computer/car/insurance etc salesman• Read in studio A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer.• But I get a big thrill out of seeing players go on to become doctors and lawyers and insurance salesmen.• There are lawyers and car salesmen, and then there are people who make an honest living.• Several dozen insurance salesmen went pale.• They could have been greengrocers, insurance salesmen, buggyrepairmen, schoolteachers, congressmen or even preachers as much as criminals.• Now its humiliation has been deepened by, of all people, a second-handcar salesman.• That's the motto of car salesmen who have put up a gagboard to amuse motorists.• Why, Brecht, the car salesman!
ADJECTIVE➤good, successful有經驗的/成功的推銷員▸➤door-to-door, travelling/traveling上門/旅行推銷員▸➤car, computer, double-glazing, insurance, used-car汽車/電腦/雙層玻璃裝配/保險/二手車推銷員➤snake-oil (= a person who sells sth that is not effective or useful) (informal, especially NAmE) 劣質品的推銷員➡ note at job
salesman/saleswoman/salesperson ♦︎ rep ♦︎ representative ♦︎ auctioneer ♦︎ assistant ♦︎ clerkThese are all words for a person whose job is to sell goods.这些词均表示售货员、推销员。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a sales rep / representative / assistant / clerk◆a company rep / representative◆a car / computer salesman / saleswoman / salesperson◆a salesman / a saleswoman / a salesperson / a rep / a representative / an auctioneer / an assistant / a clerk sells sth■salesman■saleswoman■salesperson [countable] a person whose job is to sell goods, either in a shop or by travelling around visiting companies, organizations or people's houses(店内或上门的)售货员,推销员◆He began his career as an insurance salesman.他的职业生涯是从当保险推销员开始的。◆a travelling salesman销售代表◆A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help.一名女售货员从柜台后面走出来询问是否需要帮助。◆The salesperson should adopt a question-and-listen procedure.售货员应采取先问后听的工作程序。ⓘ The term salesperson is used especially in training material for people whose job is to sell goods. Although a salesperson may be either a man or a woman, it is less often used to refer to a particular man or woman whose job is to sell things, for which the words salesman or (less frequently) saleswoman are still used. * salesperson尤用于销售人员的培训材料中。尽管该词可兼指男女两种性别,但指特定的男或女售货员时较少使用,而仍用salesman或较少用的saleswoman◆He began his career as an insurance salesperson.◆A salesperson came out from behind the counter.■rep ( ˈsales rep) [countable] (ratherinformal) a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products销售代表◆She's a sales rep for a recording company.她是一家音像公司的销售代表。■representative ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv [countable] (formal) a sales rep销售代表◆He works as a sales representative for an insurance company.他担任一家保险公司的销售代表。◆She's our representative in France.她是我们公司驻法国的销售代表。 see also representative ⇨ spokesman■auctioneerˌɔːkʃəˈnɪə(r), ˌɒkʃəˈnɪə(r); NAmEˌɔːkʃəˈnɪr [countable] a person whose job is to direct an auction and sell the goods拍卖人;拍卖师ⓘ An auction is a public event at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money for them. * auction指拍卖会◆'Yours for £200,' said the auctioneer.“您出价200英镑,这是您的了。”拍卖师说。■assistant ( ˈshop assistant, ˈsales assistant) [countable] (BrE) a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop售货员;店员◆She's a sales assistant in a department store.她是一家百货公司的售货员。◆Maybe one of our assistants can help you make your choice?也许我们的售货员能帮您挑选?NOTE辨析 Salesman/woman/person or assistant?Salesman/woman/person is usually used to talk about a person who is more highly trained in the job, or has more specialized knowledge of the goods that they are selling than an assistant or shop/sales assistant.与assistant或shop/sales assistant相比,salesman、saleswoman或salesperson通常受过更好的培训,或者对所售商品更加精通。■clerkklɑːk; NAmEklɜːrk ( ˈsales clerk) [countable] (NAmE) a shop assistant售货员;店员◆The sales clerk answered all our questions.那售货员回答了我们所有的问题。