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sell (obj) MONEYselvpast sold HsRWld, $soWldto give (a possession, product or service to someone else) in return for money卖，售I sold him my car/I sold my car to him for ￡600. [+ two objects]我把车以600英镑的价钱卖给了他。We'll be selling the tickets at/for￡50 each. [T]我们每张票将卖50英镑。The stall sells drinks and snacks. [T]这个售货台卖饮料和快餐。These baskets sell well (= a lot of them are bought). [I]这些篮子卖得很好。If you sell something off (cheap) you charge a low price for it to encourage people to buy it.减价出售;低价处理They're selling off last year's stock at half price. [T]他们以半价出售去年的库存。Fears about a rise in interest rates triggered a general sell-off of shares in leading companies.对利率上升的恐惧引发了主要大公司普遍低价出售股票。The sell-offs of nationalised industries have raised billions of pounds for the government.国有工业的低价变卖为政府带来了几十亿英镑。When you sell out (of) something you have none of it left to sell.全部售完We sold out of the T-shirts in the first couple of hours. [I]我们在头几个小时就将T恤衫全售完了。I'm sorry, we've sold out. [I]很抱歉，我们卖完了。We couldn't get seats--the concert was sold out. [T]我们没座位----音乐会的票子都卖完了。(approving) The concert was a sell-out (= all the tickets were sold).音乐会的票子销售一空。a sell-out season at New York's Lincoln Center纽约林肯中心卖座旺季When you sell (out) to someone, or (Br and Aus) sell up, you sell your company, shares or property and are not involved with them any more.出卖全部股份They decided to sell out to their competitors. [I]他们决定向竞争对手出售全部股份。(Br and Aus) You can also say that you are selling up if you sell your house, esp. as part of a big change in your life.变卖家产We're going to sell up and retire to the West Country at the end of the year. [I]我们准备变卖家产，年底回到英格兰西南部。 (infml disapproving)If you sell (someone) out you do something which fails to satisfy people's hopes and expectations and which they feel you have only done because of the money or other reward you will receive.（为金钱、荣誉）辜负;出卖The government appears to be ready to sell the teachers out. [M]政府显然准备让教师的期望落空了。They've sold out to the road transport lobby (= done what these people wanted). [I]他们对道路交通游说团曲意逢迎。He's sold out on us (= disappointed us by not doing what we expected). [I]他辜负了我们的期望。The majority of farmers felt the subsidy agreement was a sell-out.大多数的农民对补助协议大失所望。They see the peace accord as a sell-out to the guerrillas whose ultimate aim is an independent state.他们把和平协议看作是对游击队的妥协让步，而游击队的最终目标是建立独立国家。To sell someone down the river is to put them in a difficult situation because you have done something different to what you promised or suggested you would do.背信弃义You sell someone or something short by putting too low a value on them and what they do.小看;贬低It's important that employees who negotiate their own contracts do not sell themselves short.对于受雇用者来说在谈判自己的合同时，很重要的一点便是别小看自己。I'm fed up with people selling this country short.我讨厌那些贬低这个国家的人。If you sell your soul (to the devil) you are persuaded to do something, esp. something bad, because of the money or other reward you will receive for doing it.（为金钱、名声）出卖灵魂(Br and Aus) If you sell someone a pup (Am sell someone a bill of goods) you deceive them into buying something which is no good.骗人（买不值钱的东西）(Br) A sell-by date (Am and Aus pull date) is a date marked on a product such as food after which it should not be sold.(商品上标明的）出售的截止期A selling point is a characteristic of a product which will persuade people to buy it.对买主有吸引力的商品特色Its best selling point is the price--it's the cheapest on the market.最有吸引力的是该商品的价格----它是市场上最便宜的。They attached too little importance to design and missed an important selling point in the export market.他们一点儿都不注重包装设计，丧失了在出口市场上吸引买主的重要特色。[SALE ]
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