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| 1 | T to exchange something for money 卖；出售 |
| They’ ve already sold over two million copies of their record. 他们的唱片已经卖出两百多万张了。 |
| sell sth at a profit/loss (=for more/less money than you paid) I don’ t think dealers sell these cars at much of a profit. 赢利/亏本出售某物 |
| buy and sell sth My uncle buys and sells antiques for a living. 我叔叔以买卖古董为生。 |
| | 1a | T to persuade someone to buy something from a business that employs you 向…推销；向…出售 | | sell sb sth I sold one customer five pairs of shoes yesterday. 我昨天卖给一位顾客5双鞋。 | |
| | 1b | T a shop that sells a particular product has a supply of it for customers to buy 经销；有…出售；卖 | | Do you think they sell children’ s books here? 你觉得他们这儿卖儿童书籍吗？ | |
| | 1c | I if something sells, people buy it 有销路 | | Designer clothes don’ t really sell much in the smaller towns. 著名设计师设计的服装在小城镇并不怎么好卖。 | | sth sells well (=a lot of people buy it) Her new book sold very well in the first six months. 某物销路好 | |
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| 2 | T to be a quality that makes people want to buy , have , or do something 促进…的销售；使吸引顾客 |
| Sex and violence have sold a lot of cinema tickets. 性和暴力使电影票房收入剧增。 |
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| 3 | T informal to persuade someone to do , have , or use something 说服；使接受 |
| I don’ t think we could sell the idea to our partners. 我想我们无法让合作方接受这个想法。 |
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| - | sell your body
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| to have sex with people because they pay you money |
| 卖身；卖淫 |
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| - | sell sb down the river informal
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| to allow someone who trusts you to be harmed so that you can get an advantage for yourself |
| 出卖某人，背叛某人（以获得好处） |
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| - | sell sb short
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| to describe someone or something as less impressive than they really are |
| 低估某人；轻视某人 |
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| His main fault is that he tends to sell himself short. 他的主要缺点是他总是低估自己。 |
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| - | sell yourself
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| to persuade people that you have a lot of ability |
| 推销自己；自我宣传 |
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| If you can’ t sell yourself you’ re not likely to sell anything else. 如果你不能推销你自己，你也不可能推销别的东西。 |
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| - | sold on sth
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| believing that something is very good |
| 认为某物非常好；看好某物 |
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| I’ m not completely sold on that idea. 我对那个想法并不完全看好。 |
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| - | ˌsell ˈoff |
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| | to sell something quickly and for a low price , usually because you need money （通常因需要钱而快速地）廉价出售 | The company will have to sell off assets to avoid bankruptcy. 公司为了避免破产将被迫廉价出售资产。 | |
| - | ˌsell ˈon |
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| | to sell something after buying it from someone else 转手倒卖 | They buy it at a low price and sell it on for a huge profit. 他们低价买进，转手高利润卖出。 | |
| - | ˌsell ˈout |
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| 1 | I/T if a shop sells out of something , it sells all that it has so that there is no more available （商店）卖光，售完 | I went to get some bread, but the shop had sold out. 我去买面包，但那家店卖完了。 | | +of On a hot day, we can sell out of ice cream in an hour. 在大热天我们可以在一小时内卖光所有的冰淇淋。 | | | 1a | I used about goods （货物）售完，售罄 | | The tickets had sold out within a few short hours. 票在短短几个小时内全部售出。 | | |
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| 2 | I informal to do something that shows you no longer have the same moral principles you used to have 屈服；背叛原则 | +to Some fans thought she’ d sold out to mainstream pop music. 一些歌迷认为她已向主流通俗音乐屈服了。 | |
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| 3 | I AMERICAN to deliberately sell all the goods in your business , especially because you are closing the business permanently 全部出售（公司货物）；（尤因永久性停业而）清仓甩卖 |
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