sell /sɛl/ CET4 TEM4 ( selling, sold, sells )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money. 卖

  例：

  Catlin sold the paintings to Philadelphia industrialist Joseph Harrison.

  卡特林把这些画卖给了费城实业家约瑟夫·哈里森。

  例：

  The directors sold the business for $14.8 million.

  董事们把这个公司以1480万美元卖掉了。

  例：

  When is the best time to sell?

  什么时候才是出售的最佳时机呢?

• 2. 

  V-T If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there. 出售; 经销

  例：

  It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs.

  这里出售各种商品，从扎头发的发带到东方小地毯都有。

• 3. 

  V-I If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it. 售价为…

  例：

  Unmodernized property can sell for up to 40 percent of its modernized market value.

  未经现代化改造的房地产售价至多是其现代化改造后市价的40%。

• 4. 

  V-I If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities. 有销路; 行销

  例：

  Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change.

  即使这张专辑没有销路，并且也不讨评论家们喜欢，我们也决不会改变。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product. 促进…的销路

  例：

  It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.

  只有轰动性的消息才能促进新闻杂志的销售。

  例：

  ...the maxim that safety doesn't sell.

  …安全并不意味着畅销的格言。

• 6. 

  V-T If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one. 推荐; 使接受

  例：

  She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder.

  她努力向我灌输买一台自己的碎纸机的想法。

  例：

  She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients.

  她希望她能使客户接受这一想法。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone sells their body, they have sex for money. 出卖肉体

  例：

  85 percent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.

  85%的人说她们不会出卖肉体以谋生。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles. 出卖灵魂 [表不满]

  例：

  ...a man who would sell his soul for political viability.

  …一个为了政治前途甘愿出卖灵魂的人。