(sold, sold /səʊld; NAmE soʊld/)

1. [intransitive, transitive] sell sth (to sb) (at/for sth) | sell sb sth (at/for sth) | sell (sth) to give sth to sb in exchange for money
   出售◆ The company has sold the hotel to private investors for $365 million.
   公司以 3.65 亿元的价格将酒店卖给了私人投资者。◆She sold him the car for $2 500.
   她以 2 500 元的价格把汽车卖给了他。◆They sold the business at a profit/loss (= they gained/lost money when they sold it).
   公司出售该企业赚了钱／亏了本。◆The company expects to sell 300 000 cars a year.
   公司预计每年出售 30 万辆汽车。◆422 million mobile handsets were sold worldwide.
   全球售出手机 4.22 亿部。◆Shareholders were advised not to sell.
   建议股东不要出售股份。  ➡  short adv. (2) , sale

●sell/go like hot ˈcakesto sell quickly or in great numbers
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 ➡  idiom at bulk noun
●ˌsell ˈinto sth ●ˌsell sth ˈinto sth
(Finance 金融) to sell shares, bonds, etc. when the situation mentioned exists
在…时卖出（股票、债券等）◆They were forced to sell into a falling market.
他们被迫在市场价格下跌时卖出。●ˌsell sth ˈoff

1. to sell all or part of an industry, a company, etc. often at a low price in order to get rid of it
   甩卖；廉价出售（产业、公司等）◆In the nineties most state-owned industries were sold off.
   在九十年代，大多数国有产业都被贱卖了。

2. to sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the money
   甩卖；抛售◆to sell off old stock
   抛售旧股票

 ➡  sell-off ●ˌsell sth ˈonto sell to sb else sth that you have bought not long before
转售；转手出卖◆We buy cars abroad and then sell them on to customers in the UK.
我们从国外购买汽车，然後再转售给英国的客户。●ˌsell ˈout (to sb/sth)to sell your business or a part of your business
出售（企业）◆The company eventually sold out to a multinational media group.
公司最终卖给了一家跨国传媒集团。●ˌsell ˈout ●ˌsell ˈout of sth
(Finance 金融) to sell particular shares, bonds, etc. that you own, often because they no longer seem to be a good investment
抛售（股票、债券等）◆The bad news prompted foreign investors to sell out of US stocks.
坏消息促使外国投资者抛售美国股票。●ˌsell ˈout ●be ˌsold ˈoutto be all sold
卖光；售完◆A hot product can sell out within 24 hours.
热门产品会在 24 小时之内全部卖光。◆The concert is completely sold out.
这场音乐会的票全部卖完了。  ➡  sell-out ●ˌsell ˈout (of sth) ●be ˌsold ˈout (of sth)to have sold all the available items
售空；卖光◆I'm sorry, we've sold out.
对不起，我们的货全部卖光了。◆Several online retailers have sold out of their stock of the software.
几家在线零售商已经将他们库存的软件都卖完了。  ➡  sell-out ●ˌsell ˈthroughif items in a shop/store sell through they are sold to customers
出售；卖出◆A really good guitar will sell through fast.
真正好的吉他会卖得很快。  ➡  sell-through ●ˌsell ˈup ●ˌsell sth ˈup (especially BrE) to sell your home, possessions, business, etc., usually because you are leaving the country or retiring
卖光（家当、企业等）◆They plan to sell up and retire.
他们打算卖光家当後退休。 mis-sell