do you sell cigarettes?你们卖香烟吗? a job selling advertising space销售广告版面的工作sell at/for £100/$50/30p etc (=be offered for sale at £100/$50/30p etc)(=以100英镑/50美元/30便士等价格出售) Smoke alarms sell for as little as five pounds.烟雾报警器的售价低至五英镑。3make somebody want something [transitive] to make people want to buy something使人们想要购买某物;促销:  Scandal sells newspapers.丑闻能促进报纸销量。sell something to somebody The car’s new design will help sell it to consumers.这款汽车的新设计将有助于向消费者推销它。4be bought [intransitive, transitive] to be bought by people被人们购买;有销路:  Tickets for the concert just aren’t selling.音乐会的票就是卖不出去。 Her last book sold millions of copies.她的上一本书销售了数百万册。 All the new houses have been sold.所有的新房子都已经售出了。sell well/badly (=be bought by a lot of people, or very few people)(=被很多人购买,或几乎无人购买) Anti-age creams always sell well.抗衰老面霜总是卖得很好。5sell like hot cakes to sell quickly and in large amounts快速且大量地销售6idea/plan [intransitive, transitive] to try to make someone accept a new idea or plan, or to become accepted设法使某人接受新想法或计划;或使某事被接受:  It’s all right for Washington, but will it sell in small-town America?这在华盛顿或许行得通,但在美国小城镇能被接受吗?sell something to somebody It’s hard for any government to sell new taxes to the electorate.任何政府都很难让选民接受新税种。sell somebody something managers selling employees the new working hours管理者向员工推销新的工作时间安排be sold on (doing) something (=think an idea or plan is very good)(=认为某个想法或计划非常好) Joe’s completely sold on the concept.乔完全被这个概念折服了。7sell yourself a)to make yourself seem impressive to other people使自己在他人眼中显得出色;推销自己:  If you want a promotion, you’ve got to sell yourself better.如果你想要晋升,你必须更好地推销自己。 b) (also sell your body) to have sex with someone for money为钱与人发生性关系;卖身8sell somebody/something short to not give someone or something the praise, attention, or reward that they deserve未给予某人或某事应得的称赞、关注或奖励;低估:  Don’t sell yourself short – tell them about all your qualifications.不要低估自己——把你所有的资历都告诉他们。9sell your soul (to the devil) to agree to do something bad in exchange for money, power etc为了金钱、权力等而同意做坏事;出卖灵魂10sell somebody down the river to do something that harms a group of people who trusted you, in order to gain money or power for yourself为了自己获取金钱或权力,做出伤害信任自己的一群人的事;出卖(他人)11sell your vote American English to take money from someone who wants you to vote for a particular person or plan收受贿赂,为某人或某计划投票;出卖选票THESAURUS同义词辨析sell to give something to someone in exchange for money把某物给予某人以换取金钱: · He sold his motorcycle.· 他卖掉了他的摩托车。· The shop sells old furniture.· 这家店出售旧家具。· Do you sell books on gardening?· 你们卖园艺方面的书吗?export to send goods to another country to be sold将货物运往他国出售;出口: · Which countries export oil to the United States?· 哪些国家向美国出口石油?deal in something to buy and sell a particular type of goods as part of your business以买卖某类商品为业;经营: · He deals in antiques.· 他做古董生意。put something up for sale/put something on the market to make something available to be bought使某物可供购买;出售: · When the painting was first put up for sale, no one thought that it would be worth so much money.· 这幅画刚开始出售时,没有人认为它能值这么多钱。· The farm was put up for sale.· 这座农场被挂牌出售了。sell up British English to sell your house or your business so that you can move to a different place or do something different出售房屋或生意以便迁往他处或改做他事;变卖(资产): · They’re thinking of selling up and moving to Canada.· 他们在考虑变卖一切,搬到加拿大去。auction something/sell something at auction to sell things at a special event to the person who offers the most money在特殊活动中将物品卖给出价最高者;拍卖: · The contents of his home will be auctioned.· 他家中的物品将被拍卖。flog British English informal非正式 to sell something, especially something that is of low quality出售某物,尤指质量低劣的物品;兜售: · A man at the market was flogging £10 watches.· 市场上有个人在兜售10英镑的手表。peddle to sell cheap things in the street. Also used about selling illegal drugs and pornography在街头兜售廉价商品;也用于指贩卖违禁毒品和色情制品: · Street vendors peddled American and British cigarettes.· 街头小贩兜售美国和英国香烟。· People who peddle drugs to children should be severely punished.· 向儿童贩毒的人应受到严厉惩罚。traffic in something to buy and sell large quantities of illegal goods or people大量买卖非法商品或人口;非法贩运: · They trafficked in illegal weapons.· 他们非法贩运武器。· The gang were involved in people-trafficking.· 该团伙参与了人口贩卖活动。· drug-trafficking· 毒品走私sell something ↔ off phrasal verb1to sell something, especially for a cheap price, because you need the money or because you want to get rid of it出售某物,尤指因需要钱或想处理掉而廉价出售:  After the war, we had to sell off part of the farm.战后,我们不得不变卖了农场的一部分。 We sell off leftover cakes before we close.我们在打烊前把剩余的蛋糕低价处理掉。2to sell all or part of an industry or company出售一家企业或公司的全部或部分;出售(业务):  The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its smaller branches to cut debts.这家莱斯特郡的公司已经出售了许多较小的分支机构以削减债务。sell out phrasal verb1if a shop sells out of something, it has no more of that particular thing left to sell如果商店售罄某物,则该特定商品已无货可卖be/have sold out Sorry, we’re sold out.对不起,我们已经卖完了。sell out of We’ve completely sold out of those shirts in your size, sir.先生,您那个尺码的衬衫我们已经完全卖完了。2if products, tickets for an event etc sell out, they are all sold and there are none left如果商品、活动门票等全部售罄,即全部卖完,一件不剩:  Wow! Those cakes sold out fast.哇!那些蛋糕卖得真快。be/have sold out Tonight’s performance is completely sold out.今晚的演出已经全部售罄。3to change your beliefs or principles, especially in order to get more money or some other advantage – used to show disapproval改变自己的信念或原则,尤指为了获得更多金钱或其他利益——含贬义:  ex-hippies who’ve sold out and become respectable businessmen已经出卖原则、变成体面商人的前嬉皮士4to sell your business or your share in a business出售自己的企业或在企业中的股份:  Wyman says he’ll sell out if business doesn’t pick up.怀曼说,如果生意没有好转,他就会把公司卖掉。sell out to The T-mail Co. has sold out to San José-based DMX Inc for an undisclosed sum.T-mail公司已以未披露的金额将公司出售给了总部位于圣何塞的DMX公司。sell up phrasal verb British English to sell most of what you own, especially your house or your business出售自己大部分财产,尤指房屋或生意;变卖(全部家产):  Liz decided to sell up and move abroad.莉兹决定变卖一切,移居海外。
    sellsell2 noun a hard/tough sell (also not an easy sell) something that it is difficult to persuade people to buy or accept难以说服人们购买或接受的事物;难以推销的东西:  This tax increase is going to be a hard sell to voters.这次增税将很难让选民接受。 hard sell, soft sell