sell
vt.& vi. 賣,售; 使好賣; 使接受,使贊成; 銷售
vt. 經銷; 推銷; 出賣; 欺騙
n. 銷售; 欺騙; 失望; 推銷術
vi. 賣; 出售; 受歡迎; 有銷路
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...
我把我所有的東西都賣掉了,只剩下汽車和書。
His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews...
他的繼承人把這幅畫賣給了倫敦藝術品經銷商阿格紐斯。
If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there.
It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs...
這裡出售各種商品,從髮帶到東方小地毯應有盡有。
Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.
也有罐裝豆芽出售。
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.
沒有裝備現代化設施的房地產能夠賣到它配置了現代化設施情況下的市價的 40%。
... grain sells at 10 times usual prices.
糧食售價是平常的 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...
即使這張專輯得不到市場和評論家的青睞,我們也不會作出任何改變。
The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.
這個公司相信這些產品在聖誕節前夕一定會暢銷。
Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product.
It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.
只有轟動性的事件才能促進新聞雜誌的銷售。
...car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell.
汽車生產商長期奉行的座右銘——安全性並不意味著暢銷
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...
她努力說服我買一臺自己的碎紙機。
She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients...
她希望能讓客戶們接受這個想法。
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%的人說如果存在其他選擇,他們不會出賣肉體謀生。
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.
他被那些本應該保護他的人出賣了。
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...
他們需要提升自己的形象——他們是在自貶身價。
Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable.
如此過分地怠慢他們的崇拜者令人無法接受。
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.
為了升官晉爵甘願出賣良心的人
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
見 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,輕視
sell one's soul (to the devil)
出賣靈魂;做昧良心的事
sell off
甩賣:賣掉,出售通常是降低出售
sell out
出盤,盤店:把所有貸物或財產全部出售
&I{【俚語】} 出賣:出賣了自己的理想或同事
sell a bill of goods【非正式用語】
佔便宜
sell down the river【非正式用語】
背叛信念或信仰
sell short
賣空:訂立合同出售自己在以後的某個時間才會擁有的證券或商品以便獲得較有利的條款
低估,輕視:低估(某人或物的)真正價值,輕視
Eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen.
雞蛋售價為每打六角.
They sell new and secondhand computers.
他們賣新電腦和二手電腦.
All his goods sell at a loss.
他的貨物全部賠本出售.
They sell inferior goods at that store.
那家商店賣劣等貨.
This kind of shirt is very easy to sell.
這種襯衫很搶手.