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sell /sɛl/ (selling,sold,sells)

1. V-T/V-I If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money. 卖
Catlin sold the paintings to Philadelphia industrialist Joseph Harrison. 卡特林把这些画卖给了费城实业家约瑟夫·哈里森。
The directors sold the business for $14.8 million. 董事们把这个公司以1480万美元卖掉了。
When is the best time to sell?
什么时候才是出售的最佳时机呢?
2. V-T If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there. 出售; 经销
It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs. 这里出售各种商品，从扎头发的发带到东方小地毯都有。
3. V-I If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it. 售价为…
Unmodernized property can sell for up to 40 percent of its modernized market value. 未经现代化改造的房地产售价至多是其现代化改造后市价的40%。
4. V-I If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities. 有销路; 行销
Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change. 即使这张专辑没有销路，并且也不讨评论家们喜欢，我们也决不会改变。
5. V-T/V-I Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product. 促进…的销路
It is only the sensational that sells news magazines. 只有轰动性的消息才能促进新闻杂志的销售。
...the maxim that safety doesn't sell. …安全并不意味着畅销的格言。
6. V-T If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one. 推荐; 使接受
She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder. 她努力向我灌输买一台自己的碎纸机的想法。
She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients. 她希望她能使客户接受这一想法。
7. PHRASE If someone sells their body, they have sex for money. 出卖肉体
85 percent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living. 85%的人说她们不会出卖肉体以谋生。
8. PHRASE If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles. 出卖灵魂[表不满]
...a man who would sell his soul for political viability. …一个为了政治前途甘愿出卖灵魂的人。