sell

[sel]

v.出售, 卖
n.推销, 出售

vt.

1. 卖, 销售[O1][(+to/for)]

He sold me his camera.

他把照相机卖给了我。

He sold his bike to me for $40.

他以四十美元的价钱把自行车卖给了我。

Do you sell stamps?

你们出售邮票吗?

2. 推销; 促进……的销售

Television sells many products.

电视促进许多商品的销售。

3. 达到……销售额

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[O1][(+to/on)]

He's good at selling himself.

他很会自我宣传。

5. 【口】欺骗[H]

She was sold again.

她又上当了。

6. 背叛, 出卖

He would sell his soul for the position.

他为了得到那个职位可以出卖灵魂。

vi.

1. 卖, 出售

Eggs sell by the dozen.

蛋按打出售。

2. (商品)(以……价格)售出[(+at/for)]

This oil painting sells for 500 dollars.

这幅油画售价五百美元。

3. 有销路

Is that item selling?

那商品好销吗?

4. 【口】被接受, 受欢迎

I'm sure your idea will sell.

我相信你的观点能被接受。

5. 当推销员

n.

1. 推销术[U]

2. 【口】欺骗, 骗局[S]

The whole thing was a sell.

这完全是个骗局。

3. 【英】【口】失望[S]

词形变化

形容词: sellable | 动词过去式: sold | 动词过去分词: sold | 动词现在分词: selling | 动词第三人称单数: sells |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.卖, 销售

market  vend  peddle  

同义参见:

hawk  promote  deal  

反义:

vt.vi.卖, 销售

buy  

反义参见:

purchase  

英英释义

名词 sell:

the activity of persuading someone to buy

动词 sell:

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

be sold at a certain price or in a certain way

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

同义词：deal, trade

persuade somebody to accept something

give up for a price or reward

deliver to an enemy by treachery

同义词：betray

be approved of or gain acceptance

be responsible for the sale of

短语词组

sell off

1. 廉价出售

He was forced to sell off his land.

他被迫以低价将土地出售。

sell oneself

1. 自我宣传; 自荐

You've got to sell yourself at the interview.

面试时你一定得自我宣传。

2. 出卖自己; 卖身

sell out

1. 卖光

The shop sold out all their shirts.

这家商店的衬衫都卖光了。

sell short

1. 低估

You're selling him short.

你小看他了。

补充

sellsell英:[sel] 美:[sɛl]vt. & vi.1.卖; 售; 销Merchants buy and sell.商人买进卖出。vt.1.经销; 推销He sells vacuum cleaners.他经销真空吸尘器。2.出卖, 背叛He would rather die than sell his companies.他宁死也不愿出卖自己的同伴。n.1.卖, 销售Would you like a career in sell?你愿意干销售这一行吗?2.欺骗; 失望Can't you see it is a sell?难道你看不出这是欺骗吗?

例句

1. Do you sell flowers?你卖花吗？ 2. They're selling the house.他们在卖房子。 3. He sold it to me.他把它卖给了我。 4. She sold me her car.她把车卖给了我。 5. Let's hear your proposal. You've got 10 minutes to sell it to me.说说你的提议。给你10分钟时间, 说动我。 6. He tried to sell me the idea of exchanging jobs.他试图说服我接受工作对调。 7. The shop assistant sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted.店员说服我购买了一款比我原先想要的价格更高的样式。 8. You know, I wasn't sold on this trip in the beginning.你知道, 我一开始并不赞成这趟旅行。 9. This model sells very well.这个型号卖得非常好。 10. He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.他本应得到那些人的保护, 可却遭到了他们的背叛。 11. They need to improve their image – they are selling themselves short.他们需要提升自己的形象——他们这是在自贬身价。 12. selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable.他们如此怠慢自己的粉丝令人无法忍受。 13. Learn how to sell yourself as a job candidate.求职时要学会将自己推销出去。 14. The moment you sell yourself is the moment you lose touch with what it was you wanted to do.你出卖自己人格的那一刻正是你背离自己梦想的那一刻。 15. to sell one's house卖房 16. to sell insurance销售保险 17. Do you sell sweets ?你卖糖果吗? 18. He'll sell me the house for $ 15,000.他要把房卖给我，出价15 000美元。 19. to sell one's friend on doing something说服朋友做某事 20. to be sold on the music对音乐感兴趣 21. to sell an idea to someone使某人接受一种观点 22. to sell one's country卖国 23. to sell one's life付出生命的代价 24. We are sold again!我们又上当了。 25. Do you sell? I mean your car?你卖吗?我是说你的汽车? 26. to sell at low price低价出售 27. My book will sell.我出的书将会有销路的 28. This idea will sell.这个主意能被采纳。 29. they had sold the car.他们卖了汽车。 30. the family business had been sold off.家业已经被卖掉了。 31. [with two objs]I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection.我正向他兜售我收藏的蝴蝶。 32. the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods.商店经销高保真音响、电视、录像机等电器。 33. this magazine of yours won't sell.你这本杂志卖不出去。 34. the album sold 6 million copies in the United States.该专辑在美国售出600万张。 35. these antiques of the future sell for about ￡375.这些古董期货价为375英镑。 36. they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies.第一版的75,000本他们几乎卖完了。 37. it was clear that the performances would not sell out.很清楚，这些演出的票不会全卖光。 38. Ernest sold up and retired.欧内斯特把一切都卖掉后退休了。 39. if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap.如果她想要卖身的话那么也不会太便宜的。 40. do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?.你们的律师不也是像牧师出卖祷告一样出卖他们的服务吗？。 41. the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out.族人变成了佃户，酋长出卖了他们。 42. the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States.首相由于屈从美国而受到谴责。 43. he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky.他说服人同意拍一部有关柴科夫斯基的电影。 44. he could get work but he just won't sell himself.他能得到工作但他不能说服自己。 45. what sells CDs to most people is convenience.多数人买CD是图个方便。 46. [as adj. sold]I'm just not sold on the idea.我就是对这种想法不感兴趣。 47. what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town.我们所要的就是静静地离开这里，大肆吹捧这次表演，并且欺骗镇上的其他人。 48. every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager.每两个电视广告就有一个是澳大利亚啤酒的销售广告。 49. actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu.事实上，夏威夷有点儿让人失望—— 一点也赶不上科孚岛。 50. don't sell yourself short—you've got what it takes.别低估了自己——你已经具备了成功的条件。 51. universities and polytechnics are selling their souls for commercial success.大学和工科院校正在为获取商业利益而做昧良心的事情。 52. We are going to sell our car.我们打算把汽车卖掉。 53. I sold my guitar to my neighbour for £200.我以200英镑的价钱把吉他卖给了我的邻居。 54. Would you sell me your ticket?你可以把票卖给我吗？ 55. I offered them a lot of money but they wouldn't sell.虽然我开出高价，但他们仍然不肯卖。 56. Excuse me, do you sell stamps?请问你们卖邮票吗？ 57. to sell insurance/advertising space出售保险╱广告版面 58. These watches sell at £1000 each in the shops but you can have this one for £500.这些手表在商店里卖1000英镑一块，但这一块以500英镑卖给你。 59. Her books sell well abroad.她的书在国外很畅销。 60. This newspaper sells over a million copies a day.这份报纸每日销量超过一百万份。 61. They rely on advertising to sell their products.他们依靠广告推销产品。 62. Now we have to try and sell the idea to the management.现在我们得设法让管理部门接受这个构想。 63. The shops sell their remaining winter clothes off in the spring sales.商店往往在春季大减价时销售卖剩的冬装。 64. All the tickets sold out within two hours.所有门票在两个小时里售完。 65. The concert was sold out weeks ago.这场音乐会的票在几个星期前已经售完了。 66. I'm afraid we've sold out of bread.我们的面包恐怕已经售完。 67. He sold his car.他把汽车卖了。 68. He buys and remodels houses and then sells them at a profit.他购买房子，加以改造，再出售获利。 69. She sold him a watch for $20. = She sold a watch to him for $20.她将手表以20美元的价格卖给了他。 70. "Stock prices are increasing, so now is a good time to sell."股票价格在上升，正是抛售的好时机。 71. Only a few stores sell that type of equipment.那种类型的设备只在少数几家商店销售。 72. She sells insurance. [=she has the job of selling insurance to people]她是卖保险的。 73. "He is selling his car for $1,000. [=he is offering his car for sale at a price of $1,000]"他想把自己的汽车卖掉，要价1000美元。 74. Those cookies sell for a dollar apiece.那些曲奇饼卖一美元一块。 75. All items in the store are selling at half price.这家商店的所有商品都半价出售。 76. That house still hasn't sold. [=no one has bought that house]那所房子至今还没有卖出。 77. The houses in that neighborhood aren't selling. [=people aren't buying the houses that are for sale in that neighborhood]那个街区的房子都没有销路。 78. They hope the new version will sell better than the old one. [=they hope that more people will buy the new version]他们希望新版比旧版畅销。 79. The dictionary is selling well. [=many people are buying copies of the dictionary]这本词典卖得很好。 80. The newest model just didn't sell. [=very few people bought it]最新款式就是没什么人买。 81. Their first album sold more than a million copies. [=more than a million copies of the album were bought]他们第一张专辑的销售量超过了一百方张。 82. His name on the cover sells the book.封面上印着他的名字使这本书很有销路。 83. Good advertising sells.好广告能推动销售。 84. He had a difficult time selling his theory to other scientists.在说服其他科学家接受自己理论的过程中，他经历过一段艰难的时期。 85. You will really have to sell yourself at the interview to get that job.为得到工作，你必须在面试时全力推销自己。 86. He sold off his car so he could move overseas.为移居海外，他低价把汽车卖掉了。 87. The family plans to sell some of the property off.这家人计划低价出售部分财产。 88. He tried to sell them on the value of the project he was proposing.他努力让他们认识到他所提出的项目的价值。 89. She wasn't sold on the idea. [=she wasn't convinced that it was a good idea]她没有被说服，并不认为这是个好主意。 90. Tickets to the concert sold out quickly.音乐会的门票很快就卖光了。 91. The book has sold out in stores across the country.这本书在全国所有书店均已售罄。 92. Many stores sold out quickly when the book was first published.这本书首次发行时，大部分的书店很快就销售一空。 93. The concert sold out quickly. [=all the tickets to the concert were quickly bought]音乐会门票很快就卖光了。 94. "“Are there any more tickets?” “No, I'm sorry. We're (all) sold out.” [=we've sold all the tickets]"“还有票吗？”“对不起，票（都）卖光了。” 95. The store was sold out of milk again. [=there was no milk at the store because it had all been sold]商店的牛奶再一次销售一空。 96. The tickets were (all) sold out quickly. [=all of the tickets were sold quickly]门票很快就卖光了。 97. "In the end, the other owners forced her to sell out."最后，其他所有者逼迫她出售她的全部份额。 98. Many of the band's fans accused them of selling out when they started appearing in television commercials.当这个乐队出现在电视商业广告中时，许多粉丝指责他们背弃原则。 99. The union sees the deal as selling out to management. [=the union sees the deal as going against their principles and favoring management]工会认为这桩交易违背了他们的原则，祖护了资方。 100. She sold out her accomplices [=she told police who her accomplices were] in exchange for a lower sentence.为减轻刑罚，她供出了同伙。 101. I can't believe my best friend would sell me down the river.我不相信我最好的朋友竟会出卖我。 102. Don't sell yourself short. You have some great skills and experience.不要看轻自己。你有了不起的技术，而且经验丰富。 103. I think you're selling the book short; it's a lot more interesting than that.我认为你太贬低这本书了；它比你说的有趣得多。 104. They were forced to sell up and go out of business.他们被迫变卖资产，关门大吉。 105. He has sold his soul (to the devil) for fame and prosperity.他为了名誉和财富出卖了自己的灵魂。 106. Her new novel was an easy sell. [=her new novel sold well; many people wanted to buy it]她的新小说卖得很火。 107. "We need to raise taxes, but that's a tough sell. [=it's hard to persuade people to accept a tax increase]"我们需要提高税收，但这让人们很难接受。