sell
vt.& vi. 卖,售; 使好卖; 使接受,使赞成; 销售
vt. 经销; 推销; 出卖; 欺骗
n. 销售; 欺骗; 失望; 推销术
vi. 卖; 出售; 受欢迎; 有销路
If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money.
I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books...
我把我所有的东西都卖掉了,只剩下汽车和书。
His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews...
他的继承人把这幅画卖给了伦敦艺术品经销商阿格纽斯。
If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there.
It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs...
这里出售各种商品,从发带到东方小地毯应有尽有。
Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.
也有罐装豆芽出售。
If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it.
Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.
没有装备现代化设施的房地产能够卖到它配置了现代化设施情况下的市价的 40%。
... grain sells at 10 times usual prices.
粮食售价是平常的 10 倍。
If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities.
Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change...
即使这张专辑得不到市场和评论家的青睐,我们也不会作出任何改变。
The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.
这个公司相信这些产品在圣诞节前夕一定会畅销。
Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product.
It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.
只有轰动性的事件才能促进新闻杂志的销售。
...car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell.
汽车生产商长期奉行的座右铭——安全性并不意味着畅销
If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one.
She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder...
她努力说服我买一台自己的碎纸机。
She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients...
她希望能让客户们接受这个想法。
If someone sells their body, they have sex for money.
85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.
85%的人说如果存在其他选择,他们不会出卖肉体谋生。
If someone sells you down the river, they betray you for some personal profit or advantage.
He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.
他被那些本应该保护他的人出卖了。
If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should.
They need to improve their image — they are selling themselves short...
他们需要提升自己的形象——他们是在自贬身价。
Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable.
如此过分地怠慢他们的崇拜者令人无法接受。
If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles.
...a man who would sell his soul for political viability.
为了升官晋爵甘愿出卖良心的人
1. the activity of persuading someone to buy;
1. exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent;
2. be sold at a certain price or in a certain way;
3. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
4. persuade somebody to accept something;
5. give up for a price or reward;
6. deliver to an enemy by treachery;
7. be approved of or gain acceptance;
8. be responsible for the sale of;
sell someone a bill of goods
见 bill of goods
sell someone down the river
sell someone a (或 the) dummy
sell the pass
sell someone a pup
sell someone/thing short
低估,轻视
sell one's soul (to the devil)
出卖灵魂;做昧良心的事
sell off
甩卖:卖掉,出售通常是降低出售
sell out
出盘,盘店:把所有贷物或财产全部出售
&I{【俚语】} 出卖:出卖了自己的理想或同事
sell a bill of goods【非正式用语】
占便宜
sell down the river【非正式用语】
背叛信念或信仰
sell short
卖空:订立合同出售自己在以后的某个时间才会拥有的证券或商品以便获得较有利的条款
低估,轻视:低估(某人或物的)真正价值,轻视
Eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen.
鸡蛋售价为每打六角.
They sell new and secondhand computers.
他们卖新电脑和二手电脑.
All his goods sell at a loss.
他的货物全部赔本出售.
They sell inferior goods at that store.
那家商店卖劣等货.
This kind of shirt is very easy to sell.
这种衬衫很抢手.