| 单词 | buy |
| 释义 | buy buy // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj or no obj] (bought, bought //) buy sth (for sb) | buy sb sth
1 to obtain sth by paying money for it: Many people buy airline tickets online. Interbrew bought the company for $3 billion. Let me buy you lunch. If you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy. We always buy in bulk (= buy large numbers of things at one time). She has an instinct for buying low (= buying shares, bonds, etc. at low prices) and selling high. The company is set to buy 2.5 million shares of the manufacturer at €145 a share.
2 (used about money) to be enough to pay for sth: In December 2001, €1 would buy you $1.65.
⇨ BULK noun, SELL verb
PHRASAL VERBS
buy sth in
1 (BrE) (used about a company that produces or sells things) to buy sth from another company because you cannot produce it yourself or because you want to increase your supplies: The power company couldn't meet demand and was forced to buy in electricity.
2 to buy shares or bonds in a company, especially when you are putting money into that company for the first time: With bonds, you stay with the interest rate you buy in at. Potential shareholders should read the fine print before buying in.
buy into sth
1 to buy shares in a company, especially in order to gain some control over it: The company paid $1.5 billion to buy into its rival.
2 to invest in something: The broker advised its clients to buy into the stock.
3 to believe that an idea is good or that a plan will be successful: Many companies have bought into the idea of hiring a chief knowledge officer. The staff need to buy into the company's mission statement.
buy sb out to pay money for someone to be freed from a contract: The company has agreed to buy out the superstar from her recording contract.
buy sb/sth out to buy sb's share in a company, usually in order to get total control of it for yourself: He was bought out by his partners. The group has offered to buy out the 13.7 per cent of the shares remaining in private hands. The airline was bought out from British Airways by its management. BUYOUT
buy sth up to buy all or as much as possible of sth, especially because it is cheap: Developers are buying up all the land on the island. The corporation is looking for opportunities to buy up telecommunications companies.
■ noun
BEST BUY, IMPULSE BUY, MAKE-OR-BUY
1 [C] something that is bought or that is for sale: The 17-inch monitor is a good buy (= is worth the money you pay for it) The company denies it is looking for a big buy (= a company to buy that will cost a lot of money).
2 (Stock Exchange ) [U; sing.] = BUY RATING: to rate a stock as a buy Deutsche Bank upgraded its recommendation on the stock from ‘buy' to ‘strong buy'.
3 (Stock Exchange ) [C] = BUY ORDER |
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