buy

单词音标

buy音标[bai]

汉语翻译

vt. 买, 获得

vi. 买

n. 购买, 买得的东西

【经】 购买, 交易

相关词组:

buy into

buy over

buy sth up

buy in

词型变化

形容词:buyable动词过去式:bought过去分词:bought现在分词:buying第三人称单数:buys

词意辨析

buy, purchase

这两个动词均含“购买”之意。

buy: 普通日常用词，既可指日常随意购物也可指大的购买。

purchase: 正式用词，指大宗购货或购买重要东西。无感情色彩，强调物品的购得。

英语解释

名词 buy:

an advantageous purchase

同义词：bargain, steal

动词 buy:

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

同义词：purchase

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

同义词：bribe, corrupt, grease one\'s palms

acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

accept as true

be worth or be capable of buying

例句

It\'s a good buy at that price.

这是一笔价钱合算的买卖。

They bought peace with their freedom.

他们牺牲自由换取和平。

Money can\'t buy happiness.

金钱买不来幸福。

详细解释

buy

v.（动词）

bought[bôt] buy.ing,buys

v.tr.（及物动词）

To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase.See Regional Note at boughten

购买：以钱或其等价物作交换而获取；买参见 boughten

To be capable of purchasing:

可购买到的：能够购买得到的：

例句：

.Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won`t buy.(Ogden Nash)

.当然，生活中有许多东西不是钱能够买得到的.(奥格登·纳什)

To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade:

换取：通过牺牲某种代价、交换或贸易来获取：

例句：

wanted to buy love with gifts.

想用礼物获取爱情

To bribe:

贿赂：

例句：

tried to buy a judge.

试图贿赂法官

Slang To accept the truth or feasibility of:

【俚语】 接纳，承认：接受真实情况或现实性：

例句：

The officer didn`t buy my lame excuse for speeding.

那官员不接受我超速行驶的理由

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To purchase goods; act as a purchaser.

买：购买货物；做一名购买者

To believe in a person or movement or subscribe to an idea or theory:

信任：相信某人或某运动或赞同某一观点或理论：

例句：

couldn`t buy into that brand of conservatism.

无法认同保守主义的作风

n.（名词）

Something bought or for sale; a purchase.

购买：买来的或待售的东西；一桩买卖

Informal Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

【非正式用语】 交易：价格压低了的东西；一宗交易

<常用词组>buy off

To bribe in order to proceed without interference or be exempted from an obligation or from prosecution.

买通：贿赂以图不受干扰地持续进行或免于某一责任或依法处理

buy out

To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.

买尽：买下全部货物、产权或利润

buy up

To purchase all that is available of.

全部买进：买下提供的所有东西

<习惯用语>buy time

To increase the time available for a specific purpose:

赢取时间：增加用于某一目标的可用时间：

例句：

.A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit.(G. David Wallace)

.一项适中的补偿措施为国会和政府逐渐减少赤字赢得了时间.(G.戴维·华莱士)

buy the farm【俚语】

To die, especially suddenly or violently.

死亡：死亡，常指突发性地死亡或暴死

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old English bycgan

源自 古英语 bycgan

【引伸】

buy.able

adj.（形容词）