a)BFS buy somebody/something ↔ out to buy someone’s share of a business or property that you previously owned together, so that you have complete control 买下…的全部股权,买断…的股份 →buyout
b)buy somebody out of somethingLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army before their contract has ended 花钱让某人离开某机构〔如出钱让某人提前从军队退役〕
buy somebody out of something• But the financing was also put to questionable use -- to buy the district out of an operatingdeficit.• From the time she had bought the tickets out of her savings she had not been entirely free of fear.• But others want to limit Washington's ability to buy its way out of its domestic obligations.• I bought a candle out ofnecessity.• She soon realises that her power over men can be used to buy her way out of the kitchen.