| 单词 | buy |
| 释义 | buy (once / 34 pages) 1vn 2v When you buy something, you pay money in order to own or obtain it. You might buy your mom a big bouquet of flowers for her birthday. When you buy furniture, food, a car, or candy, you purchase it, exchanging a certain amount of money for it, and when you call something "a buy" or "a steal," it's a real bargain. When you say, "She said she won the lottery, but I don't buy it," you mean that you don't accept that fact as the truth. Even more colloquially, to buy it can also mean "to be killed." WORD FAMILYbuy: bought, buyer, buying, buys+/buyer: buyers/buying: buyings USAGE EXAMPLESWe sweetened our offer by agreeing to buy everyone a bottle of the fragrance Empire by Trump. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Some fans prefer the "warmth" of the sound compared with digital files, while others buy LPs as souvenirs and works of art. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) We decided we needed a car so we bought one. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction She buys for the big department store Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper purchase sell exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent sellbe sold at a certain price or in a certain way buy back, repurchase buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away takebuy, select getpurchase subscribe, subscribe to, takereceive or obtain regularly buy out, buy up, take overtake over ownership of; of corporations and companies pick upbuy casually or spontaneously buy food, take outpurchase prepared food to be eaten at home impulse-buybuy on impulse without proper reflection acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v be worth or be capable of buying This sum will buy you a ride on the train Syn|Hyper purchase obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence This judge can be bought Syn|Hypo|Hyper bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms sop give a conciliatory gift or bribe to buy off, pay offpay someone with influence in order to receive a favor pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 4v acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work Hyper acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 5n an advantageous purchase 2the stock was a real buy at that price Syn|Hypo|Hyper bargain, steal song a very small sum travel bargaina bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes) purchase something acquired by purchase v accept as true I can't buy this story Hyper believe accept as true; take to be true |
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