sell
verb
sel verb
1
GIVE STH FOR MONEY
出售某物
to give something to someone in exchange for money 售卖，出售; I,T
If you offer him another hundred, I think he’ll sell.
如果你再出一百元钱给他，我想他会卖的。
He regrets selling all his old records.
他后悔把所有的老唱片都卖掉了。
sell sth for £100/$50/30p etc
Toni’s selling her car for £700.
冬妮准备以 700 英镑卖掉她的汽车。
sell sb sth
I won’t sell you my shares!
我是不会把我的股份卖给你的！
sell sth to sb
The vase was sold to a Dutch buyer.
那只花瓶卖给了一名荷兰的买主。
sell sth at a profit/loss (make or lose money on a sale) 盈利/亏本出售某物
Tony had to sell the business at a loss.
托尼只得把企业亏本卖掉。
2
MAKE STH AVAILABLE
有某物出售 （I,T ）to offer something for people to buy 有…出售
Do you sell cigarettes?
你们有香烟卖吗？
a job selling advertising space
推销广告版面的工作
sell at/for £100/$50/30p etc (be offered for sale at £100/$50/30p etc) 以 100 英镑/50 美元/30 便士等出售
Smoke alarms sell for as little as five pounds.
烟雾警报器最便宜的只卖 5 英镑。
3
MAKE SB WANT STH
使某人想要某物
to make people want to buy something 使〔某物〕吸引顾客，使畅销 T
Scandal sells newspapers.
丑闻可使报纸畅销。
sell sth to sb
The car’s new design will help sell it to consumers.
这种汽车的新款设计将使它更加容易被消费者接受。
4
BE BOUGHT
售出
to be bought by people 有销路 I,T
Tickets for the concert just aren’t selling.
这场音乐会的门票销路不佳。
Her last book sold millions of copies.
她的最后一本书销出了几百万本。
All the new houses have been sold.
所有的新房都售完了。
sell well/badly (be bought by a lot of people, or very few people) 畅销/不畅销
Anti-age creams always sell well.
抗衰老护肤霜总是很畅销。
5
sell like hot cakes
to sell quickly and in large amounts 非常畅销，抢手
6
IDEA/PLAN
主意/计划
to try to make someone accept a new idea or plan, or to become accepted 使（人）接受; 被接受 I,T
It’s all right for Washington, but will it sell in small-town America?
这在华盛顿没有问题，但在美国的小城镇中能被接受吗？
sell sth to sb
It’s hard for any government to sell new taxes to the electorate.
任何一个政府要让选民接受新的税项都很困难。
sell sb sth
managers selling employees the new working hours
设法让雇员接受新的工作时间的经理们
be sold on (doing) sth (think an idea or plan is very good) 热衷于（做）某事，对（做）某事极感兴趣
Joe’s completely sold on the concept.
乔对这个想法极感兴趣。
7
sell yourself sell your body
a. to make yourself seem impressive to other people b. also 又作 to have sex with someone for money 卖身，卖淫，出卖肉体
If you want a promotion, you’ve got to sell yourself better.
你如果想晋升，就得更好地推销自己。
8
sell sb/sth short
to not give someone or something the praise, attention, or reward that they deserve 对某人/某事物评价太低
Don’t sell yourself short – tell them about all your qualifications.
不要自谦，把你所有的资历都告诉他们。
9
sell your soul (to the devil)
to agree to do something bad in exchange for money, power etc 出卖灵魂〔以换取金钱、权力等〕
10
sell sb down the river
10. to do something that harms a group of people who trusted you, in order to gain money or power for yourself 〔为个人利益或权力〕出卖 （背叛 ）某一群人
11
sell your vote
11. to take money from someone who wants you to vote for a particular person or plan [美] 出卖选票〔指以选票作交换收取某人的钱〕 AmE
12 to sell something, especially for a cheap price, because you need the money or because you want to get rid of it 卖掉，〔尤指〕廉价处理掉
After the war, we had to sell off part of the farm.
战后，我们只好把农场的一部分廉价出售。
We sell off leftover cakes before we close.
我们关门前把剩下的蛋糕削价出售。
13 to sell all or part of an industry or company 卖掉〔整个或部分企业或公司〕
The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its smaller branches to cut debts.
莱斯特郡的那个公司为了减轻债务卖掉了许多小的分部。
14 if a shop sells out of something, it has no more of that particular thing left to sell 卖完，售罄
be/have sold out
Sorry, we’re sold out.
对不起，全卖完了。
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We’ve completely sold out of those shirts in your size, sir.
先生，您那个尺码的衬衫已经全部卖完了。
15 if products, tickets for an event etc sell out, they are all sold and there are none left 〔产品、入场券等〕卖光，售完
Wow! Those cakes sold out fast.
哇！ 那些蛋糕很快就销售一空。
be/have sold out
Tonight’s performance is completely sold out.
今晚的演出门票全部售罄。
16 to change your beliefs or principles, especially in order to get more money or some other advantage – used to show disapproval 〔尤指为了钱财或其他利益〕出卖原则，放弃信仰〔含贬义〕
ex-hippies who’ve sold out and become respectable businessmen
放弃原则成了有头有脸的生意人的昔日嬉皮士
17 to sell your business or your share in a business 卖掉生意，出售股份
Wyman says he’ll sell out if business doesn’t pick up.
怀曼说如果生意没有起色，他就要把商店卖掉。
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The T-mail Co. has sold out to San Jose-based DMX Inc for an undisclosed sum. T-mail
公司以未透露的价格出售给了位于圣何塞的 DMX 股份有限公司。
18 to sell most of what you own, especially your house or your business 卖掉（绝大部分财产）〔尤指住房或企业〕
Liz decided to sell up and move abroad.
莉兹决定卖掉家产移居外国。