sale
n
1 [U] selling or being sold 賣; 出售; 銷售
the sale of cars, clothes, machinery 汽車、 服裝、 機器的銷售
The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets. 這筆款是通過出售購物彩券籌集的.
2
(a) [C] act of selling sth 賣; 出售; 銷售
I haven't made a sale all week. 我整個星期沒有賣出東西.
She gets 10 commission on each sale. 她每出售一批貨可得10英鎊的傭金.
(b) sales [pl]
amount sold 銷售額; 銷售量
vast sales of ice-cream in the hot weather 天熱時冰激凌的巨大銷量
Sales are up (ie More goods have been sold) this month. 本月銷售量增加.
3 [C] (in a shop, etc) occasion when goods are sold at lower prices than usual (商店等的)廉售, 賤賣
hold an end-of-season sale 舉辦季末大減價
the January sales, ie when many shops reduce their prices 元月大減價
buy goods at/in the sales 減價期間購物
[attrib 作定語]
sale prices, goods, etc 廉價、 廉價貨.
4 [U, sing] desire to buy goods; demand 銷路; 市場需求
There's always a ready sale for high-quality furniture. 高檔家具總是很暢銷.
They found no sale for their goods, ie could not sell them. 他們的商品沒有銷路.
5 [C] auction 拍賣.
6 (idm 習語) for sale intended to be sold (usu by or on behalf of the owners) 待售(通常由物主或代理人經手)
I'm sorry this painting's not for sale. 很抱歉, 這幅畫是非賣品.
She has put her house up for sale. 她的房子現在出售. on sale
(a) (esp of goods in shops, etc) available to be bought (尤指商店等的貨物)出售, 上市
on sale at your local post office 在你們當地郵局出售
The new model is not on sale in the shops. 這種新款式商店尚未上市.
(b) (US) being offered at a reduced price 廉價出售. (on) ,sale or re`turn (of goods) supplied to a retailer, who can send back without paying for them any items that he does not sell (指貨物)批發給零售商, 賣不掉可 退還批發商.
?? 擴展釋義
*[seil]n. 出售, 賣, 拍賣, 銷售額, 廉價出售【經】 賣, 出售; 銷售(貨)相關詞組: for sale not for sale on sale on sale or return sale by bulk
?? 醫學釋義
銷售,賣出
?? 同為「電話英語」詞匯
fantasyn. 幻想;空想的產物;幻想作品;非正式的貨幣;
vt.& vi. 想像;幻想;奏幻想曲;