| 单词 | buy |
| 释义 | verb | noun buybuy1 /baɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle bought /bɔt/) 1WITH MONEY a)[intransitive, transitive] to get something by paying money for it OPP sell: We bought a house in Houston. We decided to buy instead of rent.buy somebody something Can I buy you a drink?buy something for somebody/something I bought a T-shirt for Craig.buy something from somebody/something Visitors can buy maps from the gift shop. Members can buy tickets for $5 each. b)[transitive] if a sum of money buys something, that is what you can get with it: A dollar doesn’t buy much these days.buy somebody something $15 will easily buy us pizza and a drink.THESAURUSpurchase formal – to buy something: Tickets for the performance can be purchased by phone.acquire formal – to buy a company, land, or something expensive or rare: They want to acquire valuable works of art as cheaply as possible.get – to buy or obtain something: I never know what to get Dad for his birthday.procure formal – to buy or obtain something, especially something that is difficult to get. Used especially in literature or very formal writing: The organization helps workers procure insurance at cheaper rates.pick something up – to buy something, especially food or other things you use every day: Could you pick up some milk on your way home?stock up – to buy a lot of something, especially food, that you intend to use later: Before the blizzard, we stocked up on food.snap something up – to buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap: Real estate in the area is being snapped up by developers.2GAIN TIME to do something that allows you the extra time you need in order to do something else: We tried to buy time by pretending our car wasn’t working.3BELIEVE [transitive] informal to believe an explanation or reason, especially one that is not very likely to be true: She’ll never buy that excuse.► see thesaurus at believe4FOR ADVANTAGE a)[transitive usually passive] informal to pay money to someone, especially someone in an official position, in order to persuade him or her to do something dishonest that gives you an advantage SYN bribe: They say the judge was bought. b)[transitive] to use money to get something that is not a product or service, in order to get an advantage for yourself: You can’t buy respect. They were accused of buying votes.5GAIN something IMPORTANT [transitive] to get something important or difficult to get by giving or losing something else: buy something with something They bought our freedom with their lives.6somebody bought it (also somebody bought the farm) spoken to have been killed, especially in an accident or war: I almost bought it twice in Vietnam.[Origin: Old English bycgan]buy something ↔ back phrasal verb to get back something that you used to own by buying again: We bought the house back ten years later.buy into something phrasal verb1informal to believe an idea: A lot of women have bought into the idea that they have to be thin to be attractive.2to buy shares in a company, industry, or in a particular type of investments in order to make money: He recommended buying into the wireless market.buy somebody off phrasal verb to pay someone money to stop him or her from causing trouble or threatening you SYN bribe: They are claiming that the senator was bought off.buy out phrasal verb buy somebody/something out to buy someone’s shares of a business that you previously owned together so that you have complete control → see also buyoutbuy up something phrasal verb to quickly buy as much as you can of something such as land, tickets, food, etc.: The park land is being bought up by two corporations. verb | noun buybuy2 noun be a good/bad buy to be worth or to be not worth the price you paid: The wine is a good buy at $6.49. |
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