| 单词 | deal |
| 释义 | deal deal // noun, verb
■ noun
BOUGHT DEAL, CASH DEAL, NEW DEAL, PACKAGE DEAL, SWEETHEART DEAL
(Commerce )
1 [C] a formal business agreement, especially an agreement to buy or sell goods or provide a service: The board of directors have approved the deal. The two companies signed a deal worth $1.7 billion. The deal fell through (= no agreement was reached). The board reached a deal with a large Chinese conglomerate. We did a deal with the management on overtime. They were hoping for a better pay deal. ◆ (only used in spoken English) It's a deal! (= I agree to your terms) ◆ After lengthy negotiations, a deal was struck. He's always doing deals. The deal is off. We firmly believe this is a great deal for our shareholders. See note at AGREEMENT
❖ to agree/make/reach/sign a deal ◆ to clinch/close/conclude/strike a deal ◆ to block/call off/oppose/reject a deal ◆ a bad/big/good/large/lucrative deal ◆ a deal falls through/goes ahead/goes through
2 a reduction in the price of a product, usually for a short period of time only: The airline is offering deals on flights this month. I got a good deal on the car (= I bought it cheaply). The website gives advice on how to get the best deal. Most people can't be bothered to shop around for the best deal.
❖ to get/offer a deal ◆ an excellent/a good deal
CUT verb, DONE
■ verb (dealt, dealt //)
IDIOMS
deal sb/sth a (serious, severe, etc.) blow; deal a (serious, severe, etc.) blow to sb/sth to be very harmful to sb/sth: The oil spill has dealt a severe blow to the area's fishing industry. The job market was dealt another blow when two large companies cut 4 000 jobs.
PHRASAL VERBS
deal in sth (Commerce ; Finance ) to buy or sell a particular product; to trade: The company deals in computer software. a trader dealing in futures and options a local business that deals in stationery
deal with sb to talk or behave in an appropriate way according to who you are talking to, managing, etc: You need to be good at dealing with the public. She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.
deal with sb/sth to do business regularly with a person, a company or an organization: I usually deal with the sales manager. We want our customers to know they're dealing with the same firm. The big banks have special units to deal with companies in financial difficulties. We thought that customers with online accounts only wanted to deal with us electronically.
deal with sth
1 to take action to solve a problem, carry out a task, etc., especially as part of your job: I have to deal with 300 emails a day. Your order was dealt with yesterday. Leadership is all about dealing with change.
2 to be concerned with a particular subject: This report deals with our sales prospects for the coming year. |
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