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| 1 | C/U the process of selling goods or services for money 卖；出售 |
| +of a prohibition on the sale of arms 对出售武器的禁止 |
| | 1a | C a single instance of selling goods or services 一笔生意 | | make/lose a sale I’ m willing to lower the price in order to make a sale. 为了做成一笔生意，我愿意降价。 | |
| | 1b | relating to the process of selling goods or services 出售的 | | The painting sold for more than double its estimated sale price. 这幅画的成交价是预计售价的两倍多。 | |
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| 2 | C an event at which people meet to buy and sell things, normally at a place that is not usually used for this purpose （在通常不作为卖场的地方组织的）销售会 |
| The public library is organizing a second-hand book sale. 公共图书馆在组织一次二手书市。 |
| | 2a | an event at which things are sold to the person who offers to pay the highest price 拍卖 | |
| | 2b | an event or period of time during which a shop reduces the prices of some of its goods 降价出售；贱卖期 | | the after-Christmas sales 圣诞后的大降价 | | +on The shop is having a sale on appliances next week. 该商店下星期有个用具特卖会。 | |
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| 3 | sales plural the total number of things that a company sells within a particular period of time , or the money it earns by selling things 销量；销售额 |
| We hope to increase sales this year to £50 million. 我们希望今年的的销售额能增长到5,000万英镑。 |
| Do you have the sales figures yet? 你得到销售数据了吗？ |
| Sales are up for the month of May. 5月份的销售额增长了。 |
| | 3a | the activity of trying to sell products or services 营销活动；推销活动 | | I’ ve been in car sales for five years now. 我如今已在汽车销售行业干了5年。 | |
| | 3b | the department of a company that sells its products or services 销售部门 | | You’ ll have to check availability with sales. 你得和销售部核查一下供货情况。 | |
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| - | for sale
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| available for people to buy |
| 供出售；待售 |
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| That particular item is not for sale. 那件货物为非卖品。 |
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| - | on sale
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| 1 | available for people to buy 正在出售 | Tickets for the performance are on sale at the box office. 演出的票在售票处有售。 | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN available for people to buy at a price that is less than the usual price . BRITISH on offer 降价出售 | Bedding usually goes on sale in January. 寝具通常在1月份降价出售。 | |
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| - | on sale or return BRITISH
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| an arrangement in which a shop can return to the wholesaler any goods that it is not able to sell |
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| - | up for sale
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| available for people to buy |
| 供出售 |
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| put sth up for sale We’ re putting the factory up for sale. 我们在出售这家工厂。 |
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| See also | | - bill of sale | | - point of sale | |
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