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what's the difference between "sale" and "sell"?
Aug 23, 2010 12:14 AM
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a sale = noun (名詞)
to sell = verb (動詞)
August 23, 2010
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"Sale" can be both a noun and an adjective. "Sell" is the verb form.
Noun: "The new employee finally made a sale today"
Adjective: "This t-shirt is a sale item; it's only half-price today."
Verb: "How many t-shirts did you sell today?"
August 23, 2010
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1. 某某人(或公司或商店等等)卖某某东西, 用 sell
2. 某某东西供出售, 用 sale
3. 某某东西削价, 也用 sale
如:
我要卖掉这房子: I want to sell this house. (第1种用法)
这房子被卖掉了: This house has been sold. (第1种用法的被动态)
这房子卖吗? (意为这房子出售吗): Is this house for sale? (第2种用法)
这房子不卖: This house is not for sale. (第2种用法)
今天这些鞋削价吗? (或减价吗): Are these shoes on sale today? (第3种用法)
August 23, 2010
Definitions of sell:
(noun )
the activity of persuading someone to buy
verb
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Example: She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
persuade somebody to accept something
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Example: The brothers sell shoes
give up for a price or reward
be approved of or gain acceptance
be responsible for the sale of
SALE: Synonyms
cut-rate sale, sales event, sales agreement
Antonyms
None found.
Definitions of sale:
(noun )
a particular instance of selling
Example: they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
the general activity of selling
Example: laws limit the sale of handguns
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
Example: I got some great bargains at their annual sale
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
Example: the new line of cars will soon be on sale
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
August 23, 2010
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