wholesale
n[U, usu attrib 通常作定語]
selling of goods (esp in large quantities) to shopkeepers for resale to the public 批發; 躉批出賣
the wholesale trade 批發業
wholesale prices 批發價格. Cf 參看 retail. wholesale
adj, adv
(a) of, involving or engaged in wholesale as a method of trading 批發(的); 躉批出賣(的)
We buy our supplies wholesale. 我們以批發交易方式進貨.
(b) (often derog 常作貶義) on a large scale 大規模(的)
the wholesale slaughter of innocent people 大批屠殺無辜百姓. wholesale, v [Tn]
sell (goods) wholesale 批發(貨物).