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*sell /sɛl; sel/
v sold /sold; səʊld/ , sold, selling
1 [I,T] to give something to someone in exchange for money 卖，出售:
sell sth for We sold the car for $5000. 我们把汽车卖了5000 美元。
sell sth to sb Scott sold his CD player to a kid at school. 斯科特把他的 CD 播放机卖给了学校里的一个孩子。
sell sb sth Sally's going to sell me her bike. 莎莉打算把她的脚踏车卖给我。
→ compare 比较 BUY¹
2 [T] to offer something for people to buy 备有…出售，经销:
Do you sell stamps? 你这儿有邮票卖吗？
sell at/for (=to be offered for sale at a particular price) 以…价钱出售: The T-shirts sell at ￡10 each. 这种 T 恤每件卖十英镑。
3 [T] to make someone want to buy something 有助于…售出，使有销路:
Bad news sells newspapers. 有坏消息报纸就好卖。
4 [I,T] to be bought or sold in large numbers or amounts 有销路; 获得…的销量，售出:
Toys based on the movie are really selling. 由这部电影衍生出来的玩具十分畅销。
The CD sold over a million copies in a week. 这 CD 一个星期售出一百多万张。
5 [T] to try to persuade someone to accept a new plan, idea etc 宣传，使被接受:
Now we have to try to sell the idea to the viewers. 现在我们得想办法通过宣传让观众接受我们的观点。
6 be sold on sth to think something is a very good idea and want to do it 认为某事是个好主意:
I suggested she should come to stay with us, and she was completely sold on the idea. 我建议她过来和我们住住，她也完全同意，认为这主意不错。
7 sell yourself short informal to not have the confidence in your abilities that you should have 【非正式】 低估自己
sell sth ↔ offto sell things quickly and cheaply 廉价出售，削价处理:
The shop is closing and selling everything off at half price. 商店要关门，所有商品都半价出售。
sell out
1 [I] to sell all of something so that there is none left 卖完，卖光:
have/be sold out I'm sorry, but the tickets are all sold out. 对不起，票子全卖完了。
sell out of They've sold out of newspapers. 他们报纸卖完了。
2 [I,T] informal to do something that is against your beliefs or principles, in order to get power or money 【非正式】 〔为了权力或金钱〕出卖自己; 出卖〔自己的信仰或原则〕，背弃
sell up
to sell everything you have when you move to another place, change your life etc 〔搬家或想改变自己生活的时候〕出售所有财物:
The Martins sold up and moved to Florida. 马丁一家变卖了全部家产，搬到佛罗里达州去住了。
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