英语词汇“wholesale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wholesale
释义	whole·sale I. \ˈhōlˌsāl\ noun Etymology: Middle English holesale, from hole, hool entire, whole + sale 1. : the sale of goods or commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant) 2. : a large scale or indiscriminate transaction or maneuver — used especially in the phrase by wholesale < killed off the pests by wholesale > II. adjective 1. : of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods or commodities in quantity for resale < a wholesale grocer > < a wholesale lot of store fixtures > < wholesale failures increased by 36 percent — Eric Sevareid > 2. : performed on a large scale : handling or affecting large numbers or quantities : extensive, massive < wholesale blackmail and extortion amounting to millions — A.L.Vogelback > < wholesale character assassination — R.L.Roy > < the wholesale intrusion of the neon-lit world of mass entertainment — film, radio, jazz — has also left its mark — M.J.Lasky > < a wholesale attack upon those who teach English in our colleges — J.D.Adams > 3. : marked by failure of discrimination, selection, or discretion : made, applied, or carried out so as to affect large numbers in the same way without regard to the merits of individual instances < the wholesale character of this answer prevents critical examination and discrimination of the particular facts involved in the actual problem — John Dewey > III. adverb Etymology: wholesale (II) : in a wholesale manner < although wartime experience yielded valuable lessons, it cannot be applied wholesale to peace — Economist > IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: wholesale (I) *intransitive verb* : to sell at wholesale < averaged a straight $50 markup when he wholesaled to the bootlegger — Motor Trend > < small plastic novelties that wholesale at $2 a hundred > *transitive verb* : to sell (something) at wholesale < it was wholesaling education in diluted form — Dwayne Orton >
随便看	undisplay undisposed undisputable undisputableness undisputably undisputed undisputedly undissected undissembled undissembling undissociated undissolved undistinct undistinctive undistinctly undistinctness undistinguishable undistinguishableness undistinguishably undistinguished undistinguishing undistinguishingly undistorted undistracted undistributed

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