sale
noun
seɪl noun
1 when you sell something 出售，销售 C,U
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The use and sale of marijuana remains illegal.
吸食和贩卖大麻仍然是违法的。
Harvey gets a $50 commission every time he makes a sale (=sells something as part of his job) .
哈维每做成一笔生意可得到 50 美元的佣金。
Car salesmen will often bring down the price rather than lose a sale (=fail to sell something) .
汽车推销员常常宁愿降价也不愿失去一笔生意。
arms sales to Iran
对伊朗的军火销售
2
sales
a. the total number of products that are sold during a particular period of time b. the part of a company that deals with selling products 销售部 plural 复数 U
Britain’s retail sales (=all the things sold to the public in shops) jumped 3.2 percent in April.
4 月份英国的零售销量猛增了 3.2%。
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Sales of automobiles are up this year.
汽车销量今年增加了。
We did not reach our summer sales targets.
我们未能达到夏季的销售指标。
The company no longer releases its sales figures (=how much money it makes or loses from sales) .
这家公司不再公布自己的销售数字。
in sales
We grossed more than $500,000 in sales last year.
我们去年的销售总额超过 50 万美元。
She found a job in sales.
她找到了一份销售部的工作。
a sales manager
销售部经理
a worldwide sales force of 1,100
全球范围内 1100 人的销售队伍
3
for sale
available to be bought 待售
Excuse me, are these for sale?
请问，这些是要出售的吗？
There was a ‘for sale’ sign in the yard.
院子里有一块写着“待售”的牌子。
Reluctantly, they put the family home up for sale (=made it available to be bought) .
他们很不情愿地着手出售自己的住宅。
4
on sale
a. available to be bought in a shop b. available to be bought at a lower price than usual [尤美] 廉价出售 especially AmE
A wide range of postcards and other souvenirs are on sale in the visitors’ centre.
游客中心有各种明信片以及其他纪念品出售。
Stephen King’s new novel will go on sale (=will begin to be sold) next week.
斯蒂芬．金的新小说将于下星期上市。
These gloves were on sale for only $9.
这副手套是降价的，只卖 9 美元。
5 a period of time when shops sell their goods at lower prices than usual 大减价，贱卖 C | BrE
Marsdon’s department store is having a sale this week.
马斯顿百货商店本周大减价。
the sales
I picked up some real bargains in the January sales this year.
今年 1 月份大减价期间我买了些很便宜的东西。
6 an event at which things are sold to the person who offers the highest price 拍卖，拍卖会; C
a sale of 17th century paintings
17 世纪油画拍卖会
7
sales drive/campaign
when a company makes a special effort to try to increase the amount of its products that it sells 促销活动
a new sales campaign
一次新的促销活动
8
sales pitch/talk
the things that someone says when they are trying to persuade you to buy something 推销游说/宣传
9
(on) sale or return
if a shop buys something on sale or return, it can return the goods that it is unable to sell [英] 剩货包退〔零售商可以把卖不完的货物退还给批发商〕 BrE