sell1 /sel/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp sold /səʊld $ soʊld/) → cell1 give STH for money 售出某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BBSELL to give something to someone in exchange for money 卖,售出,出售 OPP buy If you offer him another hundred, I think he’ll sell. 如果你再加一百元钱,我想他会卖的。
He regrets selling all his old records. 他后悔把所有的老唱片都卖掉了。
sell something for £100/$50/30p etc Toni’s selling her car for £700. 托妮准备以700英镑卖掉她的汽车。
sell somebody something I won’t sell you my shares! 我是不会把我的股份卖给你的!
sell something to somebody The vase was sold to a Dutch buyer. 那只花瓶卖给了一名荷兰的买主。
sell something at a profit/loss (=make or lose money on a sale) 赢利/亏本出售某物 Tony had to sell the business at a loss. 托尼只得把企业亏本卖掉。
2 make STH available 出售某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BBSELL to offer something for people to buy 有…出售,售卖,经销 Do you sell cigarettes? 你们有香烟卖吗?
a job selling advertising space 推销广告版面的工作
sell at/for £100/$50/30p etc (=be offered for sale at £100/$50/30p etc) 以100英镑/50美元/30便士等出售 Smoke alarms sell for as little as five pounds. 烟雾警报器最便宜的只卖五英镑。
3 make SB want STH 使某人想要某物 [transitiveT]PERSUADE to make people want to buy something 使〔某物〕吸引顾客,使畅销 Scandal sells newspapers. 丑闻使报纸畅销。
sell something to somebody The car’s new design will help sell it to consumers. 这款汽车的新设计将会更加吸引消费者。
4 be bought 被买走 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BBSELL to be bought by people 有销路,被售出 Tickets for the concert just aren’t selling. 这场音乐会的门票销路不佳。
Her last book sold millions of copies. 她的最近一本书卖出了几百万本。
All the new houses have been sold. 所有的新房都售完了。
sell well/badly (=be bought by a lot of people, or very few people) 畅销/不畅销 Anti-age creams always sell well. 抗衰老护肤霜总是很畅销。
5. sell like hot cakes SELLto sell quickly and in large amounts 非常畅销,热销,抢手 6 idea/plan 主意/计划 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ACCEPT to try to make someone accept a new idea or plan, or to become accepted 使(人)接受;被接受 It’s all right for Washington, but will it sell in small-town America? 这在华盛顿没有问题,但在美国的小城镇中能被接受吗?
sell something to somebody It’s hard for any government to sell new taxes to the electorate. 任何一个政府要让选民接受新的税项都很困难。
sell somebody something managers selling employees the new working hours 设法让雇员接受新的工作时间的经理们
be sold on (doing) something (=think an idea or plan is very good) 热衷于(做)某事,对(做)某事极感兴趣 Joe’s completely sold on the concept. 乔对这个想法极感兴趣。
7 sell yourself a) IMPRESSto make yourself seem impressive to other people 自我宣传,自荐 If you want a promotion, you’ve got to sell yourself better. 你如果想晋升,就得更好地推销自己。
b) (also sell your body) to have sex with someone for money 卖身,卖淫,出卖肉体 8 sell somebody/something short MODESTto not give someone or something the praise, attention, or reward that they deserve 对某人/某事评价太低 Don’t sell yourself short – tell them about all your qualifications. 不要自谦,把你所有本领都告诉他们。
sell somebody/something short• Don't sell this guy short - there's more to him than just good looks.
9. sell your soul (to the devil) BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto agree to do something bad in exchange for money, power etc 出卖灵魂(给魔鬼)〔以换取金钱、权力等〕sell your soul (to the devil)• A whole week in Paris at Easter seemed to her something for which she would willingly have sold her soul.• He doesn't accuse us of selling our souls.• If he were mine, I would rather sell my soul.• Timothy was agonising over her, when Honor West would have sold her soul for a single kiss from him.• The fact that we would literally sell our soul to Continental Airlines.• Men who have sold their souls to the darkness.• She was accused of being a Salem witch for selling her soul to the devil at the strawberry banks.• Faustus wilfully ends himself; he sells his soul to the devil. 10. sell somebody down the river BETRAYto do something that harms a group of people who trusted you, in order to gain money or power for yourself 〔为个人利益或权力〕出卖[背叛]某一群人sell somebody down the river• The workers were promised that they would not lose their jobs as a result of the merger. Later they found out that they had been sold down the river. 11. sell your vote American EnglishAmEPPV to take money from someone who wants you to vote for a particular person or plan 出卖选票〔指以选票作交换收取某人的钱〕 12 sell something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) SELLto sell something, especially for a cheap price, because you need the money or because you want to get rid of it 卖掉,〔尤指〕廉价出售 After the war, we had to sell off part of the farm. 战后,我们只好把农场的一部分廉价出售。
We sell off leftover cakes before we close. 我们关门前把剩下的蛋糕削价出售。
b) BBSELLto sell all or part of an industry or company 卖掉〔整个或部分企业〕 The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its smaller branches to cut debts. 莱斯特郡的那个公司为了减轻债务卖掉了许多小的分部。
13 sell out phrasal verbphr v a) BBTSELLif a shop sells out of something, it has no more of that particular thing left to sell 卖完,售罄be/have sold out Sorry, we’re sold out. 对不起,全卖完了。
of We’ve completely sold out of those shirts in your size, sir. 先生,您那个尺码的衬衫已经全部卖完了。
b) APSELLif products, tickets for an event etc sell out, they are all sold and there are none left 〔产品、入场券等〕卖光,售完 Wow! Those cakes sold out fast. 哇!那些蛋糕很快就销售一空。
be/have sold out Tonight’s performance is completely sold out. 今晚的演出门票全部售罄。
c) CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTto change your beliefs or principles, especially in order to get more money or some other advantage – used to show disapproval 〔尤指为了钱财或其他利益〕出卖原则,放弃信仰〔含贬义〕 ex-hippies who’ve sold out and become respectable businessmen 放弃原则摇身一变成为有头有脸的生意人的曾经的嬉皮士
d) BFSSELLto sell your business or your share in a business 卖掉生意,出售股份 Wyman says he’ll sell out if business doesn’t pick up. 怀曼说如果生意没有起色,他就要把商店卖掉。
to The T-mail Co. has sold out to San José-based DMX Inc for an undisclosed sum. T-mail公司已经出售给位于圣何塞的DMX股份有限公司,具体售价没有披露。
be/have sold out• Whatever the merits of their looks, enough customers loved them for them to be sold out.• Each year popular ales have sold out early and Camra has had to order more beer every year.• Past performances have sold out, so reserve your spot early.• The advance publicity has been stupendous, and the first issue is alleged to have sold out straight away.
14 sell up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE SELLto sell most of what you own, especially your house or your business 卖掉(绝大部分财产)〔尤指住房或企业〕 Liz decided to sell up and move abroad. 利兹决定卖掉家产移居国外。
THESAURUSsell to give something to someone in exchange for money 卖 ,出售He sold his motorcycle. 他把摩托车卖掉了。
The shop sells old furniture. 这家商店出售旧家具。
Do you sell books on gardening? 你们有园艺方面的书卖吗?
export to send goods to another country to be sold 出口Which countries export oil to the United States? 哪些国家向美国出口石油?
deal in something to buy and sell a particular type of goods as part of your business 经营某物,买卖某物He deals in antiques. 他经营古董。
put something up for sale/put something on the market to make something available to be bought 把某物拿去出售/上市出售某物When the painting was first put up for sale, no one thought that it would be worth so much money. 这幅画首次出售的时候,没有人想到它会值这么多钱。
nThe farm was put up for sale.
sell up British EnglishBrE to sell your house or your business so that you can move to a different place or do something different 卖掉(房子或企业)〔以便移居别处或另谋发展〕They’re thinking of selling up and moving to Canada. 他们在考虑卖掉房子,移居加拿大。
auction something/sell something at auction to sell things at a special event to the person who offers the most money 拍卖某物/在拍卖会上卖某物The contents of his home will be auctioned. 他家中的物件将被拍卖。
flog British EnglishBrE informal to sell something, especially something that is of low quality 出售〔尤指劣质产品〕A man at the market was flogging £10 watches. 市场上有个男人在兜售十英镑的劣质手表。
peddle to sell cheap things in the street. Also used about selling illegal drugs and pornography 兜售〔廉价物品或毒品、黄色书刊〕Street vendors peddled American and British cigarettes. 街头小贩兜售美国和英国香烟。
People who peddle drugs to children should be severely punished. 向儿童兜售毒品者应该受到严惩。
ntraffic in something to buy and sell large quantities of illegal goods or peopleThey trafficked in illegal weapons.
The gang were involved in people-trafficking.
drug-trafficking