| 单词 | sell |
| 释义 | sell (sel ) Word forms: sells , selling , sold 1. verb A2 If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books. [VERB noun] His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews. [VERB noun + to] The directors sold the business for £14.8 million. [VERB noun + for] It's not a very good time to sell at the moment. [VERB] Synonyms: trade, dispose of, offer for sale, exchange 2. verb A2 If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there. It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs. [VERB noun] Bean sprouts are also sold in cans. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: deal in, market, trade in, carry 3. verb A2 If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it. Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value. [V + for/at] ... grain sells at 10 times usual prices. [V for/at n] Synonyms: be priced at, cost, go for, sell at 4. verb B2 If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities. Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change. [VERB] The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas. [VERB adverb] Synonyms: be bought, go, move, be purchased 5. verb Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product. It is only the sensational that sells news magazines. [VERB noun] ...car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell. [VERB] 6. verb If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one. She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder. [VERB noun noun] She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients. [VERB noun + to] An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future. [VERB noun + on] You know, I wasn't sold on this trip in the beginning. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: promote, get across, put across, win approval for 7. sell one's body phrase If someone sells their body, they have sex for money. 85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living. 8. sell sb down the river phrase If someone sells you down the river, they betray you for some personal profit or advantage. He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him. 9. sell oneself short phrase If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should. They need to improve their image–they are selling themselves short. Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable. 10. sell one's soul phrase If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles. [disapproval] ...a man who would sell his soul for political viability. 11. to sell like hot cakes phrase [VERB inflects, usually cont] If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them. [informal] This year's festival tickets are selling like hot cakes. Phrasal verbs: sell off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you sell something off, you sell it because you need the money. The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We had to sell things off to pay the brewery bill. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also sell-off sell on phrasal verb If you buy something and then sell it on, you sell it to someone else soon after buying it, usually in order to make a profit. Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The antiques had been sold to a businessman; he sold them on to a dealer. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] sell out 1. phrasal verb B2 If a shop sells out of something, it sells all its stocks of it, so that there is no longer any left for people to buy. Hardware stores have sold out of water pumps and tarpaulins. [VERB PARTICLE + of] The next day the bookshops sold out. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If a performance, sports event, or other entertainment sells out, all the tickets for it are sold. Football games often sell out well in advance. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb B2 When things sell out, all of them that are available are sold. Sleeping bags sold out almost immediately. [VERB PARTICLE] Tickets for the show sold out in 70 minutes. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you accuse someone of selling out, you disapprove of the fact that they do something which used to be against their principles, or give in to an opposing group. [disapproval] The young see him as a politician who will not sell out or make compromises. [VERB PARTICLE] ...a new play about an ageing British punk band tempted to sell out to corporate capitalism. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 5. phrasal verb Sell out means the same as sell up. [US] I hear she's going to sell out and move to the city. [VERB PARTICLE] 6. See also sell-out, sold out sell up phrasal verb If you sell up, you sell everything you have, such as your house or your business, because you need the money. [British] ...all these farmers going out of business and having to sell up. [VERB PARTICLE] He advised Evans to sell up his flat and move away to the country. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: sell someone a bill of goods [US] to deceive someone or tell them something that is not true I began to realize that I'd been sold a bill of goods, that I wasn't in any way incompetent or slothful. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sell like hotcakes [mainly US] or sell like hot cakes to be very popular and sell in large numbers very quickly Their jam was selling like hot cakes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sell someone down the river to betray someone or do something which harms them in order to gain an advantage for yourself He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him. It had a devastating effect on his health. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sell someone short to fail to provide someone with all the things that they think you ought to provide The president accused his former aides of failing to support him, of selling him short. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sell yourself short to be modest about your achievements and good qualities, so that other people do not realize just how good you are Be confident in your ideas and ability, and don't sell yourself short. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sell your soul for something to do whatever you need to in order to get what you want, even if it involves abandoning your principles or doing something you consider wrong They have sold their soul to the devil; they do anything for money. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: difficult sell Past prime ministers have found schemes to fund social care a difficult sell. Times,Sunday Times Despite his connections with the company, the programme was a difficult sell. Times, Sunday Times It may be a difficult sell. Times, Sunday Times They have again proved a difficult sell. Times, Sunday Times As a concept, you might think that an upmarket burger bar named after a romantic poet who was also a vegetarian could prove a difficult sell. Times, Sunday Times Yes if he had no intention of filling the sell order. The Sun A second after it placed the buy order, the sell order went through at 826p per share. Times, Sunday Times This instructs the broker to place a buy or sell order when specified shares hit an agreed price. Times, Sunday Times She put in a market sell order first thing, got out at $1.60 and was glad of it. Globe and Mail In the latter case, investors will place a buy or sell order in a mutual fund after its price has been established at the end of the trading day. Globe and Mail Existing shareholders will also sell stock as part of the flotation. Times, Sunday Times They sell stock short (they sell stocks that they do not own, in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price). Times, Sunday Times It said it had improved its profitability by charging fashion brands a commission to sell stock through the website. Times, Sunday Times Over the past few months our postbag has been full of stories about staff trying to sell stock market-based investments without properly explaining the risks. Times, Sunday Times The group parted with fewer than the 31.3 million shares released by the end of the lock-in, partly because staff did not want to sell stock below a certain level. Times, Sunday Times It was a tough sell for both places. Times, Sunday Times This could be a tough sell to the public, who like to see a reassuringly authentic uniform when they're dealing with the police. Times, Sunday Times A tough sell politically, but what better way than sport to begin to heal old wounds? Times, Sunday Times Nonetheless, the country remains a tough sell for investors looking to cash in on the next big oil discovery. Times, Sunday Times We knew that the merger would be a very tough sell. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 出售 Japanese: 売る |
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