单词 | buy |
释义 | Word Frequency buy(baɪ) verbWord forms: buys, buying or bought (mainly tr) 1. to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase 2. to be capable of purchasing money can't buy love 3. to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice to buy time by equivocation 4. (intransitive) to act as a buyer 5. to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery 6. slang to accept as true, practical, etc 7. (intransitive; foll by into) to purchase shares of (a company) we bought into General Motors 8. (transitive) theology (esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian) 9. have bought it noun ▶ USAGE The use of off after buy as in I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts10. a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy) Word origin Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy |
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