Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format.
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But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment
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And although you don't read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
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VERB
賣;出讓;轉(zhuǎn)讓
If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money.
例句
I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books...
我把我所有的東西都賣掉了，只剩下汽車和書。
His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews...
他的繼承人把這幅畫賣給了倫敦藝術(shù)品經(jīng)銷商阿格紐斯。
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VERB
(商店)經(jīng)售，出售
If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there.
例句
It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs...
這里出售各種商品，從發(fā)帶到東方小地毯應有盡有。
Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.
也有罐裝豆芽出售。
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VERB
以…的價格出售;售價是…
If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it.
例句
Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.
沒有裝備現(xiàn)代化設施的房地產(chǎn)能夠賣到它配置了現(xiàn)代化設施情況下的市價的 40%。
... grain sells at 10 times usual prices.
糧食售價是平常的 10 倍。
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VERB
有銷路;大量賣出
If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities.
例句
Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change...
即使這張專輯得不到市場和評論家的青睞，我們也不會作出任何改變。
The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.
這個公司相信這些產(chǎn)品在圣誕節(jié)前夕一定會暢銷。
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VERB
促進…的銷路;推銷
Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product.
例句
It is only the sensational that sells news magazines.
只有轟動性的事件才能促進新聞雜志的銷售。
...car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell.
汽車生產(chǎn)商長期奉行的座右銘——安全性并不意味著暢銷
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VERB
使接受;使采納
If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one.
例句
She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder...
她努力說服我買一臺自己的碎紙機。
She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients...
她希望能讓客戶們接受這個想法。
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PHRASE
出賣肉體;賣淫
If someone sells their body, they have sex for money.
例句
85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.
85%的人說如果存在其他選擇，他們不會出賣肉體謀生。
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PHRASE
(為獲得個人利益或好處而)出賣，背叛
If someone sells you down the river, they betray you for some personal profit or advantage.
例句
He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.
他被那些本應該保護他的人出賣了。
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PHRASE
低估;輕視;怠慢
If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should.
例句
They need to improve their image — they are selling themselves short...
他們需要提升自己的形象——他們是在自貶身價。
Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable.
如此過分地怠慢他們的崇拜者令人無法接受。
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PHRASE
出賣靈魂(或良心)
If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles.
例句
...a man who would sell his soul for political viability.
為了升官晉爵甘愿出賣良心的人