sell
- IPA[sɛl]
英式
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money；have a stock of (something) available for sale
- an act of selling or attempting to sell something；a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something
verb: sell, 3rd person present: sells, gerund or present participle: selling, past tense: sold, past participle: sold
noun: sell, plural noun: sells
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動詞
- 1. give or hand over (something) in exchange for money they had sold the car the family business had been sold off 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ have a stock of (something) available for sale the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods 同義詞
- ▪ be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price the album sold 6 million copies in the United States this magazine of yours won't sell 同義詞
- ▪ sell all of one's stock of something they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies
- ▪ be all sold it was clear that the performances would not sell out
- ▪ (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet.
- ▪ British sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets Ernest sold up and retired
- ▪ have sex in exchange for money if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap
- ▪ abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States
- ▪ betray someone for one's own benefit the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out
- ▪ archaic offer (something) dishonourably for money or other reward do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?
- 2. persuade someone of the merits of he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky he just won't sell himself 同義詞
- ▪ be the reason for (something) being bought what sells CDs to most people is convenience
- ▪ cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about I'm just not sold on the idea 同義詞
- 3. archaic trick or deceive (someone) what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town
名詞
- 1. an act of selling or attempting to sell something every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager
- 2. British a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu
- past and past participle of sell
Oxford American Dictionary
- past and past participle of sell
Oxford Dictionary
- a method of salesmanship or advertising that uses subtle persuasion: it's this kind of soft sell that I object to—ads that tell me how wonderful everything is
- sell (something) by using suble persuasion: we've soft-sold the service on a limited basis
Oxford American Dictionary
- an event for which all tickets are sold: the game is sure to be a sell-out
Oxford Dictionary
- the ratio of the quantity of goods sold by a retail outlet to the quantity distributed to it ... the sell-through was amazing, 60 per cent
Oxford Dictionary
- a method of salesmanship or advertising that uses subtle persuasion: it's this kind of soft sell that I object to—ads that tell me how wonderful everything is
- sell (something) by using such a method: we've soft-sold the service on a limited basis
Oxford Dictionary
- the ratio of the quantity of goods sold by a retail outlet to the quantity distributed to it ... the sell-through was amazing, 60 percent
Oxford American Dictionary
- a sale of assets, typically at a low price, carried out in order to dispose of them rather than ... a program of sell-offs and acquisitions enabled the group to boost profits by more than 50 percent the sell-off of assets of the former National Bus Company groups
Oxford American Dictionary
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美式
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money: they had sold the car the family business had been sold off
- an act of selling or attempting to sell something: the excitement of scientific achievement is too subtle a sell to stir the public
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