半价出售:sell的词汇精讲
What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.
——Mad Men
你所谓的爱是像我这样的卖尼龙的家伙捏造出来的。
——《广告狂人》
一、你知道sell有几种含义吗?
n.
1.推销术 [U] the method to sell things
Salesmen find that soft sell work well with young housewives.
销售员发现不施加压力的推销术对年轻的家庭主妇很管用。
2.【口】欺骗,骗局 trick
The whole thing was a sell.
这完全是个骗局。
v.
1.卖,出售 [I,T] to offer sth for people to buy
They sell cider at 10 dollars a cask.
他们以每桶十美元的价钱出售苹果酒。
2.推销;促进…的销售 [T] to make people want to buy sth
Television sells many products.
电视促进许多商品的销售。
3.达到...销售额 [T] to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned
The novel has sold about two hundred thousand copies.
这部小说已销售约二十万册。
4.宣传,使接受,使人相信 [T] persuade sb that sth is a good idea, service, product, etc.
He's good at selling himself.
他很会自我宣传。
5.背叛,出卖 [T] betray
He would sell his soul for the position.
他为了得到那个职位可以出卖灵魂。
二、含有sell的常见短语
hard sell
n.<美>硬卖,强行推销
sell off
v.廉价卖清
sell out
v.卖完,出卖,背叛
sell short
买空卖空;低估,轻视
sell up
v.卖完,为还债而变卖
三、学会sell的用法了吗?来做个小测试
It is quality not price that _____ our products.
我们的产品销路好,靠的是质量,而不是价格。