buy
v. 購買,夠支付; 獲得; 收買; 相信
n. 划算的東西; 購買
If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
He could not afford to buy a house...
他買不起房子。
They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets...
這些現在可以在超市買到新鮮的了。
If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money.
About £35,000 buys a habitable house...
大約花3.5萬英鎊就能買到一所宜居的房子。
If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more.
如果英鎊升值,英國的投資家們就會向國外投資,因為這樣英鎊能買到更多的東西。
If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return.
It was a risky operation, but might buy more time...
這是一次冒險的行動,但也許能贏得更多的時間。
For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.
對他們來說,富足是以減少在工作場所的自由為代價才獲得的。
If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.
Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.
一旦他表現出可以被收買,他們就會定期向他行賄。
If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it.
I'm not buying any of that nonsense.
我才不信那些廢話呢。
If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive.
This was still a good buy even at the higher price...
即使價格更高一些,這仍然很合算。
S & G offers great buys on computer software. S & G
公司可提供價效比很高的電腦軟體。
1. an advantageous purchase;
1. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction;
2. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
3. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange;
4. accept as true;
5. be worth or be capable of buying;
buy, purchase
這兩個動詞均含"購買"之意。
buy off
買通:賄賂以圖不受干擾地持續進行或免於某一責任或依法處理
buy out
買盡:買下全部貨物、產權或利潤
buy up
全部買進:買下提供的所有東西
buy the farm
(北美,非正式)死亡
buy something in
大量買進;貯存
(因拍賣品出價未達底價而)收回
buy time
贏取時間:增加用於某一目標的可用時間
buy the farm&I{【俚語】}
死亡:死亡,常指突發性地死亡或暴死
She put the bite on me so that she could buy a pair of new shoes.
她向我借錢,以便可以買一雙新鞋.
I can't afford to buy you another car — do you think I'm made of money?
我可沒能力再為你買一輛車了,你以為我很有錢 嗎 ?
We will go to buy a bike.
我們將去買一輛腳踏車.
Don't buy your computer at that shop — they price them up terribly.
不要到那家商店買計算機,他們要價高得嚇人.
No one with sensibility would buy the book.
沒有一個有鑑賞力的人會買這本書.