英汉词典

sell 基本解释

• vt. 销售；推销；出卖；欺骗
• vi. 卖；出售；受欢迎；有销路
• n. 销售；失望；推销术
• n. (Sell)人名；(德)泽尔；(英、芬、瑞典)塞尔

sell 词态变化

sell 中文词源

来自古英语 sellan,供应，提供，移交，来自 Proto-Germanic*saljan,提供，交付，来自 PIE*sel, 持有，握住，词源同 sale.后引申词义出售，销售，原词义逐渐退出使用。

sell 英文词源

sell

sell: [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of sell is ‘give up, hand over’, but gradually the notion of handing something over in exchange for something else, particularly money, led to its present-day sense. Both meanings co-existed in Old English, but the original one had largely died out by the 14th century. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *saljan, which also produced Swedish sälga and Danish sælge ‘sell’. The noun sale is a product of the same base.
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sell (v.)

Old English sellan "to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise," from Proto-Germanic *saljan "offer up, deliver" (cognates: Old Norse selja "to hand over, deliver, sell;" Old Frisian sella, Old High German sellen "to give, hand over, sell;" Gothic saljan "to offer a sacrifice"), ultimately from PIE root *sel- (3) "to take, grasp."

Meaning "to give up for money" had emerged by c. 1000, but in Chaucer selle still can mean "to give." Students of Old English learn early that the word that looks like sell usually means "give." An Old English word for "to sell" was bebycgan, from bycgan "to buy."

Slang meaning "to swindle" is from 1590s. The noun phrase hard sell is recorded from 1952. To sell one's soul is from c. 1570. Sell-by date is from 1972. To sell like hot cakes is from 1839. Selling-point attested from 1959.

To sell (someone) down the river figuratively is by 1927, probably from or with recollection of slavery days, on notion of sale from the Upper South to the cotton plantations of the Deep South (attested in this literal sense since 1851).

sell 词组搭配

sell 英文释义

1. the activity of persuading someone to buy;

"it was a hard sell"

sell 双语例句

1. The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.

新任总裁已经执行了抛售方案。

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2. Any property which does not sell within six weeks is overpriced.

任何房产如果6周内还卖不出去就说明定价过高。

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3. I think more customers probably prefer a soft sell.

我认为更多的顾客也许更喜欢软性推销。

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4. The publisher expected the book to sell 1,500 copies, tops.

出版商预计该书至多能卖出1,500本。

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5. Across the busy plaza, vendors sell hot dogs and croissant sandwiches.

在热闹广场的另一边，摊贩叫卖着热狗和羊角三明治。

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sell 实用场景例句

I sold my car to James for £800.

我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得800英镑。

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I sold James my car for £800.

我以800英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。

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They sold the business at a profit/loss (= they gained/lost money when they sold it) .

他们把公司让出赢利 / 亏本让出。

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We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.

我们开了个好价钱，但他们不愿卖。

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Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.

多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。

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Do you sell stamps?

你这儿卖邮票吗？

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to sell insurance

卖保险

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The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.

这份杂志一周售出30万册。

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The book sold well and was reprinted many times.

这本书销路不错，重印了好多次。

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The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it) .

新款式无人问津。

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The pens sell for just 50p each.

这些钢笔每支只卖50便士。

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You may not like it but advertising sells.

你可以不喜欢广告，但它能促销。

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It is quality not price that sells our products.

我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。

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I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books...

我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。

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His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews...

他的继承人把这幅画卖给了伦敦艺术品经销商阿格纽斯。

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It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs...

这里出售各种商品，从发带到东方小地毯应有尽有。

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Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.

也有罐装豆芽出售。

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Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.

没有装备现代化设施的房地产能够卖到它配置了现代化设施情况下的市价的 40%。

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... grain sells at 10 times usual prices.

粮食售价是平常的 10 倍。

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Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change...

即使这张专辑得不到市场和评论家的青睐，我们也不会作出任何改变。

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The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.

这个公司相信这些产品在圣诞节前夕一定会畅销。

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It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.

只有轰动性的事件才能促进新闻杂志的销售。

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...car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell.

汽车生产商长期奉行的座右铭——安全性并不意味着畅销

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She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder...

她努力说服我买一台自己的碎纸机。

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She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients...

她希望能让客户们接受这个想法。

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85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.

85%的人说如果存在其他选择，他们不会出卖肉体谋生。

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He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.

他被那些本应该保护他的人出卖了。

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They need to improve their image — they are selling themselves short...

他们需要提升自己的形象——他们是在自贬身价。

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Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable.

如此过分地怠慢他们的崇拜者令人无法接受。

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...a man who would sell his soul for political viability.

为了升官晋爵甘愿出卖良心的人

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