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  • Conjugation : past  sold ; ing  selling
  • Derivatives : n  seller ; adj  sellable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sell [sεl]
  1. 1. vt. 卖
    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.
    她希望能够让客户接受这个主意。
  3. 3. vi. [goods, product+] 有销路
    I'm not sure if it will sell.
    我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 [sεl] [sel]
  1. 1. vt. 卖，出售
    He's trying to sell his car.
    他打算卖掉他的车。
    He sells shoes.
    他是卖鞋的。
  2. 2. vt. 经售
    a store that sells hardware
    五金店
    to sell real estate
    经营不动产
  3. 3. vt. 把…出卖（给敌人）；把…卖身为奴
  4. 4. vt. 推销，有助于卖出
    Television sells many products.
    电视能帮着推销许多产品。
  5. 5. vt. 在…代销；销售给
    to sell chain stores
    批发给联号商店
  6. 6. vt. 背叛；出卖（荣誉等）
  7. 7. vt. [American English] [verbal] 宣传
    to sell oneself to the public
    自荐于公众
  8. 8. vt. [American English] [verbal] 说服，使接受（与on连用）
    sell him on the idea
    劝说他接受这个主意
    Now you have to sell the deal to the President.
    现在你得向总统兜售一下了。
  9. 9. vt. 达到…销售额
  10. 10. vt. [slang] 欺骗
    He's selling his girlfriend short.
    他欺骗了自己的女朋友。
  11. 11. vt. [British slang] 使失望
  12. 12. vi. 卖，出售
  13. 13. vi. 有销路
    This brand of clothes should sell well.
    这牌子的衣服应该很好卖。
  14. 14. vi. 售价为（for或at）
    belts selling for two dollars
    售价为二美元的裤腰带子
    The box set sells for $50.
    这个套装售价50美元。
  15. 15. vi. 当推销员
  16. 16. vi. [verbal] 被接受，被认可
    a scheme that won't sell
    通不过的计划
  17. 17. noun [American English] 卖出；推销；推销术
  18. 18. noun [American English] [verbal] 对买主的吸引力
  19. 19. noun [slang] 欺骗，骗术
  20. 20. noun 失望

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] [informal] 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
  11. 11. n [informal] a trick, hoax, or deception
  12. 12. n [Irish] a great disappointment
    the service in the hotel was a sell
  13. 13. n See also sell in sell off sell out sell up
  14. 14. 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
See more results for sell in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

to sell sb sth, sell sth to sb
将某物卖给某人 → sell
an exclusive right to sell something
某物的专卖权 → exclusive
to sell a house for $20,000
把房子卖了20,000美元 → for
to sell toys and games
出售玩具和游戏器具 → game
the flood that resolved him to sell
使他下决心出售的那场洪水 → resolve
to sell real estate
经营不动产 → sell
to sell chain stores
批发给联号商店 → sell
to sell oneself to the public
自荐于公众 → sell
sell him on the idea
劝说他接受这个主意 → sell
a scheme that won't sell
通不过的计划 → sell
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