Definition of sell in English:

sell

verbsold sɛlsɛl

[with object]

1Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.
卖，出售
they had sold the car
他们卖了汽车。
the family business had been sold off
家业已经被卖掉了。
with two objects I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection
我正试图向他兜售我的蝴蝶收藏品。
Example sentencesExamples
- When the first edition was sold out, the rights in the book were sold to a mainstream trade publisher, who issued it with revisions and a slightly altered title.
- But as property prices soar and demand for second homes rises, unprofitable sporting estates are worth more when broken up and assets are sold off.
- ‘Consider restricting your opening hours or employ a strict policy as to whom alcohol is sold to,’ she advised.
- One phone was sold to the stallholders just 40 minutes after it had been stolen from its owner while another phone was taken from a car while the driver was at a funeral.
- His collection was sold off and dispersed in 1936, examples going to the Museum of London, Tower of London and York Castle Museum.
- As the Depression deepened, farmers across the Midwest began to gather at farms being sold off to break up the proceedings.
- The dresser was sold to a private buyer in the ‘north country’.
- The filly was sold to a private breeder for a large amount of money.
- The leasing driver has the chance to buy the car outright, renegotiate a lease, or they are sold to a car auction.
- Although international donors encouraged the sale, the government failed to explain where the money went, or whom the grain was sold to.
- To clarify, I don't mind waiting until all the puppies are sold to collect money.
- He made his money selling car stickers in a business which became the second biggest in the world.
- If it was sold to a developer, a considerable amount of money could change hands.
- The products are then sold to various clients, including farmers, the forestry commission, local authorities and garden centres.
- A special leather-bound edition will be sold to raise money for emergency workers and their families.
- It was sold to a private collector at the auction.
- It was a brand new, clean memory stick when it was sold to a reputable dealer.
- Regardless of which site is chosen, the present further education site is to be sold to raise money for the development.
- Is the site being sold to make money for Hackney council?
- But she stopped short of confirming that she would refuse an export licence if the Doncaster-built locomotive was sold to a foreign buyer.
Synonyms
dispose of, get rid of, vend, auction (off)
put up for sale, offer for sale, put on sale
trade, barter, exchange, part-exchange, give in part-exchange
vending, selling off, auctioning, trading, trade (in)
traffic, trafficking, barter, bartering, exchange, exchanging, part-exchange, part-exchanging
salesmanship, sales, marketing, merchandising, promotion, advertising
1. 1.1 Have a stock of (something) available for sale.
  经销
  the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods
  商店经销高保真音响、电视、录像机等电器。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It seems that a company called Brands on Sale, which sells children's Halloween costumes, is now marketing wizard costumes for boys and witch costumes for girls.
  Our stock is small simply because supermarkets sell popular books cheaper than we can buy them.
  This interesting business opportunity, often using the web as a sales forum, sells ex-company cars, lease cars and PCP cars direct to the public and to employees.
  Mixtures containing these are available from companies selling spices and seasonings.
  I would also deliver items to stores where people worked to stock and sell them.
  He says the stores that sell them are running stock clearance sales just now and they're to be had for a good price.
  Attack the stores and retailers selling undesirable ice cream.
  Specialist hi-fi stores do sell the high end famous brands as well: Toshiba, Sony, Pioneer, Marantz.
  That means stocking, promoting and selling hunting products.
  Is it showing how you can help someone or the stereotype of the pushy, obnoxious sales associate selling a service or product for which you have no need?
  We create a sales force that actually sells those products.
  Sizes go up to only 16, but the site sells ranges not available in smaller stores.
  You know my supplements are sold on my Web site and they're also sold in retail stores like Whole Foods.
  The store sells clothing, household goods, small furniture and garden implements.
  In my outline of the different venues available to sell your work I have not mentioned books or magazines.
  They said the park's units were only supposed to be available for retailers selling bulky items such as carpets, furniture and electrical white goods.
  I carried on looking at different shops selling their wares.
  Active SCSI terminators are available at any PC store that sells SCSI devices.
  Perhaps you are a salesperson or sales executive responsible for selling goods or products for one or many companies.
  We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and removing them.
  Synonyms
  trade in, deal in, be in the business of, traffic in, stock, carry, offer for sale, handle, peddle, hawk, retail, market, advertise, promote
2. 1.2no object Be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price.
  the album sold 6 million copies in the United States
  该专辑在美国售出600万张。
  this magazine of yours won't sell
  你这本杂志卖不出去。
  these antiques of the future sell for about £375
  这些未来古董售价约为375英镑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A medal awarded to a 19th Century Bolton soldier has sold at auction for almost three times more than it was expected to fetch.
  If I sold at that price there is nowhere in the country I could get something similar.
  Coal continues to be subsidized, dug out of the ground and sold at unbelievably low prices.
  They are more than dumb pieces of suede, fashioned by Spanish craftsmen and sold at a bargain price in a long forgotten shoe shop in Sevilla.
  Loads of members, loads of rare goods all sold at great low prices.
  These were difficult to obtain on the open market and sold at premium prices.
  In June last year, a similar ticket sold at auction at Sotheby's in London raised a staggering £2,760.
  They also (surprising to me) found that pink tomatoes sold at a higher price than the red ones.
  Second-hand clothing from the United States, sold at bargain prices, has become popular.
  The freshest herring was salted and sold at good prices for human consumption.
  It sold at the rate of a thousand copies a day in its first few weeks.
  Both were sold at below purchase price as part of a deck - clearing exercise, causing a few raised eyebrows in the City.
  Our £200,000 appeal is so that Socialist Worker can be bought, read and sold at a price workers and students can afford.
  The applications come from IBM and other vendors, and can be bundled and sold at a compelling price.
  Not only is gas cheaper than ever, once adjusted for inflation, but it is also frequently sold at a price similar to a liter of water.
  But when it came to houses sold at 2 million or more, the London borough of Richmond jumped one place to number five in the country.
  Had it sold at that price, it would have been the granite city's most expensive ever house.
  A Van Gogh self-portrait sold at auction in New York in 1998 for $71 million.
  Had Mr Power sold at the price offered to him by institutions last week, he would have had £12m in his pocket.
  Increased demand may simply mean the same quantity sold at a higher price, or even a smaller quantity at a still higher price.
  Synonyms
  be bought, be purchased, go
  sell like hot cakes, move, be in demand
  be priced at, sell at, retail at, go for, be, be found for, be trading at, cost
3. 1.3sell outno object Sell all of one's stock of something.
  卖完；卖光
  they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies
  第一版的75，000本他们几乎卖完了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One happy landlord estimated that he had sold 5,000 pints, while another had sold out of champagne and a number of spirits within hours of the victory.
  When her own store had sold out of a special pair of shoes Trisha wanted to buy, Rachel made an unprecedented visit to the Dolcis branch in Bury and bought the shoes herself.
  A lot of fabric prints are discontinued by stores once they have sold out of them.
  The concession stands were practically empty - sold out of sweets and cold drinks - with only popcorn and coffee to offer punters.
  The range on show was of course impressive, but this being the final day of the festival many of the smaller brewers had sold out of beer so a fair amount of the stalls were closed.
  The response from the shop keeper was that he had already sold out of such furs.
  We totally sold out of Christmas trees and decorations.
  Linda told us that she took a bag full of Socialist Worker Miners' Strike specials and T-shirts, sold out of all of them, and even took orders for more.
  I'm hoping they just sold out of the black and white, because I'd hate to think the color one was more popular.
  All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear.
  The argument was settled the next day when we sold out of our newsletter in one hour.
  Judging from response so far there are already a lot of anglers using the new floats as we completely sold out of the first production batch within a week!
  In the last week-and-a-half the shop has completely sold out of the kind of designer shirts that it says it would struggle to sell in its Knightsbridge store.
  On their first day they sold out of what they had, not expecting the turnout they got.
  Our Dorking store has sold out of videos and other stores are saying that stocks are running low.
  But when they tried to buy petrol before setting off yesterday, every filling station they visited had sold out of unleaded.
  Parts of the UK even sold out of red hairspray as supporters rushed to do something with their hair to raise cash.
  Had to wait 45 minutes for a bus and by the time I got there the bakery on the Via Portuense had completely sold out of focaccia.
  Not surprisingly, the store had sold out of them by the time he went back to get it on Sunday so he spent his day driving around trying to find somewhere that stocked it.
  One large supermarket had sold out of bread stocks by midday and supplies of flour were disappearing from the shelves.
  Synonyms
  have none left, be out of stock of, have run out of, have sold all one's …
  informal be fresh out of, be cleaned out of
4. 1.4sell outno object Be all sold.
  被卖完
  it was clear that the performances would not sell out
  很清楚，这些演出的票不会全卖光。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both Saturday performances of the Monday-Saturday show have sold out and the Friday performance is almost full.
  Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall.
  It sounded too good to be true, even as I handed over the six pounds for the front row seat (the last one left in a sell out final performance).
  Expected to run six weeks, it became the first show in the history of Los Angeles theater to sell out 300 consecutive performances.
  Tickets are selling well and the Friday and Saturday night performances are sold out.
  Please note, Monday's performance has sold out already, and prompt booking is recommended for the rest of the week.
  It is only the evening performances that are sold out ahead.
  The warm glow doesn't last, of course, but the beginning of the fringe is a good time to catch shows before the best ones start to sell out and the performers get too knackered to remember their jokes.
  The premiere was a popular and critical success, with scheduled performances sold out almost immediately.
  I have to sit with the usherettes because the performance has been sold out for weeks.
  Lots of press coverage was good news for the show and the ten performances sold out.
  Tickets for Sting's Royal Albert Hall performance are sold out already?
  Performance sold out, but some limited view seats or returns may be available from the box office
  Word of mouth quickly spread, performances sold out, and the show's original run was extended.
  Despite this being a work that takes literally days to perform, every performance was sold out months in advance.
  Of the 24 professional performances, six sold out, and a further eight filled at least 85 per cent of the seats.
  It's only the evening performances which are sold out.
  The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full.
  A few tickets remain for the matinee performance at 1.30 pm Saturday but the evening performance is sold out.
  Both performances were sold out as parents packed the hall to see their children take centre stage.
  Synonyms
  be bought up, be depleted, be exhausted
5. 1.5sell throughno object (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet.
  （产品）从零售渠道购买
  Example sentencesExamples
  Gateway sells through retail outlets, whereas Dell's business relies on the factory direct model.
  These devices will avoid Intel's usual channels for its products and instead will be sold through electronics shops in the US.
  Their highly individual woven fabrics, made from wool and organza, are also sold through outlets such as Liberty and Co.
  He sold through the local supermarket chains, which were then still the backbone of the American grocery industry.
  A further option is to sell through certain specialized shops, on the basis that the product requires sales expertise in that area.
  These insurance products are sold through authorized insurance brokers.
  Convenience goods are generally sold through many retail outlets so that buyers have easy access to the product.
  So, the bulk of their milk continues to be sold through established outlets.
  The company will continue to provide retail registrations internationally through the Network Solutions business and will sell through its many resellers in the UK.
  This past September, the company expanded its reach to include San Francisco and New York, primarily selling through Asian marketing outlets.
  The British economy also benefits when the product returns to these shores and is distributed by a British distributor, and sold through a British store.
  We have an uncluttered retail environment to sell through, and that's a big enabler.
  Around two-thirds of products are sold through advisers.
  As a producer of windows and doors that are sold through home improvement outlets, we are interested in this information.
  Why must CDs be sold through official - and more expensive - outlets?
  Esk Valley is only a small-scale producer, with wines sold through selected independent wine merchants.
  It's a bit like the changes and options opening up in banking - you can sell through retail outlets, by telephone or online.
  Most industry observers figure the record companies will eventually have to strike deals with every credible Net outlet, much as they currently sell through Tower Records or Kmart.
  She would then reproduce the scenes on mugs, coasters, mousepads, postcards, and other items, which she would sell through high-end retail outlets and gift stores, mainly to tourists.
  In addition to catalog sales, Venus sells through its Jacksonville retail outlet and also distributes wholesale to surf shops and speciality stores worldwide.
6. 1.6sell upBritish no object Sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets.
  出售所有财物
  Ernest sold up and retired
  欧内斯特把一切都卖掉后退休了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We plan to live at my place for two to three years, then sell up and buy a property abroad.
  So we quit our jobs, sold up everything, and came here.
  The owners are selling up to a property developer and will retire rich.
  He applied to Richmond Council to build houses and offices on the site, but the application was refused, so he sold up to property developers who have since submitted a succession of planning applications.
  This limits movement around the market for existing home owners who are looking to sell up, grinding the property chain to a halt.
7. 1.7sell oneself Have sex in exchange for money.
  卖，出售
  if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap
  如果她想要卖身的话那么也不会太便宜的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You sold yourself for money to help your sister.
  During the time I spent living rough, I met many homeless people, girls and boys, who had started selling themselves for money.
  The fact that women end up on the street selling themselves cheaply to get money for drugs is tragedy in itself.
  In the course of his conversations with her, he told her that back in the day, things were so hard that he used to sell himself to make money!
  Finally, through intimidation and violence the girl, separated from family and now dependent on the recruiter and pimp for drugs and money is expected to pay back her debt by selling herself for sex.
  Synonyms
  work as a prostitute, prostitute oneself, sell one's body, sell oneself, walk the streets, be on the streets, solicit, work in the sex industry
8. 1.8sell outno object Abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience.
  屈服，被收买
  the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States
  首相由于屈从美国而受到谴责。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many Europeans see this as selling out to agribusiness and international pressure.
  She's a dance and drama teacher at a Catholic high school, and aspires to age graciously without selling out to the complacent middle class.
  It is another thing entirely to be a corporate whore, selling out to the highest bidder because the CEO fattens your campaign chest.
  He believes the group has demonstrated that ‘independent drinks companies’ have a real alternative to selling out to one of the global drinks giants.
  Instead he berates him for abandoning his country and selling out to make money.
  Synonyms
  abandon one's principles, prostitute oneself, sell one's soul, betray one's cause/ideals, be untrue to oneself, go over to the other side, play false, sacrifice oneself, debase oneself, degrade oneself, demean oneself
9. 1.9sell someone out Betray someone for one's own benefit.
  the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out
  族人变成了佃户，酋长出卖了他们。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A lot of us are angry because we don't know what's happening and the people who have put quite a lot of years into the company feel they have been sold out.
  In his acceptance speech, Patrick talked about the raw deal given the fishermen, that they were sold out by the government.
  I feel we have been sold out by the interim management team led by Mr Dawson.
  My brother is a strong person, but they felt they had been sold out.
  This was a youth meeting, youth must be the ones speaking to work this out, and the adults had sold us out again by managing this problem, and not addressing it head on.
  Synonyms
  betray, inform on/against
  be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, desert, break one's promise to, double-cross, break faith with, stab in the back
  informal tell on, sell down the river, blow the whistle on, squeal on, stitch up, peach on, do the dirty on
  British informal grass on, shop
  North American informal rat out, finger, drop a/the dime on
  Australian informal pimp on, pool, put someone's pot on
10. 1.10archaic Offer (something) dishonourably for money or other reward.
  〈古〉出卖；做交易
  do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?
  你们的律师不也是像牧师出卖祷告一样出卖他们的服务吗？
2Persuade someone of the merits of.
说服；兜售
he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky
他说服人同意拍一部有关柴可夫斯基的电影。
he just won't sell himself
他能得到工作但他就是不愿推销自己。
Example sentencesExamples
- Firstly, with this modern mobile stuff, consumers have been sold the idea of the Internet on their phone.
- Style and image is everything when you're trying to sell something as nebulous as an idea.
- With an eye on the commissions earned from these products brokers were cashing in on the equity craze at a time when the world was being sold the idea of building a share portfolio.
- Well I argue that anyone who's persuaded a two-year-old to eat spinach can sell anything.
- Politicians have been sold the idea that it is a big wealth-creating industry that must be cherished at all costs and now refuse to face the downside.
- If there's no way to sell a particular good idea, then you put it on the back-burner and look at something else.
- I just read this claptrap from someone who is selling a ‘new’ idea for moving a vehicle.
- Why do you need to sell others on the idea of being a parent?
- Lecturing us on how to keep our linen cupboards tidy, we are being sold the idea that cleaning is cool and that a few crumbs under the toaster is an indication of failure.
- When we are offered a television, we are as much being sold the idea behind it as the physical reality of it.
- It's too soon to try to politically sell such an idea - mainly because it is a very complicated sale.
- What is being sold here, in short, is the idea of control.
- The project aims to turn brainpower into big business by attracting new investment and selling Manchester as a city of ideas - a so-called Ideopolis.
- Just how one sells something like this, I have no idea… so I thought I'd tell its story here and see if anyone has any suggestions.
- He was as smooth a talker as any merchant in the city streets and knew how to sell many an idea to men.
- Is it any surprise that so many people can be sold irrational ideas, systems, devices, and philosophies?
- For the moment at least, there is no talk of incentives on the Irish market, so here it will have to sell on its merits alone.
Synonyms
persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote
1. 2.1 Be the reason for (something) being bought.
  成为…售出原因
  what sells CDs to most people is convenience
  多数人买CD 是图个方便。
2. 2.2 Cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about.
  使热衷；使感兴趣
  I'm just not sold on the idea
  我就是对这种想法不感兴趣。
  Synonyms
  persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote
3archaic Trick or deceive (someone)
〈古〉欺骗
what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town
我们所要的就是静静地离开这里，大肆吹捧这次表演，并且欺骗镇上的其他人。
Synonyms
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile

noun sɛlsɛl

informal

1An act of selling or attempting to sell something.
出卖；出售
every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager
每两个电视广告就有一个是澳大利亚啤酒的销售广告。
Example sentencesExamples
- But so much of it is a real-life cartoon, that little kids seem a natural sell.
- Though the irony was glaring, it was a tough sell to ad agencies.
- It's not an easy sell, but you have to work on people that are role models to different generations.
- For the most part, though, foreign films have become a tough sell, and their decline is hardly a mystery.
- Buying a second home in the Desert Southwest was not an easy sell to Sue.
- Just as important to the sell are shapely female models suggesting that Cigarettes are babe-catchers.
- Once you have a highly-acceptable product, it's mostly an emotional sell.
- By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation.
- We'll look at the tough sell facing our commerce secretary in Beijing.
- It's an easy sell there, because that's where the commodity has value.
- Still, in Leadbetter's opinion, the sell here is the method, the program, the environment.
- We are, as Adam said, different from advertising in terms of the call to action and the straight sell.
- The lack of a software standard also makes DAPs a complicated sell.
- While this message was hugely popular among Russians, it was a tougher sell in the outside world.
- Because we don't come at you with our content with a hard, commercial sell.
- For one, getting capital from skittish investors proved a tough sell.
- Part of the sell was that it would breathe life into the other two-thirds and drive local economic development.
- All but one of the 14 analysts covering the company had a sell on it.
- MBTs fulfilled all the conditions and they proved an easy sell.
- The average rider reads these, guarding against the eventual sell.
2British A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.
（尤指在某物优点方面被欺骗产生的）失望
actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu
事实上，夏威夷有点儿让人失望- 一点也赶不上科孚岛。

Phrases

sell one's soul (to the devil)

Do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one's objective.
出卖灵魂；做昧良心的事
it is very easy to get to the top of any employment structure if you are prepared to sell your soul
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't think that I sold my soul to the devil for that £350, but if I knew that I could claim a lot more for something, I won't lie and say I wouldn't be tempted.
- It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that once you have sold your soul to the devil, you can't buy it back.
- But when you sell your soul, no matter for what price, you die inside.
- It's more like selling my soul to Satan, except I don't have anything to gain.
- Then, with a new job in a new part of the country, I finally sold my soul to eternal debt, took the plunge into home ownership and, for the first time, tasted independence.

sell one's life dear (or dearly)

Do great injury before being killed.

Derivatives

sellable

adjective

My sense is that Boston won't go into bankruptcy - it owns too much property for this to be sellable to the public - but inevitably some smaller diocese will.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We have some artists that we cannot justly take on new business for and still support the galleries that helped make that artist as sellable as he is today,’ said Harris.
- Instead, their focus will be on where the company is today, which is what's going to determine whether it will be sellable and, if so, for how much.
- With more than 120 plants producing a sellable crop each quarter he would have hoped to make more than £40,000-a-year from the enterprise.
- Over the next few days, four of us had stripped, painted, cleaned and transformed the house into a very sellable feature.
- I think that makes the club more sellable, and I'm a bit more hopeful than I've been for the past few days.
- Opening a distillery and producing a sellable whisky is even more difficult - unless you are lucky enough to buy one with all its equipment in working order and (most importantly) with aged whisky stock.
- The wonderful city of York, with its world famous charms, attracts more than four million visitors a year and is an extremely sellable destination overseas.
- The artists get to expose their artwork, get some feedback on their work and see if it's sellable in this kind of market.
- They know what is recyclable, sellable, and reusable, so they save the site contractor time and money.
- This business proved profitable for three or four years, but not only did her brewery fail to yield sufficient sellable stock, her employees left for more profitable employment.
- I'm too busy these days to deal with getting it into sellable, runnable shape and I don't want to hassle with eBay bidders or anything of the sort.
- The markets there are growing restless at the inordinate time it can take for a reported breakthrough to be translated into sellable product.
- Or is there some material that's constitutionally sellable to consenting adults, but not protected when displayed in public?
- The mass media is collecting pieces of ‘youth culture,’ labeling them cool, hip and sellable.
- It is the most spectacular tree in the orchard, perhaps the most beloved (though such favoritism seems unlikely), and yet it produces not a single sellable fruit.
- A car that's worth $1,500, but needs $500 in repairs before it's in sellable condition is not worth the expense.
- Attractive Georgian farmhouses with land capable of earning a respectable income are always a sellable commodity.
- The challenge now is to transform those policies into sellable propositions.
- In addition, the client wanted wide-open floors unobstructed by columns or shear walls in order to maximize net sellable floor area and allow buyers to customize the layout of their units.

Origin

Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja 'give up, sell'. Early use included the sense 'give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request'.

An Old English word that originally meant ‘to give, hand over in response to a request’. The longer version of the expression sell your soul, ‘to do absolutely anything to achieve your objective’, is sell your soul to the devil. Over the centuries various people reputedly agreed to give their soul to the devil if in return he would grant them all their heart's desires in this life. The most famous person alleged to have made such a pact was the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Faust, whose story inspired Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus, and gives us the expression Faustian (late 19th century) as in Faustian pact. Sale (Old English) comes via Old Norse from the same Germanic root as sell. Use of the word for selling goods at a lower price than before dates from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell

Definition of sell in US English:

sell

verbselsɛl

[with object]

1Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.
卖，出售
they had sold the car
他们卖了汽车。
the family business had been sold off
家业已经被卖掉了。
with two objects I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection
我正试图向他兜售我的蝴蝶收藏品。
Example sentencesExamples
- The filly was sold to a private breeder for a large amount of money.
- As the Depression deepened, farmers across the Midwest began to gather at farms being sold off to break up the proceedings.
- The dresser was sold to a private buyer in the ‘north country’.
- Although international donors encouraged the sale, the government failed to explain where the money went, or whom the grain was sold to.
- It was sold to a private collector at the auction.
- He made his money selling car stickers in a business which became the second biggest in the world.
- If it was sold to a developer, a considerable amount of money could change hands.
- The leasing driver has the chance to buy the car outright, renegotiate a lease, or they are sold to a car auction.
- To clarify, I don't mind waiting until all the puppies are sold to collect money.
- When the first edition was sold out, the rights in the book were sold to a mainstream trade publisher, who issued it with revisions and a slightly altered title.
- Is the site being sold to make money for Hackney council?
- Regardless of which site is chosen, the present further education site is to be sold to raise money for the development.
- A special leather-bound edition will be sold to raise money for emergency workers and their families.
- But as property prices soar and demand for second homes rises, unprofitable sporting estates are worth more when broken up and assets are sold off.
- But she stopped short of confirming that she would refuse an export licence if the Doncaster-built locomotive was sold to a foreign buyer.
- His collection was sold off and dispersed in 1936, examples going to the Museum of London, Tower of London and York Castle Museum.
- It was a brand new, clean memory stick when it was sold to a reputable dealer.
- One phone was sold to the stallholders just 40 minutes after it had been stolen from its owner while another phone was taken from a car while the driver was at a funeral.
- ‘Consider restricting your opening hours or employ a strict policy as to whom alcohol is sold to,’ she advised.
- The products are then sold to various clients, including farmers, the forestry commission, local authorities and garden centres.
Synonyms
vending, selling off, auctioning, trading, trade, trade in
salesmanship, sales, marketing, merchandising, promotion, advertising
dispose of, get rid of, vend, auction, auction off
1. 1.1 Have a stock of (something) available for sale.
  经销
  the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods
  商店经销高保真音响、电视、录像机等电器。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Specialist hi-fi stores do sell the high end famous brands as well: Toshiba, Sony, Pioneer, Marantz.
  That means stocking, promoting and selling hunting products.
  It seems that a company called Brands on Sale, which sells children's Halloween costumes, is now marketing wizard costumes for boys and witch costumes for girls.
  I carried on looking at different shops selling their wares.
  You know my supplements are sold on my Web site and they're also sold in retail stores like Whole Foods.
  Is it showing how you can help someone or the stereotype of the pushy, obnoxious sales associate selling a service or product for which you have no need?
  Perhaps you are a salesperson or sales executive responsible for selling goods or products for one or many companies.
  We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and removing them.
  Sizes go up to only 16, but the site sells ranges not available in smaller stores.
  They said the park's units were only supposed to be available for retailers selling bulky items such as carpets, furniture and electrical white goods.
  I would also deliver items to stores where people worked to stock and sell them.
  He says the stores that sell them are running stock clearance sales just now and they're to be had for a good price.
  We create a sales force that actually sells those products.
  Attack the stores and retailers selling undesirable ice cream.
  In my outline of the different venues available to sell your work I have not mentioned books or magazines.
  Our stock is small simply because supermarkets sell popular books cheaper than we can buy them.
  This interesting business opportunity, often using the web as a sales forum, sells ex-company cars, lease cars and PCP cars direct to the public and to employees.
  Active SCSI terminators are available at any PC store that sells SCSI devices.
  Mixtures containing these are available from companies selling spices and seasonings.
  The store sells clothing, household goods, small furniture and garden implements.
  Synonyms
  trade in, deal in, be in the business of, traffic in, stock, carry, offer for sale, handle, peddle, hawk, retail, market, advertise, promote
2. 1.2no object Be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price.
  the album sold 6 million copies in the United States
  该专辑在美国售出600万张。
  this magazine of yours won't sell
  你这本杂志卖不出去。
  these antiques of the future sell for about $375
  这些未来古董售价约为375英镑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are more than dumb pieces of suede, fashioned by Spanish craftsmen and sold at a bargain price in a long forgotten shoe shop in Sevilla.
  Loads of members, loads of rare goods all sold at great low prices.
  In June last year, a similar ticket sold at auction at Sotheby's in London raised a staggering £2,760.
  Second-hand clothing from the United States, sold at bargain prices, has become popular.
  Our £200,000 appeal is so that Socialist Worker can be bought, read and sold at a price workers and students can afford.
  If I sold at that price there is nowhere in the country I could get something similar.
  But when it came to houses sold at 2 million or more, the London borough of Richmond jumped one place to number five in the country.
  Had Mr Power sold at the price offered to him by institutions last week, he would have had £12m in his pocket.
  The freshest herring was salted and sold at good prices for human consumption.
  Both were sold at below purchase price as part of a deck - clearing exercise, causing a few raised eyebrows in the City.
  These were difficult to obtain on the open market and sold at premium prices.
  Had it sold at that price, it would have been the granite city's most expensive ever house.
  The applications come from IBM and other vendors, and can be bundled and sold at a compelling price.
  Not only is gas cheaper than ever, once adjusted for inflation, but it is also frequently sold at a price similar to a liter of water.
  Coal continues to be subsidized, dug out of the ground and sold at unbelievably low prices.
  A medal awarded to a 19th Century Bolton soldier has sold at auction for almost three times more than it was expected to fetch.
  Increased demand may simply mean the same quantity sold at a higher price, or even a smaller quantity at a still higher price.
  They also (surprising to me) found that pink tomatoes sold at a higher price than the red ones.
  A Van Gogh self-portrait sold at auction in New York in 1998 for $71 million.
  It sold at the rate of a thousand copies a day in its first few weeks.
  Synonyms
  be bought, be purchased, go
  be priced at, sell at, retail at, go for, be, be found for, be trading at, cost
3. 1.3sell outno object Sell all of one's stock of something.
  卖完；卖光
  they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies
  第一版的75，000本他们几乎卖完了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm hoping they just sold out of the black and white, because I'd hate to think the color one was more popular.
  One happy landlord estimated that he had sold 5,000 pints, while another had sold out of champagne and a number of spirits within hours of the victory.
  Our Dorking store has sold out of videos and other stores are saying that stocks are running low.
  Linda told us that she took a bag full of Socialist Worker Miners' Strike specials and T-shirts, sold out of all of them, and even took orders for more.
  The response from the shop keeper was that he had already sold out of such furs.
  One large supermarket had sold out of bread stocks by midday and supplies of flour were disappearing from the shelves.
  The concession stands were practically empty - sold out of sweets and cold drinks - with only popcorn and coffee to offer punters.
  A lot of fabric prints are discontinued by stores once they have sold out of them.
  Not surprisingly, the store had sold out of them by the time he went back to get it on Sunday so he spent his day driving around trying to find somewhere that stocked it.
  In the last week-and-a-half the shop has completely sold out of the kind of designer shirts that it says it would struggle to sell in its Knightsbridge store.
  Judging from response so far there are already a lot of anglers using the new floats as we completely sold out of the first production batch within a week!
  When her own store had sold out of a special pair of shoes Trisha wanted to buy, Rachel made an unprecedented visit to the Dolcis branch in Bury and bought the shoes herself.
  All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear.
  We totally sold out of Christmas trees and decorations.
  On their first day they sold out of what they had, not expecting the turnout they got.
  The argument was settled the next day when we sold out of our newsletter in one hour.
  The range on show was of course impressive, but this being the final day of the festival many of the smaller brewers had sold out of beer so a fair amount of the stalls were closed.
  Had to wait 45 minutes for a bus and by the time I got there the bakery on the Via Portuense had completely sold out of focaccia.
  Parts of the UK even sold out of red hairspray as supporters rushed to do something with their hair to raise cash.
  But when they tried to buy petrol before setting off yesterday, every filling station they visited had sold out of unleaded.
  Synonyms
  have none left, be out of stock of, have run out of, have sold all one's …
4. 1.4sell outno object Be all sold.
  被卖完
  it was clear that the performances would not sell out
  很清楚，这些演出的票不会全卖光。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall.
  A few tickets remain for the matinee performance at 1.30 pm Saturday but the evening performance is sold out.
  Lots of press coverage was good news for the show and the ten performances sold out.
  Both performances were sold out as parents packed the hall to see their children take centre stage.
  I have to sit with the usherettes because the performance has been sold out for weeks.
  Please note, Monday's performance has sold out already, and prompt booking is recommended for the rest of the week.
  Performance sold out, but some limited view seats or returns may be available from the box office
  It sounded too good to be true, even as I handed over the six pounds for the front row seat (the last one left in a sell out final performance).
  Tickets are selling well and the Friday and Saturday night performances are sold out.
  It is only the evening performances that are sold out ahead.
  The premiere was a popular and critical success, with scheduled performances sold out almost immediately.
  Of the 24 professional performances, six sold out, and a further eight filled at least 85 per cent of the seats.
  Both Saturday performances of the Monday-Saturday show have sold out and the Friday performance is almost full.
  The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full.
  Expected to run six weeks, it became the first show in the history of Los Angeles theater to sell out 300 consecutive performances.
  Despite this being a work that takes literally days to perform, every performance was sold out months in advance.
  It's only the evening performances which are sold out.
  The warm glow doesn't last, of course, but the beginning of the fringe is a good time to catch shows before the best ones start to sell out and the performers get too knackered to remember their jokes.
  Tickets for Sting's Royal Albert Hall performance are sold out already?
  Word of mouth quickly spread, performances sold out, and the show's original run was extended.
  Synonyms
  be bought up, be depleted, be exhausted
5. 1.5sell throughno object (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet.
  （产品）从零售渠道购买
  Example sentencesExamples
  Convenience goods are generally sold through many retail outlets so that buyers have easy access to the product.
  In addition to catalog sales, Venus sells through its Jacksonville retail outlet and also distributes wholesale to surf shops and speciality stores worldwide.
  This past September, the company expanded its reach to include San Francisco and New York, primarily selling through Asian marketing outlets.
  A further option is to sell through certain specialized shops, on the basis that the product requires sales expertise in that area.
  These devices will avoid Intel's usual channels for its products and instead will be sold through electronics shops in the US.
  It's a bit like the changes and options opening up in banking - you can sell through retail outlets, by telephone or online.
  He sold through the local supermarket chains, which were then still the backbone of the American grocery industry.
  Most industry observers figure the record companies will eventually have to strike deals with every credible Net outlet, much as they currently sell through Tower Records or Kmart.
  The British economy also benefits when the product returns to these shores and is distributed by a British distributor, and sold through a British store.
  Gateway sells through retail outlets, whereas Dell's business relies on the factory direct model.
  She would then reproduce the scenes on mugs, coasters, mousepads, postcards, and other items, which she would sell through high-end retail outlets and gift stores, mainly to tourists.
  Esk Valley is only a small-scale producer, with wines sold through selected independent wine merchants.
  So, the bulk of their milk continues to be sold through established outlets.
  We have an uncluttered retail environment to sell through, and that's a big enabler.
  Why must CDs be sold through official - and more expensive - outlets?
  The company will continue to provide retail registrations internationally through the Network Solutions business and will sell through its many resellers in the UK.
  These insurance products are sold through authorized insurance brokers.
  Their highly individual woven fabrics, made from wool and organza, are also sold through outlets such as Liberty and Co.
  Around two-thirds of products are sold through advisers.
  As a producer of windows and doors that are sold through home improvement outlets, we are interested in this information.
6. 1.6sell upBritish no object Sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets.
  出售所有财物
  Ernest sold up and retired
  欧内斯特把一切都卖掉后退休了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We plan to live at my place for two to three years, then sell up and buy a property abroad.
  The owners are selling up to a property developer and will retire rich.
  So we quit our jobs, sold up everything, and came here.
  This limits movement around the market for existing home owners who are looking to sell up, grinding the property chain to a halt.
  He applied to Richmond Council to build houses and offices on the site, but the application was refused, so he sold up to property developers who have since submitted a succession of planning applications.
7. 1.7sell oneself Have sex in exchange for money.
  卖，出售
  if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap
  如果她想要卖身的话那么也不会太便宜的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the course of his conversations with her, he told her that back in the day, things were so hard that he used to sell himself to make money!
  You sold yourself for money to help your sister.
  During the time I spent living rough, I met many homeless people, girls and boys, who had started selling themselves for money.
  Finally, through intimidation and violence the girl, separated from family and now dependent on the recruiter and pimp for drugs and money is expected to pay back her debt by selling herself for sex.
  The fact that women end up on the street selling themselves cheaply to get money for drugs is tragedy in itself.
  Synonyms
  work as a prostitute, prostitute oneself, sell one's body, sell oneself, walk the streets, be on the streets, solicit, work in the sex industry
8. 1.8sell outno object Abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience.
  屈服，被收买
  the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States
  首相由于屈从美国而受到谴责。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many Europeans see this as selling out to agribusiness and international pressure.
  It is another thing entirely to be a corporate whore, selling out to the highest bidder because the CEO fattens your campaign chest.
  Instead he berates him for abandoning his country and selling out to make money.
  She's a dance and drama teacher at a Catholic high school, and aspires to age graciously without selling out to the complacent middle class.
  He believes the group has demonstrated that ‘independent drinks companies’ have a real alternative to selling out to one of the global drinks giants.
  Synonyms
  abandon one's principles, prostitute oneself, sell one's soul, betray one's cause, betray one's ideals, be untrue to oneself, go over to the other side, play false, sacrifice oneself, debase oneself, degrade oneself, demean oneself
9. 1.9sell someone out Betray someone for one's own benefit.
  the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out
  族人变成了佃户，酋长出卖了他们。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was a youth meeting, youth must be the ones speaking to work this out, and the adults had sold us out again by managing this problem, and not addressing it head on.
  In his acceptance speech, Patrick talked about the raw deal given the fishermen, that they were sold out by the government.
  I feel we have been sold out by the interim management team led by Mr Dawson.
  A lot of us are angry because we don't know what's happening and the people who have put quite a lot of years into the company feel they have been sold out.
  My brother is a strong person, but they felt they had been sold out.
  Synonyms
  betray, inform against, inform on
10. 1.10archaic Offer (something) dishonorably for money or other reward.
  〈古〉出卖；做交易
  do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?
  你们的律师不也是像牧师出卖祷告一样出卖他们的服务吗？
2Persuade someone of the merits of.
说服；兜售
he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky
他说服人同意拍一部有关柴可夫斯基的电影。
he just won't sell himself
他能得到工作但他就是不愿推销自己。
Example sentencesExamples
- If there's no way to sell a particular good idea, then you put it on the back-burner and look at something else.
- With an eye on the commissions earned from these products brokers were cashing in on the equity craze at a time when the world was being sold the idea of building a share portfolio.
- He was as smooth a talker as any merchant in the city streets and knew how to sell many an idea to men.
- Lecturing us on how to keep our linen cupboards tidy, we are being sold the idea that cleaning is cool and that a few crumbs under the toaster is an indication of failure.
- The project aims to turn brainpower into big business by attracting new investment and selling Manchester as a city of ideas - a so-called Ideopolis.
- For the moment at least, there is no talk of incentives on the Irish market, so here it will have to sell on its merits alone.
- I just read this claptrap from someone who is selling a ‘new’ idea for moving a vehicle.
- Just how one sells something like this, I have no idea… so I thought I'd tell its story here and see if anyone has any suggestions.
- Why do you need to sell others on the idea of being a parent?
- Style and image is everything when you're trying to sell something as nebulous as an idea.
- It's too soon to try to politically sell such an idea - mainly because it is a very complicated sale.
- What is being sold here, in short, is the idea of control.
- When we are offered a television, we are as much being sold the idea behind it as the physical reality of it.
- Is it any surprise that so many people can be sold irrational ideas, systems, devices, and philosophies?
- Politicians have been sold the idea that it is a big wealth-creating industry that must be cherished at all costs and now refuse to face the downside.
- Well I argue that anyone who's persuaded a two-year-old to eat spinach can sell anything.
- Firstly, with this modern mobile stuff, consumers have been sold the idea of the Internet on their phone.
Synonyms
persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote
1. 2.1 Be the reason for (something) being bought.
  成为…售出原因
  what sells CDs to most people is convenience
  多数人买CD 是图个方便。
2. 2.2 Cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about.
  使热衷；使感兴趣
  I'm just not sold on the idea
  我就是对这种想法不感兴趣。
  Synonyms
  persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote
3archaic Trick or deceive (someone)
〈古〉欺骗
what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town
我们所要的就是静静地离开这里，大肆吹捧这次表演，并且欺骗镇上的其他人。
Synonyms
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile

nounselsɛl

informal

1An act of selling or attempting to sell something.
出卖；出售
the excitement of scientific achievement is too subtle a sell to stir the public
Example sentencesExamples
- Part of the sell was that it would breathe life into the other two-thirds and drive local economic development.
- Because we don't come at you with our content with a hard, commercial sell.
- It's an easy sell there, because that's where the commodity has value.
- The lack of a software standard also makes DAPs a complicated sell.
- Just as important to the sell are shapely female models suggesting that Cigarettes are babe-catchers.
- Once you have a highly-acceptable product, it's mostly an emotional sell.
- For one, getting capital from skittish investors proved a tough sell.
- MBTs fulfilled all the conditions and they proved an easy sell.
- The average rider reads these, guarding against the eventual sell.
- By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation.
- We'll look at the tough sell facing our commerce secretary in Beijing.
- While this message was hugely popular among Russians, it was a tougher sell in the outside world.
- Buying a second home in the Desert Southwest was not an easy sell to Sue.
- Though the irony was glaring, it was a tough sell to ad agencies.
- For the most part, though, foreign films have become a tough sell, and their decline is hardly a mystery.
- All but one of the 14 analysts covering the company had a sell on it.
- But so much of it is a real-life cartoon, that little kids seem a natural sell.
- It's not an easy sell, but you have to work on people that are role models to different generations.
- Still, in Leadbetter's opinion, the sell here is the method, the program, the environment.
- We are, as Adam said, different from advertising in terms of the call to action and the straight sell.
2British A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.
（尤指在某物优点方面被欺骗产生的）失望
actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu
事实上，夏威夷有点儿让人失望- 一点也赶不上科孚岛。

Phrases

sell one's soul (to the devil)

Do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one's objective.
出卖灵魂；做昧良心的事
it is very easy to get to the top of any employment structure if you are prepared to sell your soul
Example sentencesExamples
- It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that once you have sold your soul to the devil, you can't buy it back.
- Then, with a new job in a new part of the country, I finally sold my soul to eternal debt, took the plunge into home ownership and, for the first time, tasted independence.
- I don't think that I sold my soul to the devil for that £350, but if I knew that I could claim a lot more for something, I won't lie and say I wouldn't be tempted.
- But when you sell your soul, no matter for what price, you die inside.
- It's more like selling my soul to Satan, except I don't have anything to gain.

sell one's life dear (or dearly)

Do great injury before being killed.

Origin

Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request’.

词汇	sell
释义	Definition of sell in English: sell verbsold sɛlsɛl [with object] 1Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money. 卖，出售 they had sold the car 他们卖了汽车。 the family business had been sold off 家业已经被卖掉了。 with two objects I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection 我正试图向他兜售我的蝴蝶收藏品。 Example sentencesExamples When the first edition was sold out, the rights in the book were sold to a mainstream trade publisher, who issued it with revisions and a slightly altered title. But as property prices soar and demand for second homes rises, unprofitable sporting estates are worth more when broken up and assets are sold off. ‘Consider restricting your opening hours or employ a strict policy as to whom alcohol is sold to,’ she advised. One phone was sold to the stallholders just 40 minutes after it had been stolen from its owner while another phone was taken from a car while the driver was at a funeral. His collection was sold off and dispersed in 1936, examples going to the Museum of London, Tower of London and York Castle Museum. As the Depression deepened, farmers across the Midwest began to gather at farms being sold off to break up the proceedings. The dresser was sold to a private buyer in the ‘north country’. The filly was sold to a private breeder for a large amount of money. The leasing driver has the chance to buy the car outright, renegotiate a lease, or they are sold to a car auction. Although international donors encouraged the sale, the government failed to explain where the money went, or whom the grain was sold to. To clarify, I don't mind waiting until all the puppies are sold to collect money. He made his money selling car stickers in a business which became the second biggest in the world. If it was sold to a developer, a considerable amount of money could change hands. The products are then sold to various clients, including farmers, the forestry commission, local authorities and garden centres. A special leather-bound edition will be sold to raise money for emergency workers and their families. It was sold to a private collector at the auction. It was a brand new, clean memory stick when it was sold to a reputable dealer. Regardless of which site is chosen, the present further education site is to be sold to raise money for the development. Is the site being sold to make money for Hackney council? But she stopped short of confirming that she would refuse an export licence if the Doncaster-built locomotive was sold to a foreign buyer. Synonyms dispose of, get rid of, vend, auction (off) put up for sale, offer for sale, put on sale trade, barter, exchange, part-exchange, give in part-exchange vending, selling off, auctioning, trading, trade (in) traffic, trafficking, barter, bartering, exchange, exchanging, part-exchange, part-exchanging salesmanship, sales, marketing, merchandising, promotion, advertising 1.1 Have a stock of (something) available for sale. 经销 the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods 商店经销高保真音响、电视、录像机等电器。 Example sentencesExamples It seems that a company called Brands on Sale, which sells children's Halloween costumes, is now marketing wizard costumes for boys and witch costumes for girls. Our stock is small simply because supermarkets sell popular books cheaper than we can buy them. This interesting business opportunity, often using the web as a sales forum, sells ex-company cars, lease cars and PCP cars direct to the public and to employees. Mixtures containing these are available from companies selling spices and seasonings. I would also deliver items to stores where people worked to stock and sell them. He says the stores that sell them are running stock clearance sales just now and they're to be had for a good price. Attack the stores and retailers selling undesirable ice cream. Specialist hi-fi stores do sell the high end famous brands as well: Toshiba, Sony, Pioneer, Marantz. That means stocking, promoting and selling hunting products. Is it showing how you can help someone or the stereotype of the pushy, obnoxious sales associate selling a service or product for which you have no need? We create a sales force that actually sells those products. Sizes go up to only 16, but the site sells ranges not available in smaller stores. You know my supplements are sold on my Web site and they're also sold in retail stores like Whole Foods. The store sells clothing, household goods, small furniture and garden implements. In my outline of the different venues available to sell your work I have not mentioned books or magazines. They said the park's units were only supposed to be available for retailers selling bulky items such as carpets, furniture and electrical white goods. I carried on looking at different shops selling their wares. Active SCSI terminators are available at any PC store that sells SCSI devices. Perhaps you are a salesperson or sales executive responsible for selling goods or products for one or many companies. We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and removing them. Synonyms trade in, deal in, be in the business of, traffic in, stock, carry, offer for sale, handle, peddle, hawk, retail, market, advertise, promote 1.2no object Be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price. the album sold 6 million copies in the United States 该专辑在美国售出600万张。 this magazine of yours won't sell 你这本杂志卖不出去。 these antiques of the future sell for about £375 这些未来古董售价约为375英镑。 Example sentencesExamples A medal awarded to a 19th Century Bolton soldier has sold at auction for almost three times more than it was expected to fetch. If I sold at that price there is nowhere in the country I could get something similar. Coal continues to be subsidized, dug out of the ground and sold at unbelievably low prices. They are more than dumb pieces of suede, fashioned by Spanish craftsmen and sold at a bargain price in a long forgotten shoe shop in Sevilla. Loads of members, loads of rare goods all sold at great low prices. These were difficult to obtain on the open market and sold at premium prices. In June last year, a similar ticket sold at auction at Sotheby's in London raised a staggering £2,760. They also (surprising to me) found that pink tomatoes sold at a higher price than the red ones. Second-hand clothing from the United States, sold at bargain prices, has become popular. The freshest herring was salted and sold at good prices for human consumption. It sold at the rate of a thousand copies a day in its first few weeks. Both were sold at below purchase price as part of a deck - clearing exercise, causing a few raised eyebrows in the City. Our £200,000 appeal is so that Socialist Worker can be bought, read and sold at a price workers and students can afford. The applications come from IBM and other vendors, and can be bundled and sold at a compelling price. Not only is gas cheaper than ever, once adjusted for inflation, but it is also frequently sold at a price similar to a liter of water. But when it came to houses sold at 2 million or more, the London borough of Richmond jumped one place to number five in the country. Had it sold at that price, it would have been the granite city's most expensive ever house. A Van Gogh self-portrait sold at auction in New York in 1998 for $71 million. Had Mr Power sold at the price offered to him by institutions last week, he would have had £12m in his pocket. Increased demand may simply mean the same quantity sold at a higher price, or even a smaller quantity at a still higher price. Synonyms be bought, be purchased, go sell like hot cakes, move, be in demand be priced at, sell at, retail at, go for, be, be found for, be trading at, cost 1.3sell outno object Sell all of one's stock of something. 卖完；卖光 they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies 第一版的75，000本他们几乎卖完了。 Example sentencesExamples One happy landlord estimated that he had sold 5,000 pints, while another had sold out of champagne and a number of spirits within hours of the victory. When her own store had sold out of a special pair of shoes Trisha wanted to buy, Rachel made an unprecedented visit to the Dolcis branch in Bury and bought the shoes herself. A lot of fabric prints are discontinued by stores once they have sold out of them. The concession stands were practically empty - sold out of sweets and cold drinks - with only popcorn and coffee to offer punters. The range on show was of course impressive, but this being the final day of the festival many of the smaller brewers had sold out of beer so a fair amount of the stalls were closed. The response from the shop keeper was that he had already sold out of such furs. We totally sold out of Christmas trees and decorations. Linda told us that she took a bag full of Socialist Worker Miners' Strike specials and T-shirts, sold out of all of them, and even took orders for more. I'm hoping they just sold out of the black and white, because I'd hate to think the color one was more popular. All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear. The argument was settled the next day when we sold out of our newsletter in one hour. Judging from response so far there are already a lot of anglers using the new floats as we completely sold out of the first production batch within a week! In the last week-and-a-half the shop has completely sold out of the kind of designer shirts that it says it would struggle to sell in its Knightsbridge store. On their first day they sold out of what they had, not expecting the turnout they got. Our Dorking store has sold out of videos and other stores are saying that stocks are running low. But when they tried to buy petrol before setting off yesterday, every filling station they visited had sold out of unleaded. Parts of the UK even sold out of red hairspray as supporters rushed to do something with their hair to raise cash. Had to wait 45 minutes for a bus and by the time I got there the bakery on the Via Portuense had completely sold out of focaccia. Not surprisingly, the store had sold out of them by the time he went back to get it on Sunday so he spent his day driving around trying to find somewhere that stocked it. One large supermarket had sold out of bread stocks by midday and supplies of flour were disappearing from the shelves. Synonyms have none left, be out of stock of, have run out of, have sold all one's … informal be fresh out of, be cleaned out of 1.4sell outno object Be all sold. 被卖完 it was clear that the performances would not sell out 很清楚，这些演出的票不会全卖光。 Example sentencesExamples Both Saturday performances of the Monday-Saturday show have sold out and the Friday performance is almost full. Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall. It sounded too good to be true, even as I handed over the six pounds for the front row seat (the last one left in a sell out final performance). Expected to run six weeks, it became the first show in the history of Los Angeles theater to sell out 300 consecutive performances. Tickets are selling well and the Friday and Saturday night performances are sold out. Please note, Monday's performance has sold out already, and prompt booking is recommended for the rest of the week. It is only the evening performances that are sold out ahead. The warm glow doesn't last, of course, but the beginning of the fringe is a good time to catch shows before the best ones start to sell out and the performers get too knackered to remember their jokes. The premiere was a popular and critical success, with scheduled performances sold out almost immediately. I have to sit with the usherettes because the performance has been sold out for weeks. Lots of press coverage was good news for the show and the ten performances sold out. Tickets for Sting's Royal Albert Hall performance are sold out already? Performance sold out, but some limited view seats or returns may be available from the box office Word of mouth quickly spread, performances sold out, and the show's original run was extended. Despite this being a work that takes literally days to perform, every performance was sold out months in advance. Of the 24 professional performances, six sold out, and a further eight filled at least 85 per cent of the seats. It's only the evening performances which are sold out. The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full. A few tickets remain for the matinee performance at 1.30 pm Saturday but the evening performance is sold out. Both performances were sold out as parents packed the hall to see their children take centre stage. Synonyms be bought up, be depleted, be exhausted 1.5sell throughno object (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet. （产品）从零售渠道购买 Example sentencesExamples Gateway sells through retail outlets, whereas Dell's business relies on the factory direct model. These devices will avoid Intel's usual channels for its products and instead will be sold through electronics shops in the US. Their highly individual woven fabrics, made from wool and organza, are also sold through outlets such as Liberty and Co. He sold through the local supermarket chains, which were then still the backbone of the American grocery industry. A further option is to sell through certain specialized shops, on the basis that the product requires sales expertise in that area. These insurance products are sold through authorized insurance brokers. Convenience goods are generally sold through many retail outlets so that buyers have easy access to the product. So, the bulk of their milk continues to be sold through established outlets. The company will continue to provide retail registrations internationally through the Network Solutions business and will sell through its many resellers in the UK. This past September, the company expanded its reach to include San Francisco and New York, primarily selling through Asian marketing outlets. The British economy also benefits when the product returns to these shores and is distributed by a British distributor, and sold through a British store. We have an uncluttered retail environment to sell through, and that's a big enabler. Around two-thirds of products are sold through advisers. As a producer of windows and doors that are sold through home improvement outlets, we are interested in this information. Why must CDs be sold through official - and more expensive - outlets? Esk Valley is only a small-scale producer, with wines sold through selected independent wine merchants. It's a bit like the changes and options opening up in banking - you can sell through retail outlets, by telephone or online. Most industry observers figure the record companies will eventually have to strike deals with every credible Net outlet, much as they currently sell through Tower Records or Kmart. She would then reproduce the scenes on mugs, coasters, mousepads, postcards, and other items, which she would sell through high-end retail outlets and gift stores, mainly to tourists. In addition to catalog sales, Venus sells through its Jacksonville retail outlet and also distributes wholesale to surf shops and speciality stores worldwide. 1.6sell upBritish no object Sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets. 出售所有财物 Ernest sold up and retired 欧内斯特把一切都卖掉后退休了。 Example sentencesExamples We plan to live at my place for two to three years, then sell up and buy a property abroad. So we quit our jobs, sold up everything, and came here. The owners are selling up to a property developer and will retire rich. He applied to Richmond Council to build houses and offices on the site, but the application was refused, so he sold up to property developers who have since submitted a succession of planning applications. This limits movement around the market for existing home owners who are looking to sell up, grinding the property chain to a halt. 1.7sell oneself Have sex in exchange for money. 卖，出售 if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap 如果她想要卖身的话那么也不会太便宜的。 Example sentencesExamples You sold yourself for money to help your sister. During the time I spent living rough, I met many homeless people, girls and boys, who had started selling themselves for money. The fact that women end up on the street selling themselves cheaply to get money for drugs is tragedy in itself. In the course of his conversations with her, he told her that back in the day, things were so hard that he used to sell himself to make money! Finally, through intimidation and violence the girl, separated from family and now dependent on the recruiter and pimp for drugs and money is expected to pay back her debt by selling herself for sex. Synonyms work as a prostitute, prostitute oneself, sell one's body, sell oneself, walk the streets, be on the streets, solicit, work in the sex industry 1.8sell outno object Abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience. 屈服，被收买 the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States 首相由于屈从美国而受到谴责。 Example sentencesExamples Many Europeans see this as selling out to agribusiness and international pressure. She's a dance and drama teacher at a Catholic high school, and aspires to age graciously without selling out to the complacent middle class. It is another thing entirely to be a corporate whore, selling out to the highest bidder because the CEO fattens your campaign chest. He believes the group has demonstrated that ‘independent drinks companies’ have a real alternative to selling out to one of the global drinks giants. Instead he berates him for abandoning his country and selling out to make money. Synonyms abandon one's principles, prostitute oneself, sell one's soul, betray one's cause/ideals, be untrue to oneself, go over to the other side, play false, sacrifice oneself, debase oneself, degrade oneself, demean oneself 1.9sell someone out Betray someone for one's own benefit. the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out 族人变成了佃户，酋长出卖了他们。 Example sentencesExamples A lot of us are angry because we don't know what's happening and the people who have put quite a lot of years into the company feel they have been sold out. In his acceptance speech, Patrick talked about the raw deal given the fishermen, that they were sold out by the government. I feel we have been sold out by the interim management team led by Mr Dawson. My brother is a strong person, but they felt they had been sold out. This was a youth meeting, youth must be the ones speaking to work this out, and the adults had sold us out again by managing this problem, and not addressing it head on. Synonyms betray, inform on/against be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, desert, break one's promise to, double-cross, break faith with, stab in the back informal tell on, sell down the river, blow the whistle on, squeal on, stitch up, peach on, do the dirty on British informal grass on, shop North American informal rat out, finger, drop a/the dime on Australian informal pimp on, pool, put someone's pot on 1.10archaic Offer (something) dishonourably for money or other reward. 〈古〉出卖；做交易 do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers? 你们的律师不也是像牧师出卖祷告一样出卖他们的服务吗？ 2Persuade someone of the merits of. 说服；兜售 he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky 他说服人同意拍一部有关柴可夫斯基的电影。 he just won't sell himself 他能得到工作但他就是不愿推销自己。 Example sentencesExamples Firstly, with this modern mobile stuff, consumers have been sold the idea of the Internet on their phone. Style and image is everything when you're trying to sell something as nebulous as an idea. With an eye on the commissions earned from these products brokers were cashing in on the equity craze at a time when the world was being sold the idea of building a share portfolio. Well I argue that anyone who's persuaded a two-year-old to eat spinach can sell anything. Politicians have been sold the idea that it is a big wealth-creating industry that must be cherished at all costs and now refuse to face the downside. If there's no way to sell a particular good idea, then you put it on the back-burner and look at something else. I just read this claptrap from someone who is selling a ‘new’ idea for moving a vehicle. Why do you need to sell others on the idea of being a parent? Lecturing us on how to keep our linen cupboards tidy, we are being sold the idea that cleaning is cool and that a few crumbs under the toaster is an indication of failure. When we are offered a television, we are as much being sold the idea behind it as the physical reality of it. It's too soon to try to politically sell such an idea - mainly because it is a very complicated sale. What is being sold here, in short, is the idea of control. The project aims to turn brainpower into big business by attracting new investment and selling Manchester as a city of ideas - a so-called Ideopolis. Just how one sells something like this, I have no idea… so I thought I'd tell its story here and see if anyone has any suggestions. He was as smooth a talker as any merchant in the city streets and knew how to sell many an idea to men. Is it any surprise that so many people can be sold irrational ideas, systems, devices, and philosophies? For the moment at least, there is no talk of incentives on the Irish market, so here it will have to sell on its merits alone. Synonyms persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote 2.1 Be the reason for (something) being bought. 成为…售出原因 what sells CDs to most people is convenience 多数人买CD 是图个方便。 2.2 Cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about. 使热衷；使感兴趣 I'm just not sold on the idea 我就是对这种想法不感兴趣。 Synonyms persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote 3archaic Trick or deceive (someone) 〈古〉欺骗 what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town 我们所要的就是静静地离开这里，大肆吹捧这次表演，并且欺骗镇上的其他人。 Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile noun sɛlsɛl informal 1An act of selling or attempting to sell something. 出卖；出售 every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager 每两个电视广告就有一个是澳大利亚啤酒的销售广告。 Example sentencesExamples But so much of it is a real-life cartoon, that little kids seem a natural sell. Though the irony was glaring, it was a tough sell to ad agencies. It's not an easy sell, but you have to work on people that are role models to different generations. For the most part, though, foreign films have become a tough sell, and their decline is hardly a mystery. Buying a second home in the Desert Southwest was not an easy sell to Sue. Just as important to the sell are shapely female models suggesting that Cigarettes are babe-catchers. Once you have a highly-acceptable product, it's mostly an emotional sell. By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation. We'll look at the tough sell facing our commerce secretary in Beijing. It's an easy sell there, because that's where the commodity has value. Still, in Leadbetter's opinion, the sell here is the method, the program, the environment. We are, as Adam said, different from advertising in terms of the call to action and the straight sell. The lack of a software standard also makes DAPs a complicated sell. While this message was hugely popular among Russians, it was a tougher sell in the outside world. Because we don't come at you with our content with a hard, commercial sell. For one, getting capital from skittish investors proved a tough sell. Part of the sell was that it would breathe life into the other two-thirds and drive local economic development. All but one of the 14 analysts covering the company had a sell on it. MBTs fulfilled all the conditions and they proved an easy sell. The average rider reads these, guarding against the eventual sell. 2British A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something. （尤指在某物优点方面被欺骗产生的）失望 actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu 事实上，夏威夷有点儿让人失望- 一点也赶不上科孚岛。 Phrases sell one's soul (to the devil) Do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one's objective. 出卖灵魂；做昧良心的事 it is very easy to get to the top of any employment structure if you are prepared to sell your soul Example sentencesExamples I don't think that I sold my soul to the devil for that £350, but if I knew that I could claim a lot more for something, I won't lie and say I wouldn't be tempted. It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that once you have sold your soul to the devil, you can't buy it back. But when you sell your soul, no matter for what price, you die inside. It's more like selling my soul to Satan, except I don't have anything to gain. Then, with a new job in a new part of the country, I finally sold my soul to eternal debt, took the plunge into home ownership and, for the first time, tasted independence. sell one's life dear (or dearly) Do great injury before being killed. Derivatives sellable adjective My sense is that Boston won't go into bankruptcy - it owns too much property for this to be sellable to the public - but inevitably some smaller diocese will. Example sentencesExamples ‘We have some artists that we cannot justly take on new business for and still support the galleries that helped make that artist as sellable as he is today,’ said Harris. Instead, their focus will be on where the company is today, which is what's going to determine whether it will be sellable and, if so, for how much. With more than 120 plants producing a sellable crop each quarter he would have hoped to make more than £40,000-a-year from the enterprise. Over the next few days, four of us had stripped, painted, cleaned and transformed the house into a very sellable feature. I think that makes the club more sellable, and I'm a bit more hopeful than I've been for the past few days. Opening a distillery and producing a sellable whisky is even more difficult - unless you are lucky enough to buy one with all its equipment in working order and (most importantly) with aged whisky stock. The wonderful city of York, with its world famous charms, attracts more than four million visitors a year and is an extremely sellable destination overseas. The artists get to expose their artwork, get some feedback on their work and see if it's sellable in this kind of market. They know what is recyclable, sellable, and reusable, so they save the site contractor time and money. This business proved profitable for three or four years, but not only did her brewery fail to yield sufficient sellable stock, her employees left for more profitable employment. I'm too busy these days to deal with getting it into sellable, runnable shape and I don't want to hassle with eBay bidders or anything of the sort. The markets there are growing restless at the inordinate time it can take for a reported breakthrough to be translated into sellable product. Or is there some material that's constitutionally sellable to consenting adults, but not protected when displayed in public? The mass media is collecting pieces of ‘youth culture,’ labeling them cool, hip and sellable. It is the most spectacular tree in the orchard, perhaps the most beloved (though such favoritism seems unlikely), and yet it produces not a single sellable fruit. A car that's worth $1,500, but needs $500 in repairs before it's in sellable condition is not worth the expense. Attractive Georgian farmhouses with land capable of earning a respectable income are always a sellable commodity. The challenge now is to transform those policies into sellable propositions. In addition, the client wanted wide-open floors unobstructed by columns or shear walls in order to maximize net sellable floor area and allow buyers to customize the layout of their units. Origin Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja 'give up, sell'. Early use included the sense 'give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request'. An Old English word that originally meant ‘to give, hand over in response to a request’. The longer version of the expression sell your soul, ‘to do absolutely anything to achieve your objective’, is sell your soul to the devil. Over the centuries various people reputedly agreed to give their soul to the devil if in return he would grant them all their heart's desires in this life. The most famous person alleged to have made such a pact was the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Faust, whose story inspired Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus, and gives us the expression Faustian (late 19th century) as in Faustian pact. Sale (Old English) comes via Old Norse from the same Germanic root as sell. Use of the word for selling goods at a lower price than before dates from the mid 19th century. Rhymes Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell verb.1 phr. Definition of sell in US English: sell verbselsɛl [with object] 1Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money. 卖，出售 they had sold the car 他们卖了汽车。 the family business had been sold off 家业已经被卖掉了。 with two objects I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection 我正试图向他兜售我的蝴蝶收藏品。 Example sentencesExamples The filly was sold to a private breeder for a large amount of money. As the Depression deepened, farmers across the Midwest began to gather at farms being sold off to break up the proceedings. The dresser was sold to a private buyer in the ‘north country’. Although international donors encouraged the sale, the government failed to explain where the money went, or whom the grain was sold to. It was sold to a private collector at the auction. He made his money selling car stickers in a business which became the second biggest in the world. If it was sold to a developer, a considerable amount of money could change hands. The leasing driver has the chance to buy the car outright, renegotiate a lease, or they are sold to a car auction. To clarify, I don't mind waiting until all the puppies are sold to collect money. When the first edition was sold out, the rights in the book were sold to a mainstream trade publisher, who issued it with revisions and a slightly altered title. Is the site being sold to make money for Hackney council? Regardless of which site is chosen, the present further education site is to be sold to raise money for the development. A special leather-bound edition will be sold to raise money for emergency workers and their families. But as property prices soar and demand for second homes rises, unprofitable sporting estates are worth more when broken up and assets are sold off. But she stopped short of confirming that she would refuse an export licence if the Doncaster-built locomotive was sold to a foreign buyer. His collection was sold off and dispersed in 1936, examples going to the Museum of London, Tower of London and York Castle Museum. It was a brand new, clean memory stick when it was sold to a reputable dealer. One phone was sold to the stallholders just 40 minutes after it had been stolen from its owner while another phone was taken from a car while the driver was at a funeral. ‘Consider restricting your opening hours or employ a strict policy as to whom alcohol is sold to,’ she advised. The products are then sold to various clients, including farmers, the forestry commission, local authorities and garden centres. Synonyms vending, selling off, auctioning, trading, trade, trade in salesmanship, sales, marketing, merchandising, promotion, advertising dispose of, get rid of, vend, auction, auction off 1.1 Have a stock of (something) available for sale. 经销 the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods 商店经销高保真音响、电视、录像机等电器。 Example sentencesExamples Specialist hi-fi stores do sell the high end famous brands as well: Toshiba, Sony, Pioneer, Marantz. That means stocking, promoting and selling hunting products. It seems that a company called Brands on Sale, which sells children's Halloween costumes, is now marketing wizard costumes for boys and witch costumes for girls. I carried on looking at different shops selling their wares. You know my supplements are sold on my Web site and they're also sold in retail stores like Whole Foods. Is it showing how you can help someone or the stereotype of the pushy, obnoxious sales associate selling a service or product for which you have no need? Perhaps you are a salesperson or sales executive responsible for selling goods or products for one or many companies. We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and removing them. Sizes go up to only 16, but the site sells ranges not available in smaller stores. They said the park's units were only supposed to be available for retailers selling bulky items such as carpets, furniture and electrical white goods. I would also deliver items to stores where people worked to stock and sell them. He says the stores that sell them are running stock clearance sales just now and they're to be had for a good price. We create a sales force that actually sells those products. Attack the stores and retailers selling undesirable ice cream. In my outline of the different venues available to sell your work I have not mentioned books or magazines. Our stock is small simply because supermarkets sell popular books cheaper than we can buy them. This interesting business opportunity, often using the web as a sales forum, sells ex-company cars, lease cars and PCP cars direct to the public and to employees. Active SCSI terminators are available at any PC store that sells SCSI devices. Mixtures containing these are available from companies selling spices and seasonings. The store sells clothing, household goods, small furniture and garden implements. Synonyms trade in, deal in, be in the business of, traffic in, stock, carry, offer for sale, handle, peddle, hawk, retail, market, advertise, promote 1.2no object Be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price. the album sold 6 million copies in the United States 该专辑在美国售出600万张。 this magazine of yours won't sell 你这本杂志卖不出去。 these antiques of the future sell for about $375 这些未来古董售价约为375英镑。 Example sentencesExamples They are more than dumb pieces of suede, fashioned by Spanish craftsmen and sold at a bargain price in a long forgotten shoe shop in Sevilla. Loads of members, loads of rare goods all sold at great low prices. In June last year, a similar ticket sold at auction at Sotheby's in London raised a staggering £2,760. Second-hand clothing from the United States, sold at bargain prices, has become popular. Our £200,000 appeal is so that Socialist Worker can be bought, read and sold at a price workers and students can afford. If I sold at that price there is nowhere in the country I could get something similar. But when it came to houses sold at 2 million or more, the London borough of Richmond jumped one place to number five in the country. Had Mr Power sold at the price offered to him by institutions last week, he would have had £12m in his pocket. The freshest herring was salted and sold at good prices for human consumption. Both were sold at below purchase price as part of a deck - clearing exercise, causing a few raised eyebrows in the City. These were difficult to obtain on the open market and sold at premium prices. Had it sold at that price, it would have been the granite city's most expensive ever house. The applications come from IBM and other vendors, and can be bundled and sold at a compelling price. Not only is gas cheaper than ever, once adjusted for inflation, but it is also frequently sold at a price similar to a liter of water. Coal continues to be subsidized, dug out of the ground and sold at unbelievably low prices. A medal awarded to a 19th Century Bolton soldier has sold at auction for almost three times more than it was expected to fetch. Increased demand may simply mean the same quantity sold at a higher price, or even a smaller quantity at a still higher price. They also (surprising to me) found that pink tomatoes sold at a higher price than the red ones. A Van Gogh self-portrait sold at auction in New York in 1998 for $71 million. It sold at the rate of a thousand copies a day in its first few weeks. Synonyms be bought, be purchased, go be priced at, sell at, retail at, go for, be, be found for, be trading at, cost 1.3sell outno object Sell all of one's stock of something. 卖完；卖光 they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies 第一版的75，000本他们几乎卖完了。 Example sentencesExamples I'm hoping they just sold out of the black and white, because I'd hate to think the color one was more popular. One happy landlord estimated that he had sold 5,000 pints, while another had sold out of champagne and a number of spirits within hours of the victory. Our Dorking store has sold out of videos and other stores are saying that stocks are running low. Linda told us that she took a bag full of Socialist Worker Miners' Strike specials and T-shirts, sold out of all of them, and even took orders for more. The response from the shop keeper was that he had already sold out of such furs. One large supermarket had sold out of bread stocks by midday and supplies of flour were disappearing from the shelves. The concession stands were practically empty - sold out of sweets and cold drinks - with only popcorn and coffee to offer punters. A lot of fabric prints are discontinued by stores once they have sold out of them. Not surprisingly, the store had sold out of them by the time he went back to get it on Sunday so he spent his day driving around trying to find somewhere that stocked it. In the last week-and-a-half the shop has completely sold out of the kind of designer shirts that it says it would struggle to sell in its Knightsbridge store. Judging from response so far there are already a lot of anglers using the new floats as we completely sold out of the first production batch within a week! When her own store had sold out of a special pair of shoes Trisha wanted to buy, Rachel made an unprecedented visit to the Dolcis branch in Bury and bought the shoes herself. All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear. We totally sold out of Christmas trees and decorations. On their first day they sold out of what they had, not expecting the turnout they got. The argument was settled the next day when we sold out of our newsletter in one hour. The range on show was of course impressive, but this being the final day of the festival many of the smaller brewers had sold out of beer so a fair amount of the stalls were closed. Had to wait 45 minutes for a bus and by the time I got there the bakery on the Via Portuense had completely sold out of focaccia. Parts of the UK even sold out of red hairspray as supporters rushed to do something with their hair to raise cash. But when they tried to buy petrol before setting off yesterday, every filling station they visited had sold out of unleaded. Synonyms have none left, be out of stock of, have run out of, have sold all one's … 1.4sell outno object Be all sold. 被卖完 it was clear that the performances would not sell out 很清楚，这些演出的票不会全卖光。 Example sentencesExamples Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall. A few tickets remain for the matinee performance at 1.30 pm Saturday but the evening performance is sold out. Lots of press coverage was good news for the show and the ten performances sold out. Both performances were sold out as parents packed the hall to see their children take centre stage. I have to sit with the usherettes because the performance has been sold out for weeks. Please note, Monday's performance has sold out already, and prompt booking is recommended for the rest of the week. Performance sold out, but some limited view seats or returns may be available from the box office It sounded too good to be true, even as I handed over the six pounds for the front row seat (the last one left in a sell out final performance). Tickets are selling well and the Friday and Saturday night performances are sold out. It is only the evening performances that are sold out ahead. The premiere was a popular and critical success, with scheduled performances sold out almost immediately. Of the 24 professional performances, six sold out, and a further eight filled at least 85 per cent of the seats. Both Saturday performances of the Monday-Saturday show have sold out and the Friday performance is almost full. The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full. Expected to run six weeks, it became the first show in the history of Los Angeles theater to sell out 300 consecutive performances. Despite this being a work that takes literally days to perform, every performance was sold out months in advance. It's only the evening performances which are sold out. The warm glow doesn't last, of course, but the beginning of the fringe is a good time to catch shows before the best ones start to sell out and the performers get too knackered to remember their jokes. Tickets for Sting's Royal Albert Hall performance are sold out already? Word of mouth quickly spread, performances sold out, and the show's original run was extended. Synonyms be bought up, be depleted, be exhausted 1.5sell throughno object (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet. （产品）从零售渠道购买 Example sentencesExamples Convenience goods are generally sold through many retail outlets so that buyers have easy access to the product. In addition to catalog sales, Venus sells through its Jacksonville retail outlet and also distributes wholesale to surf shops and speciality stores worldwide. This past September, the company expanded its reach to include San Francisco and New York, primarily selling through Asian marketing outlets. A further option is to sell through certain specialized shops, on the basis that the product requires sales expertise in that area. These devices will avoid Intel's usual channels for its products and instead will be sold through electronics shops in the US. It's a bit like the changes and options opening up in banking - you can sell through retail outlets, by telephone or online. He sold through the local supermarket chains, which were then still the backbone of the American grocery industry. Most industry observers figure the record companies will eventually have to strike deals with every credible Net outlet, much as they currently sell through Tower Records or Kmart. The British economy also benefits when the product returns to these shores and is distributed by a British distributor, and sold through a British store. Gateway sells through retail outlets, whereas Dell's business relies on the factory direct model. She would then reproduce the scenes on mugs, coasters, mousepads, postcards, and other items, which she would sell through high-end retail outlets and gift stores, mainly to tourists. Esk Valley is only a small-scale producer, with wines sold through selected independent wine merchants. So, the bulk of their milk continues to be sold through established outlets. We have an uncluttered retail environment to sell through, and that's a big enabler. Why must CDs be sold through official - and more expensive - outlets? The company will continue to provide retail registrations internationally through the Network Solutions business and will sell through its many resellers in the UK. These insurance products are sold through authorized insurance brokers. Their highly individual woven fabrics, made from wool and organza, are also sold through outlets such as Liberty and Co. Around two-thirds of products are sold through advisers. As a producer of windows and doors that are sold through home improvement outlets, we are interested in this information. 1.6sell upBritish no object Sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets. 出售所有财物 Ernest sold up and retired 欧内斯特把一切都卖掉后退休了。 Example sentencesExamples We plan to live at my place for two to three years, then sell up and buy a property abroad. The owners are selling up to a property developer and will retire rich. So we quit our jobs, sold up everything, and came here. This limits movement around the market for existing home owners who are looking to sell up, grinding the property chain to a halt. He applied to Richmond Council to build houses and offices on the site, but the application was refused, so he sold up to property developers who have since submitted a succession of planning applications. 1.7sell oneself Have sex in exchange for money. 卖，出售 if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap 如果她想要卖身的话那么也不会太便宜的。 Example sentencesExamples In the course of his conversations with her, he told her that back in the day, things were so hard that he used to sell himself to make money! You sold yourself for money to help your sister. During the time I spent living rough, I met many homeless people, girls and boys, who had started selling themselves for money. Finally, through intimidation and violence the girl, separated from family and now dependent on the recruiter and pimp for drugs and money is expected to pay back her debt by selling herself for sex. The fact that women end up on the street selling themselves cheaply to get money for drugs is tragedy in itself. Synonyms work as a prostitute, prostitute oneself, sell one's body, sell oneself, walk the streets, be on the streets, solicit, work in the sex industry 1.8sell outno object Abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience. 屈服，被收买 the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States 首相由于屈从美国而受到谴责。 Example sentencesExamples Many Europeans see this as selling out to agribusiness and international pressure. It is another thing entirely to be a corporate whore, selling out to the highest bidder because the CEO fattens your campaign chest. Instead he berates him for abandoning his country and selling out to make money. She's a dance and drama teacher at a Catholic high school, and aspires to age graciously without selling out to the complacent middle class. He believes the group has demonstrated that ‘independent drinks companies’ have a real alternative to selling out to one of the global drinks giants. Synonyms abandon one's principles, prostitute oneself, sell one's soul, betray one's cause, betray one's ideals, be untrue to oneself, go over to the other side, play false, sacrifice oneself, debase oneself, degrade oneself, demean oneself 1.9sell someone out Betray someone for one's own benefit. the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out 族人变成了佃户，酋长出卖了他们。 Example sentencesExamples This was a youth meeting, youth must be the ones speaking to work this out, and the adults had sold us out again by managing this problem, and not addressing it head on. In his acceptance speech, Patrick talked about the raw deal given the fishermen, that they were sold out by the government. I feel we have been sold out by the interim management team led by Mr Dawson. A lot of us are angry because we don't know what's happening and the people who have put quite a lot of years into the company feel they have been sold out. My brother is a strong person, but they felt they had been sold out. Synonyms betray, inform against, inform on 1.10archaic Offer (something) dishonorably for money or other reward. 〈古〉出卖；做交易 do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers? 你们的律师不也是像牧师出卖祷告一样出卖他们的服务吗？ 2Persuade someone of the merits of. 说服；兜售 he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky 他说服人同意拍一部有关柴可夫斯基的电影。 he just won't sell himself 他能得到工作但他就是不愿推销自己。 Example sentencesExamples If there's no way to sell a particular good idea, then you put it on the back-burner and look at something else. With an eye on the commissions earned from these products brokers were cashing in on the equity craze at a time when the world was being sold the idea of building a share portfolio. He was as smooth a talker as any merchant in the city streets and knew how to sell many an idea to men. Lecturing us on how to keep our linen cupboards tidy, we are being sold the idea that cleaning is cool and that a few crumbs under the toaster is an indication of failure. The project aims to turn brainpower into big business by attracting new investment and selling Manchester as a city of ideas - a so-called Ideopolis. For the moment at least, there is no talk of incentives on the Irish market, so here it will have to sell on its merits alone. I just read this claptrap from someone who is selling a ‘new’ idea for moving a vehicle. Just how one sells something like this, I have no idea… so I thought I'd tell its story here and see if anyone has any suggestions. Why do you need to sell others on the idea of being a parent? Style and image is everything when you're trying to sell something as nebulous as an idea. It's too soon to try to politically sell such an idea - mainly because it is a very complicated sale. What is being sold here, in short, is the idea of control. When we are offered a television, we are as much being sold the idea behind it as the physical reality of it. Is it any surprise that so many people can be sold irrational ideas, systems, devices, and philosophies? Politicians have been sold the idea that it is a big wealth-creating industry that must be cherished at all costs and now refuse to face the downside. Well I argue that anyone who's persuaded a two-year-old to eat spinach can sell anything. Firstly, with this modern mobile stuff, consumers have been sold the idea of the Internet on their phone. Synonyms persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote 2.1 Be the reason for (something) being bought. 成为…售出原因 what sells CDs to most people is convenience 多数人买CD 是图个方便。 2.2 Cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about. 使热衷；使感兴趣 I'm just not sold on the idea 我就是对这种想法不感兴趣。 Synonyms persuade someone to accept, convince someone of the merits of, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, get acceptance for, win approval for, get support for, get across, promote 3archaic Trick or deceive (someone) 〈古〉欺骗 what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town 我们所要的就是静静地离开这里，大肆吹捧这次表演，并且欺骗镇上的其他人。 Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile nounselsɛl informal 1An act of selling or attempting to sell something. 出卖；出售 the excitement of scientific achievement is too subtle a sell to stir the public Example sentencesExamples Part of the sell was that it would breathe life into the other two-thirds and drive local economic development. Because we don't come at you with our content with a hard, commercial sell. It's an easy sell there, because that's where the commodity has value. The lack of a software standard also makes DAPs a complicated sell. Just as important to the sell are shapely female models suggesting that Cigarettes are babe-catchers. Once you have a highly-acceptable product, it's mostly an emotional sell. For one, getting capital from skittish investors proved a tough sell. MBTs fulfilled all the conditions and they proved an easy sell. The average rider reads these, guarding against the eventual sell. By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation. We'll look at the tough sell facing our commerce secretary in Beijing. While this message was hugely popular among Russians, it was a tougher sell in the outside world. Buying a second home in the Desert Southwest was not an easy sell to Sue. Though the irony was glaring, it was a tough sell to ad agencies. For the most part, though, foreign films have become a tough sell, and their decline is hardly a mystery. All but one of the 14 analysts covering the company had a sell on it. But so much of it is a real-life cartoon, that little kids seem a natural sell. It's not an easy sell, but you have to work on people that are role models to different generations. Still, in Leadbetter's opinion, the sell here is the method, the program, the environment. We are, as Adam said, different from advertising in terms of the call to action and the straight sell. 2British A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something. （尤指在某物优点方面被欺骗产生的）失望 actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu 事实上，夏威夷有点儿让人失望- 一点也赶不上科孚岛。 Phrases sell one's soul (to the devil) Do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one's objective. 出卖灵魂；做昧良心的事 it is very easy to get to the top of any employment structure if you are prepared to sell your soul Example sentencesExamples It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that once you have sold your soul to the devil, you can't buy it back. Then, with a new job in a new part of the country, I finally sold my soul to eternal debt, took the plunge into home ownership and, for the first time, tasted independence. I don't think that I sold my soul to the devil for that £350, but if I knew that I could claim a lot more for something, I won't lie and say I wouldn't be tempted. But when you sell your soul, no matter for what price, you die inside. It's more like selling my soul to Satan, except I don't have anything to gain. sell one's life dear (or dearly) Do great injury before being killed. Origin Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request’. verb.1 phr.
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