| 词汇 | sell |
| 释义 | sell verb uk /sel/ us /sel/sold | sold sellverb (MONEY)A2[ I or T ] to give something to someone else in return for money: 卖，出售 [ + two objects ]I sold him my car/I sold my car to him for $600.我把车以600美元的价钱卖给了他。 We'll be selling the tickets at/for £50 each.我们每张票将卖50英镑。 The stall sells drinks and snacks.这个摊位卖饮料和小吃。 to sell something sellAre you selling your car? retailThe company makes and retails moderately priced sportswear. deal inThey mainly deal in rare books. divestUSThe investors divested themselves of the company's stock. sell offThe company is selling off the less profitable parts of its business. A2[ I or T ] to be bought in the way or quantities that are mentioned; to be sold at the price mentioned : 被以（…方式／数量／价格）购买 These baskets sell well (= a lot of them are bought).这些篮子卖得很好。 Their last album sold over a hundred thousand copies.他们的最新唱片卖出了超过10万张。 How much does the phone sell for?这部电话卖多少钱？ to have a certain monetary value costHiring a car for the week will cost close to £300! beThe cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2. sell forThe tickets sell for £100 each. fetchThe medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction. go for somethingHouses around here usually go for about £500,000. set someone back (something)Phew, that ring looks like it set you back. Selling auction Black Friday bundle bundle something with something bundling concession hock MLM network marketing outsell oversell panic selling ply saleable sales drive sales pitch salesmanship sell out sell something off undercut sellverb (PERSUADE)C2[ T ] to persuade someone that an idea or plan is a good one and likely to be successful: 说服;使接受 My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.我的上司很守旧，我要费好大的劲才能使他相信偶尔在家里工作是个不错的主意。 The filmmakers sold me on the idea that my book would work on the screen.这位电影人士说服了我，让我相信我的小说可以搬上银幕。 [ + two objects ]The chance of greater access to European markets would help sell the president the plan/sell the plan to the president.有机会更进一步打入欧洲市场将能说服总统接受这个计划。 In an interview, you have to sell yourself to the employer. 在面试时，你必须想办法打动雇主。 Urging & persuading ambulance-chasing argumentation badger be/go on at someoneidiom blag blagger get (something) through (to someone) go on hortatory hustle incitation incitement jockey sales pitch sway uncoerced unconvinced unpersuaded unpersuasive unsalable Idiomssell someone a bill of goods sell someone down the river sell someone/yourself/something short sell your soul (to the devil) Phrasal verbssell something off sell out sell (someone) out sell up sell | American Dictionarysell verb[ I/T ] us/sel/past tense and past participlesoldus/soʊld/ sellverb[I/T] (EXCHANGE FOR MONEY)to give a thing or perform a service in exchange for money: [ T ]The children sold lemonade. [ I ]These baskets sell well (= people buy a lot of them). sellverb[I/T] (PERSUADE)to persuade someone to accept an idea or plan, or to cause something to be accepted: [ T ]That is a plan we can easily sell to the school board. Idiomsell someone short Phrasal verbssell off something sell someone on something sell out (something) sell out (something) sell | Business Englishsell verb uk /sel/ussold | sold [ I or T ] COMMERCE, FINANCE to give something to someone else in return for money: sell securities/shares/stock sell a car/company/house The 43% owner of the company indicated that it was ready to sell. sell sth to sb/sthThe partners plan to sell 40% of the company to investors. sell sb sthWe are going to sell him our car. sell to sb/sthThe site could be built on if the owners decided to sell to private developers. sell sth at $10/$100, etc.It raised $180 million Monday by selling 7.2 million shares at $25 apiece. sell sth at a loss/markup/profitThe business was sold at an enormous profit. sell sth for $10/$100, etc.How much did you sell your house for? [ I or T ] COMMERCE to have something available for people to buy: sell goods/products/services On either bank of the river are specialist shops selling designer clothes, books, music and art. Its products are sold in 150 countries. We sell directly via a contact sales force. sell online/over the internet [ I or T ] COMMERCE, FINANCE to be bought in the quantities or the way specified: sell fast/wellThe watches are selling well through the group's retail outlets. sell at $10/$100, etc.The stock is currently selling at 11 times earnings estimates. sell for $10/$100, etc.The games console will sell for $349. The company had problems with overstocking and products that didn't sell. The magazine is now selling 225,000 copies a week. [ I or T ] MARKETING to make people want to buy something: Price and delivery are only two elements of the marketing mix that sells products. It's a cliche of advertising to say that "sex sells". [ T ] to persuade someone that an idea or plan is a good one, and likely to be successful: He is trying to sell an idea for a TV comedy. sell sth to sbThe government sold spending cuts to the public as a way to get the economy growing again. sell yourself to persuade people that you have the right qualities or abilities for a particular job or in a particular situation: The phone interview is your one chance to sell yourself. sell like hot cakesinformal to be bought quickly and in large numbers: With-profits bonds have sold like hot cakes to older people looking for a low-risk, high return for their money. Phrasal verbssell sth back to sb/sth sell sth forward sell into sth sell sth off sell sb on sth sell sth on sell out sell through sell up sell noun[ C, usually singular ] MARKETINGuk /sel/us an act of selling or trying to sell a product or service: a difficult/hard/tough sellIn spite of continuing drought conditions, artificial grass remains a hard sell. Fear of unemployment make mortgage protection an easy sell. Compare sale an act of trying to persuade someone that something is a good idea: a hard/difficult/tough sellTax breaks for developers to build more-expensive housing would be a tough sell. [ C ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET (alsosell rating) advice to sell shares in a particular company from a broker: The broker SG Securities is moving its rating to a sell. While Merrill has a neutral recommendation, we believe the shares are a sell. See alsohard sell soft sell Examples of sellsell Recyclable material is sold to wholesalers and organic material is composted and then sold in the market. The woman's husband could not sell or otherwise alienate that land without her permission. Rich farmers sold grain on credit to poorer households when prices were high. In a "free society" what grounds are there for restricting the freedom of adults to purchase, and of medical practitioners to sell, cosmetic surgery? The firm earns revenues by selling goods and must purchase investment goods and hire labor. Probably, given the importance of second-hand trade in early modern economies, nuns could even make a profit by selling some of the objects outside. It has also moved from the study of major selling artists to look at the lives of 'ordinary' musicians and fans. It can thus easily be used in television programmes or films, and so has the capability to be sold twice over. Fishing vessels came alongside and sold their catch. Regional agricultural producers sell their products to a national commodity market. Whenever the quarters were sold, they were evicted and asked to settle their claims against the evacuees' property. Quarantine measures following outbreaks of disease regularly meant that cattle owners could not sell stock outside the district. This suggests that eggs, from sources other than the 23 farms studied, are sold at outlets in the malls. Other retail outlets for eggs include kiosks, roadside vendors, supermarkets (small, medium or large) selling table eggs where few had refrigeration facilities for the eggs. Some outlets sold products from more than one farm; in total, 21 locations were observed. See all examples of sell These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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