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buy
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- Conjugation :
past
bought
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ing
buying
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Derivatives :
adj
buyable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- buy
[baɪ]
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1.
vt.
买
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2.
vt.
[商]
[+company]
收购
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3.
vt.
[+time]
[ freedom]
赢得
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It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.
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这样做有风险,但可能会赢得更多的时间。
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4.
noun
[c]
(purchase) 所买之物
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Other good buys include cameras and toys.
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其他买来的好东西还包括相机和玩具。
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to buy sb sth
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给某人买某物
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to buy sb a drink
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请某人喝一杯
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to buy sth from a shop
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从店里购买某物
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to buy sth off {or} from sb
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从某人处购买某物
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- buy
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1.
[Finance]
买入
- buy
[baɪ]
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1.
vt.
买,购买
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In the wine bar he bought drinks for two young women.
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在小酒馆里,他为两个年轻女子买了些酒。
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She buys for the big department store.
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她为那家大型百货公司办理采购业务。
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2.
vt.
贿赂,行贿,收买
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He bought the jury and went home to his family.
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他买通了陪审团,然后就回自己家了。
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3.
verb
购买得到
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One dollar buys you a dozen eggs.
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一美元能买一打鸡蛋。
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This sum will buy you a ride on the train.
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这些钱够你买火车票的了。
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4.
vt.
交易,换取
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Hundreds of thousands of lives had bought nothing, had proved nothing.
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成千上万的生命白白牺牲了,一文不值。
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She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work.
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她想通过为他和他的工作做出贡献的方式来获取他的爱。
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5.
vt.
[Slang]
相信,承认
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I don't buy a word that he is saying.
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我不相信他说的话。
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I can't buy this story.
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我不相信这个故事。
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6.
n.[c]
合算的购买,便宜货
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This magazine can you help you find the best buys.
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这本杂志能够帮助你买到最合算的东西。
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The stock was a real buy at that price.
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在那样的价格下,真的应该买入这支股票。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- buy
[baɪ]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase
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2.
vb
to be capable of purchasing
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money can't buy love
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3.
vb
to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice
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to buy time by equivocation
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4.
vi.
[intr]
to act as a buyer
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5.
vi.
to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery
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6.
vi.
[Slang]
to accept as true, practical, etc
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7.
vi.
[intr; foll by into]
to purchase shares of (a company)
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we bought into General Motors
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[theol]
(esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian)
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9.
n
a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)
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10.
n
See also buy in buy into buy off buy out buy up
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11.
n
[Etymology]
Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy
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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
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to buy time by negotiating
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通过谈判赢得时间
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I can't buy his excuse.
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我不能相信他的借口。
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to buy something off another
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从其他地方买来一些东西
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to buy two seats to the opera
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买两张歌剧票
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to buy something on tick
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赊购某物
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