sell

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vt. 卖, 背叛, 销售, 出卖 vi. 卖, 销售 n. 卖, 推销术, 失望

发音

US /sɛl/

词形变化

sells 复数 selled sellest selleth selling sells 三单 sells sold soldest selling 现在分词 sold 过去式 sold 过去分词

别名

selle

教材释义与例句

动词

销售；推销；出卖；欺骗

to give something to someone in exchange for money

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of selling; sale.

  2. 2.

    The promotion of an idea for acceptance.

    比喻 引申义

    This is going to be a tough sell.

  3. 3.

    An easy task.

  4. 4.

    An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

    非正式 过时

    What a sell for Lena!

  5. 1.

    A seat or stool.

    废旧
  6. 2.

    A saddle.

    古体
  7. 1.

    A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

    废旧

    He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

    卖

    售

    贩卖

    双及物 不及物 及物

    She sold her old car very quickly.

    I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.

    Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.

  2. 2.

    To be sold.

    被卖出

    This old stock will never sell.

    The corn sold for a good price.

  3. 3.

    To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To promote (a particular viewpoint).

    传递

    及物

    My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.

  5. 5.

    To betray for money or other things.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

    耍弄

    俚语 及物
  7. 7.

    To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.

    俚语 及物 政治 体育 军事
  8. 8.

    To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.

    澳大利亚 不及物 俚语

    He's selling!

    He really sold in that match.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sale
动词

同义词 3

deal trade betray

反义词 1

buy

上位词 10

be change cost exist deliver exchange surrender persuade deceive delude

下位词 10

move bring deal clear realize push market trade sacrifice dump

近义相关 3

deal trade betray

相关短语

sell out 卖完, 出卖, 背叛 [经] 卖完, 出售货物, 商品售缺 sell off 廉价卖清 [经] 廉价出清(存货),(证券的)跌价 sell like hot cakes 热销 sell ice to Eskimos sell wolf tickets sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven sell one's soul sell down sell down the river sell someone a bill of goods sell past the close sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage sell oneself short sell on 使人想买 sell someone a pup

词源

From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Faroese, Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”).

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