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  • Conjugation : past  bought ; ing  buying
  • Derivatives : adj  buyable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

buy [baɪ]
  1. 1. vt.
  2. 2. vt. [商] [+company] 收购
  3. 3. vt. [+time] [ freedom] 赢得
    It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.
    这样做有风险,但可能赢得更多时间
  4. 4. noun [c] (purchase) 所买之物
    Other good buys include cameras and toys.
    其他买来的好东西还包括相机玩具
    to buy sb sth
    某人买某物
    to buy sb a drink
    某人一杯
    to buy sth from a shop
    从店里购买某物
    to buy sth off {or} from sb
    某人购买某物

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

buy
  1. 1. [Finance] 买入
buy [baɪ]
  1. 1. vt. 买,购买
    In the wine bar he bought drinks for two young women.
    在小酒馆里,他为两个年轻女子买了些酒。
    She buys for the big department store.
    她为那家大型百货公司办理采购业务
  2. 2. vt. 贿赂行贿收买
    He bought the jury and went home to his family.
    买通陪审团然后就回自己家了。
  3. 3. verb 购买得到
    One dollar buys you a dozen eggs.
    美元能买一打鸡蛋
    This sum will buy you a ride on the train.
    这些钱够你买火车票的了。
  4. 4. vt. 交易换取
    Hundreds of thousands of lives had bought nothing, had proved nothing.
    成千上万生命白白牺牲了,一文不值
    She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work.
    想通过为他和他的工作做出贡献方式获取他的爱。
  5. 5. vt. [Slang] 相信承认
    I don't buy a word that he is saying.
    我不相信他说的话
    I can't buy this story.
    我不相信这个故事
  6. 6. n.[c] 合算购买便宜货
    This magazine can you help you find the best buys.
    这本杂志能够帮助买到合算东西
    The stock was a real buy at that price.
    那样价格下,真的应该买入这支股票

Collins English-English Dictionary

buy [baɪ]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase
  2. 2. vb to be capable of purchasing
    money can't buy love
  3. 3. vb to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice
    to buy time by equivocation
  4. 4. vi. [intr] to act as a buyer
  5. 5. vi. to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery
  6. 6. vi. [Slang] to accept as true, practical, etc
  7. 7. vi. [intr; foll by into] to purchase shares of (a company)
    we bought into General Motors
  8. 8. vt. [tr] [theol] (esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian)
  9. 9. n a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)
  10. 10. n See also buy in buy into buy off buy out buy up
  11. 11. n [Etymology] Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy
  12. 12. n [Usage] The use of off after buy as in I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts

Examples

to buy time by negotiating
通过谈判赢得时间
I can't buy his excuse.
我不能相信他的借口。
to buy something off another
从其他地方买来一些东西
to buy two seats to the opera
买两张歌剧票
to buy something on tick
赊购某物

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