buy /baɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( buying, bought, buys )

• 1. 

  V-T If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. 购买

  例：

  He could not afford to buy a house.

  他买不起房子。

  例：

  Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike.

  莉齐给自己买了一辆山地自行车。

• 2. 

  V-T If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money. 买得到

  例：

  About $70,000 buys a habitable house.

  大约七万美元才买得到一栋适合居住的房子。

• 3. 

  V-T If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return. 换取

  例：

  It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.

  这是一项冒险的举动，但也许能换得更多的时间。

• 4. 

  V-T If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money. 收买 [usu passive] [表不满]

  例：

  Any number of our military and government officials can be bought.

  我们的军官和政府官员中有许多可以被收买。

• 5. 

  V-T If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it. 相信 [非正式]

  例：

  I'm not buying any of that nonsense.

  我一点也不相信那些废话。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB Buy into means the same as . 相信

  例：

  I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.

  我相信了这种大众神话，以为只要买上新车或再买栋房子就会最终幸福起来。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive. 买得合算的东西

  例：

  This was still a good buy even at the higher price.

  即便价格再高些，这仍买得合算。