买东西的英文（买东西你还在说buy吗）

We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market .

我们在市场上购买水果和蔬菜。

买东西是不是之一反应就是buy呢？

1. in the market for 想买，积极物色

interested in buying sth

People are always in the market for something new and different.

人们总想买点新奇的且与众不同的东西。

If you're in the market for a new radio, you'll see that the latest models are verydifferent.

如果你打算买一台新收音机，你会发现最新型号的收音机变化非常大。

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I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.

我现在还不想买新车。

on the market

出售；上市；有现货供应 
available for people to buy

to put your house on the market

出售房屋

The house came on the market last year.

这栋房屋去年就上市了。

There are hundreds of different brands on the market.

有数百种不同的品牌供应。

be marketed 被出售

Touch-tone telephones have been marketed in America since 1963.

按键式 *** 从1963年起就开始在美国销售。

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2.sell sth (to *** ) (at/for sth) | sell *** sth (at/for sth)

出让； *** ；卖给

I sold my car to James for 800.

我把我的汽车 *** 给了詹姆斯，获得800英镑。

I sold James my car f百思特网or 800.

我百思特网以800英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。

They sold the business at a profit/loss. 他们把公司让出赢利 / 亏本让出。

The company eventually sold out to a multinational media group.

公司最终卖给了一个跨国传媒集团。

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。

Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.

多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。

Do you sell stamps?

你这儿卖邮票吗？

to sell insurance

卖保险

The pens sell for just 50p each.

这些钢笔每支只卖50便士。

The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.

这份杂志一周售出30万册。

sell sth/yourself (to *** )

推荐；推销；自荐；自我推销

Now we have to try and sell the idea to management.

现在，我们必须设法说服管理层采纳这个意见。

You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.

应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。

注意：

sell someone on 以……说服某人

She sold me on her idea. I think it will work.

她用她的看法说服了我，我想那行得通。

sell your body

出卖肉体；卖春

sell your soul (to the devil)

出卖灵魂（或良心）

sell *** /yourself short

低估，轻视，小瞧（某人或自己）

sell *** down the river

出卖（答应要帮助的人） 
to give poor or unfair treatment to *** you have promised to help

【词源】From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. 源自美国密西西比河沿岸种植园之间的奴隶买卖。惹麻烦的奴隶可能被主人卖到下游条件更为恶劣的种植园里。

be sold on sth

热衷于；对…极感兴趣 
to be very enthusiastic about sth

You know, I wasn't sold on this trip in the beginning.

你知道，刚开始我并不同意来参加这次旅行。

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We wer百思特网e really sold on the idea.

我们真的很中意这个主意。