| 词汇 | shop-soiled |
| 释义 | shop-soiled adjective UKuk /ˈʃɒp.sɔɪld/ us /ˈʃɑːp.sɔɪld/(USshopworn) If goods sold in shops are shop-soiled, they are slightly dirty or damaged and therefore reduced in price.因污损而降价出售的 In bad condition battered battle-scarred be on the skidsidiom beat someone up blasted have seen better daysidiom hors de combat impaired in decay in good, bad, etc. repairidiom ruined run someone/something down sad scarred scuffed the worse for wearidiom well worn worm-eaten worn out worse shop-soiled | Business Englishshop-soiled adjective COMMERCE UKukus(USshopworn) used to describe goods in a store that have become dirty or damaged and that are often sold at reduced prices: The standard of quality of secondhand or shop-soiled goods is clearly less than of brand new goods. Examples of shop-soiledshop-soiled I have had my attention drawn already to large stores which have large stocks many of which suddenly become shop-soiled, and therefore are second-hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The longer the party opposite put off this matter the more shabby, the more shop-soiled, becomes the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Later, a bundle containing 2,667 was sent, but of those more than half, 1,524, were old, shop-soiled stock of a previous campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But now the articles sold are not even shop-soiled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This scarcely constitutes a great national movement and makes any invocation of the shop-soiled phrase about "the wind of change" more than usually foolish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them have larger stores than ever of travellers' samples, which also become shop-soiled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, we had a repeat performance of his well-known and rather shop-soiled contempt for economic forecasting and for any attempt to make intelligent glances at the midterm future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had become shop-soiled in store. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His policy is very shop-soiled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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