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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sell [sεl]
  1. 1. vt.
    I sold the house for 80,000 pounds.
    我的房子卖了8万英镑。
    Do you sell flowers?
    你们这儿卖花吗?
    We sell rubber products.
    我们经销橡胶制品
  2. 2. vt. [fig] [+idea] 使接受
    She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients.
    希望能够客户接受这个主意
  3. 3. vi. [goods] [ product+] 有销路
    I'm not sure if it will sell.
    不能肯定是否有销路
    to sell at {or} for 10 pounds
    售价10英镑
    to sell sb sth, sell sth to sb
    将某物卖给某人
    to sell o.s.
    自我推销

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sell [sel]
  1. 1. vt. 卖,出售经销
    The owner wants to sell the house.
    房东想要出售这套房子
    She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit.
    出卖自己的肉体,以维持生计满足她的毒瘾
  2. 2. vi. 以……价格出售;以……方式售出
    Books, records and films continue to sell well.
    书籍唱盘电影继续卖得不错
    These books sell like hot cakes.
    这些书很畅销
  3. 3. vt. 游说,劝服
    I sold him the idea to change the company name.
    劝说改变公司的名称
    The French try to sell us their image as great lovers.
    法国人试图我们兜售他们调情高手形象
  4. 4. vt. 做……买卖经营
    His parents sell refrigerators.
    他的父母冰箱买卖
    The brothers sell shoes.
    他们兄弟卖鞋。
  5. 5. vt. 放弃背弃
    Jay would have sold her grandmother for Lucy's approval.
    杰伊背弃她的祖母,给露西投了赞成票
  6. 6. vi. 采纳,被接受
    They sold the idea to the public on the basis that it would reduce traffic.
    以能降低交通运输量为由,他们说服公众采纳他们的观点
  7. 7. vt. 宣传推销兜售
    They have invested in TV commercials to sell their cars.
    他们已经花钱电视宣传他们的汽车
  8. 8. vt. 出卖背叛
    His former associate sold him out to the police.
    以前的同事出卖了他,将他送进了警察局
  9. 9. vt. 达到……销售额
  10. 10. vt. [British English] [Slang] 使失望
  11. 11. n.[c] 出售销售推销
    That was the hardest sell of his career.
    那是他职业中最艰难一次销售经历
    It was a hard sell.
    那是一次困难的销售
  12. 12. noun [Person Name] 塞尔泽尔
  13. 13. n.[c] [Informal] 欺骗骗局骗术
  14. 14. n.[c] [British English] [Spoken] 失望,没办法
  15. 15. n.[u] [American English] 买主吸引力

Collins English-English Dictionary

sell [sεl]
  1. 1. vb to dispose of or transfer or be disposed of or transferred to a purchaser in exchange for money or other consideration; put or be on sale
  2. 2. vb to deal in (objects, property, etc)
    he sells used cars for a living
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to give up or surrender for a price or reward
    to sell one's honour
  4. 4. vt. to promote or facilitate the sale of (objects, property, etc)
    publicity sells many products
  5. 5. vt. to induce or gain acceptance of
    to sell an idea
  6. 6. vi. [intr] to be in demand on the market
    these dresses sell well in the spring
  7. 7. vt. [tr] [Spoken] to deceive or cheat
  8. 8. vt. [tr; foll by on] to persuade to accept or approve (of)
    to sell a buyer on a purchase
  9. 9. n the act or an instance of selling - Compare hard sell soft sell
  10. 10. n [Spoken] a trick, hoax, or deception
  11. 11. n [Irish] a great disappointment
    the service in the hotel was a sell
  12. 12. n See also sell in sell off sell out sell up
  13. 13. n [Etymology] Old English sellan to lend, deliver; related to Old Norse selja to sell, Gothic saljan to offer sacrifice, Old High German sellen to sell, Latin consilium advice

Examples

The art book has art to sell, insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse, which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which doesn't exist, in painting.
这本艺术类图书是在巧妙地推销艺术,其目的就是为了推销像美国艺术那样实际上在油画中并不存在的艺术传统。
to sell a house for $20,000
把房子卖了20,000美元
the flood that resolved him to sell
使他下决心出售的那场洪水
to sell chain stores
批发给联号商店
sell him on the idea
劝说他接受这个主意

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