sell
- v.卖;出售;卖出…;转让;售价是…;促销;出让;推荐;出卖自己;销售得…
- n.让人失望的东西
sellverb
换取金钱 exchange for money
出让；转让
to give sth to sb in exchange for money
I sold my car to James for £800.
我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得800英镑。
I sold James my car for £800.
我以800英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。
They sold the business at a profit/loss (= they gained/lost money when they sold it) .
他们把公司让出赢利 / 亏本让出。
We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.
我们开了个好价钱，但他们不愿卖。
出售 offer for sale
出售；售卖
to offer sth for people to buy
Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.
多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。
Do you sell stamps?
你这儿卖邮票吗？
to sell insurance
卖保险
售出；销售 be bought
销售得…；卖出…；售价是…
to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned
The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.
这份杂志一周售出30万册。
The book sold well and was reprinted many times.
这本书销路不错，重印了好多次。
The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it) .
新款式无人问津。
The pens sell for just 50p each.
这些钢笔每支只卖50便士。
推动 persuade
促销；推销
to make people want to buy sth
You may not like it but advertising sells.
你可以不喜欢广告，但它能促销。
It is quality not price that sells our products.
我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。
推荐；推销；自荐；自我推销
to persuade sb that sth is a good idea, service, product, etc.; to persuade sb that you are the right person for a job, position, etc.
Now we have to try and sell the idea to management.
现在，我们必须设法说服管理层采纳这个意见。
You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.
应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。
收受钱财 / 报酬 take money/reward
出卖自己；卖身
to accept money or a reward from sb for doing sth that is against your principles
to be very enthusiastic about sth
to have sex with sb in exchange for money
to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help
to not value sb/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself
to do anything, even sth bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power
to sell quickly or in great numbers
to sell sb or be sold sth that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid
（买进后不久）转售，转让
to sell to sb else sth that you have bought not long before
She managed the business for a year and then sold it on.
这个企业她经营了一年，然后转手卖给了别人。
售完
to be all sold
The tickets sold out within hours.
几小时内票就卖光了。
This week's performances are completely sold out.
本周的演出门票全部售完。
售空，卖光（某种商品、门票等）；脱销
to have sold all the available items, tickets, etc.
I'm sorry, we've sold out of bread.
抱歉，我们的面包卖完了。
We are already sold out for what should be a fantastic game.
想来这场比赛一定精彩，我们的门票已经卖光了。
卖光（家当、企业等）
to sell your home, possessions, business, etc., usually because you are leaving the country or retiring
noun
sing.让人失望的东西
something that is not as good as it seemed to be
The band only played for about half an hour─it was a real sell.
乐队仅仅演奏了大约半个小时——真让人失望。
These are all words that can be used when sth costs a particular amount of money and you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it.以上各词均涉及成本、售价、需付费用。
if sth costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it指价钱为、需付费：
How much did it cost?
这东西要多少钱？
All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive) .
所有这些改革都要花钱。
This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.
这每年要花费纳税人100亿英镑。
to cost指花费、值：
‘How much is that dress?’ ‘Eighty dollars.’
“那条连衣裙多少钱？”“八十元。”
to be sold at a particular price指售价是、以…价格销售：
The painting sold for £10 000 at auction.
这幅画拍卖了1万英镑。
( business ) to be sold in a shop/store at a particular price指零售价是、以…价格销售：
The book retails at £14.95.
这本书零售价为14.95英镑。
Sell is a more general word than retail which is used mostly in Business English, and only for goods that are sold to the public through shops/stores. |
( informal ) to cost sb a particular amount of money指使某人花费、破费：
The repairs set him back over £200.
修理费花掉他200多英镑。
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VERB 卖;出让;转让
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...
我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。
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VERB (商店)经售，出售
If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there.It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs...
这里出售各种商品，从发带到东方小地毯应有尽有。
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VERB 以…的价格出售;售价是…
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.
没有装备现代化设施的房地产能够卖到它配置了现代化设施情况下的市价的 40%。
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VERB 有销路;大量卖出
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...
即使这张专辑得不到市场和评论家的青睐，我们也不会作出任何改变。
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VERB 促进…的销路;推销
Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product.It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.
只有轰动性的事件才能促进新闻杂志的销售。
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VERB 使接受;使采纳
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...
她努力说服我买一台自己的碎纸机。
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PHRASE 出卖肉体;卖淫
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%的人说如果存在其他选择，他们不会出卖肉体谋生。
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PHRASE (为获得个人利益或好处而)出卖，背叛
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.
他被那些本应该保护他的人出卖了。
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PHRASE 低估;轻视;怠慢
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...
他们需要提升自己的形象——他们是在自贬身价。
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PHRASE 出卖灵魂(或良心)
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.
为了升官晋爵甘愿出卖良心的人
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to sell like hot cakes→ see:cake
noun
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- the activity of persuading someone to buy
- it was a hard sell
verb
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- persuade somebody to accept something
- The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
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- give up for a price or reward
- She sold her principles for a successful career
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- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- He sold his house in January
- She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
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- do business;offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- She deals in gold
- The brothers sell shoes
- Synonym: deal trade
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- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- Judas sold Jesus
- The spy betrayed his country
- Synonym: betray
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- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
- These books sell like hot cakes
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- be responsible for the sale of
- All her publicity sold the products
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- be approved of or gain acceptance
- The new idea sold well in certain circles
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We offered them a good price but they wouldn 't sell .
我们开了个好价钱，但他们不愿卖。
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We can help you get top dollar when you sell your house .
您卖房子我们能帮您卖个好价钱。
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You did well to sell when the price was high .
你在价钱高的时候出售，真明智。
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We sell a lot of these to people like yourself .
我们把许多这种东西卖给您这样的人。
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The new design just didn 't sell .
新款式无人问津。
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The price is obviously one of the main selling points .
显然，价格低是一大卖点。
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Now we have to try and sell the idea to management .
现在，我们必须设法说服管理层采纳这个意见。
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We 're in the process of selling our house .
我们正在出售自家的住宅。
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The game 's selling price was $ 15 per unit .
这游戏的售价为每套15元。
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We sell good quality food at reasonable prices .
我们以公道的价格出售优质食品。
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We need new product to sell .
我们需要新产品供销售。
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We had no say in the decision to sell the company .
在决定出售公司的问题上，我们没有发言权。
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Selling the house is just one possibility that is open to us .
卖掉房子只是我们可以选择的其中一种做法。
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It is quality not price that sells our products .
我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。
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The product is sold both at home and overseas .
这个产品行销国内外。
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You really have to sell yourself at a job interview .
应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。
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You get a 10 % commission on everything you sell .
你可从你售出的每件商品中获得10%的佣金。
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They trade on people 's insecurity to sell them insurance .
他们利用人们的不安全感向他们推销保险。
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He 's painting the house with a view to selling it .
他在粉刷房子，想把它卖掉。
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The book sold 20 000 copies within two weeks .
这本书在两周内销售了2万册。
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She managed the business for a year and then sold it on .
这个企业她经营了一年，然后转手卖给了别人。
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We should be able to sell the house at a profit .
我们卖掉这座房子应该可以获利。
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The book sold well and was reprinted many times .
这本书销路不错，重印了好多次。
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He gets a percentage for every car sold .
他每售出一辆车便可得到一份提成。
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She sold the house soon after her husband died .
丈夫去世后不久，她就把房子卖了。
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I 've sold the whole lot .
我把所有的东西都卖了。
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They sell all kinds of things .
他们出售各种各样的东西。
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Some lines sell better than others .
有些品种的货物销售得好些，有些则较差。
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He sold the business lock , stock and barrel .
他把生意全盘卖掉了。
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Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products .
多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。
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