| 单词 | sell out |
| 释义 | sell outsell 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。 Examples from the Corpus sell out• Anti-nuclear campaigners are calling the president's acceptance of nuclear testing a complete sell-out.• I went to the store to get some bread but they had sold out.• We couldn't get tickets anywhere - the show was completely sold out.• When the Socialists changed their policy on nuclear weapons they were accused of selling out.• Sunday newspapers often sell out by 10 o'clock.• The settlement of the dispute was a sell-out, leaving the miners worse off than they were before.• They opened at 8 o'clock, and by 8.30 they had sold out of tickets for the big game.• Many of the radicals of the 1960s sold out - they became accountants and salesmen. 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. 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. sell to• In the early 1970s, Spencer Stuart himself considered selling out to a general consulting business.• It will not be able to sell out to another company.• In 1833 he sold out to Clark and Street.• Or could those waves of nausea come from witnessing another champion of truth sell out to Hollywood?• Still others sold out to larger companies.• Every home game has been sold out to season ticket-holders since 1960.• This is largely because the upper-middle-class educated sector has sold out to the development industry, which provides relatively well-paid jobs. → sell out at sell1(8) |
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