sell

sell　英 [sel] 　美 [sɛl]

v. 卖；出售；　 n. 销售　

进行时:selling　过去式:sold　过去分词:sold　第三人称单数:sells　名词复数:sells　

I sold my car to James for £800.　我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得 800 英镑。

I sold James my car for £800.　我以 800 英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。

To sell is to exchange a thing or a service for money. You could sell lemonade from a table on the sidewalk, or sell hotdogs at a baseball game.

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v. 卖；出售；
n. 销售

1. I sold my car to James for £800.

我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得 800 英镑。
2. I sold James my car for £800.

我以 800 英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。
3. Do you sell stamps?

你这儿卖邮票吗？
4. to sell insurance

卖保险
5. The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.

这本杂志一周售出 30 万册。
6. The pens sell for just 50p each.

这些钢笔每支只卖 50 便士。
7. It is quality not price that sells our products.

我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。

sell (v.) Old English sellan "to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise," from Proto-Germanic *saljan "offer up, deliver" (source also of Old Norse selja "to hand over, deliver, sell;" Old Frisian sella, Old High German sellen "to give, hand over, sell;" Gothic saljan "to offer a sacrifice"), ultimately from PIE root *sel- (3) "to take, grasp."

sell ★ / sel ; NAmE sel / verb , noun sell sells sold selling verb ★ ( sold , sold / səʊld ; NAmE soʊld / ) exchange for money 换取金钱 1 ★ [transitive , intransitive ] to give sth to sb in exchange for money 出让；转让 sellsth (to sb) (for sth) ◆ I sold my car to James for £800. 我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得 800 英镑。 sellsb sth (for sth) ◆ I sold James my car for £800. 我以 800 英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。 sell(sth) (at sth) ◆ They soldthe business at a profit/loss (= they gained/lost money when they sold it). 他们把公司让出赢利╱亏本让出。 ◆ We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell. 我们开了个好价钱，但他们不愿卖。 offer for sale 出售 2 ★ [transitive ] sellsth to offer sth for people to buy 出售；售卖 ◆ Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products. 多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。 ◆ Do you sell stamps? 你这儿卖邮票吗？ ◆ to sell insurance 卖保险 ☞compare cross-selling be bought 售出；销售 3 ★ [transitive , intransitive ] to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned 销售得…；卖出…；售价是… sell(sth) ◆ The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week. 这本杂志一周售出 30 万册。 ◆ The book sold well and was reprinted many times. 这本书销路不错，重印了好多次。 ◆ The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it). 新款式无人问津。 sellfor/at sth ◆ The pens sell for just 50p each. 这些钢笔每支只卖 50 便士。 persuade 推动；说服 4 [intransitive , transitive ] to make people want to buy sth 促销；推销 ◆ You may not like it but advertising sells. 你也许不喜欢广告，但它能促销。 sellsth ◆ It is quality not price that sells our products. 我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。 5 ★ [transitive ] sellsth/yourself (to sb) to persuade sb that sth is a good idea, service, product, etc; to persuade sb that you are the right person for a job, position, etc. 推荐；推销；自荐；自我推销 ◆ Now we have to try and sell the idea to management. 现在，我们必须设法说服管理层采纳这个意见。 ◆ You really have to sell yourself at a job interview. 应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。 take money/reward 收受钱财╱报酬 6 [transitive ] sellyourself (to sb) ( disapproving) to accept money or a reward from sb for doing sth that is against your principles 出卖自己；卖身 SYN prostitute ☞see also sale IDIOMS be ˈsold on sth ( informal) to be very enthusiastic about sth 热衷于；对…极感兴趣 sell your ˈbody to have sex with sb in exchange for money 出卖肉体；卖淫 sell sb down the ˈriver ( informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help 出卖（答应要帮助的人） ORIGIN From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. 源自美国密西西比河沿岸种植园之间的奴隶买卖。惹麻烦的奴隶可能被主人卖到下游条件更为恶劣的种植园里。 sell sb/yourself ˈshort to not value sb/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself 低估，轻视，小瞧（某人或自己） sell your ˈsoul (to the devil) to do anything, even sth bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power 出卖灵魂（或良心） ☞more at hot adj. , pup PHRASAL VERBS ˌsell sth↔ˈoff 1 ★ to sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the money 甩卖；抛售；变卖 2 ★ to sell all or part of an industry, a company or land 出售，卖掉（产业、公司或土地） ◆ The Church sold off the land for housing. 教会卖掉了那块地皮，用来盖房子了。 ☞related noun sell-off ˌsell sth↔ˈon to sell to sb else sth that you have bought not long before （买进后不久）转售，转让 ◆ She managed the business for a year and then sold it on. 这个企业她经营了一年，然后转手卖给了别人。 ★ ˌsell ˈout | be ˌsold ˈout (of tickets for a concert, sports game, etc. 音乐会、体育比赛等的票 ) to be all sold 售完 ◆ The tickets sold out within hours. 几小时内票就卖光了。 ◆ This week's performances are completely sold out. 本周的演出门票全部售完。 ˌsell ˈout (of sth) | be ˌsold ˈout (of sth) to have sold all the available items, tickets, etc. 售空，卖光，售罄（某种商品、门票等）；脱销 ◆ I'm sorry, we've sold out of bread. 抱歉，我们的面包卖完了。 ◆ We are already sold out for what should be a fantastic game. 想来这场比赛一定精彩，我们的门票已经卖光了。 ˌsell ˈout (to sb/sth) 1 ( disapproving) to change or give up your beliefs or principles 背叛信念；背弃原则 ◆ He's a talented screenwriter who has sold out to TV soap operas. 他是个有才华的电影编剧，却改行写起电视肥皂剧来了。 2 to sell your business or a part of your business 出售（财产、企业等） ◆ The company eventually sold out to a multinational media group. 公司最终卖给了一个跨国传媒集团。 ☞related noun sell-out ˌsell ˈup | ˌsell sth↔ˈup ( especially BrE) to sell your home, possessions, business, etc, usually because you are leaving the country or retiring 卖光（家当、企业等） noun [singular ] ( informal) something that is not as good as it seemed to be 让人失望的东西 ◆ The band only played for about half an hour—it was a real sell. 乐队仅仅演奏了大约半个小时，真让人失望。 ☞see also hard sell sell / sel ; NAmE sel / sold / səʊld ; NAmE soʊld /

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