| 单词 | wholesale |
| 释义 | wholesale (once / 790 pages) nadjvadv Use the adjective wholesale to describe something that's done on a big, broad scale, like wholesale changes made by a new government that affect an entire country. It's pretty common to see the phrase "wholesale destruction," especially when historians are talking about the overwhelming effects of war or ecological disasters. When wholesale is a verb, it has a very different meaning — to sell things in bulk, usually to someone who is going to sell it again at a higher retail price. The earliest meaning of the word was "in large quantities," combining whole and sale into the phrase "by whole sale." WORD FAMILYwholesale: wholesaled, wholesaler, wholesales, wholesaling+/wholesaler: wholesalers USAGE EXAMPLESIn fact, WhatsApp also offers encryption, and borrowed the basic code wholesale from Signal. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The area that was targeted on Saturday is packed with wholesale markets and usually teeming with daily labourers unloading vans and wheeling carts around. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline dropped 2 cents to $1.67 a gallon and heating oil held steady at $1.70 a gallon. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers Ant|Hyper retail the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale marketing, merchandising, selling the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money 2adj ignoring distinctions wholesale destruction Syn sweeping indiscriminate not marked by fine distinctions 3v sell in large quantities Ant|Hyper retail sell on the retail market retailbe sold at the retail level sell exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent 4adv at a wholesale price I can sell it to you wholesale Ant retail at a retail price 5adv on a large scale without careful discrimination I buy food wholesale Syn in large quantities |
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