| 词汇 | buy |
| 释义 | buy Theme: BELIEF tr. to believe something.Nobody'll buy that story.It sounds good to me, but will your wife buy it? Theme: COMMERCE n. a purchase.Man, this is a great buy.What a buy, two for the price of one. buy 1. noun 1 a purchase of illicit merchandise, especially drugs US, 1906. 2 a purchase AUSTRALIA, 1987 2. verb 1 to gamble on a result higher than the bookmaker's favoured spread UK, 2001. 2 to accept a fiction as truth UK, 2000. 3 in poker, to draw a card or cards after the initial deal US, 1967.► buy a homesteadto be thrown from your horse CANADA, 1987.► buy a potin poker, to win a hand by betting so excessively as to drive all other players from the hand US, 1963.► buy a pupto be the victim of a swindle UK, 1996.► buy a suitto kill someone. Referring to funeral attire US, 1997.► buy an orchardin trucking, to drive off the road into trees or brush US, 1971.► buy some new shoesto flee while released from custody on bail US, 1949.► buy someone a suitto bribe someone US, 1984.► buy the dickto die US, 1971.► buy the farmto die US, 1958.► buy the rackin horse racing, to bet on every possible combination of winners in a Daily Double bet US, 1947.► buy the ranchto die. A primary euphemism used by US soldiers in Vietnam US, 1976 buy in 1. buy in sth • buy sth in BrE to buy a large amount of something, especially food or drink, because you may need a lot for a special occasion or it may become difficult to obtain: We'd better buy in some more beer for the party. People are buying in stocks of food for the winter.2. buy in sth • buy sth in • buy in BrE to pay someone else to do or produce something rather than doing it yourself: They don't actually make computers - they just buy in components and assemble them. More and more women are going out to work and buying in domestic help. buy into 1. buy into sth informal to completely accept an idea or belief and allow it to influence you: At around fourteen, a lot of boys buy into the idea that they are failures. You don't have to buy into the "If you have a bigger house, you have a better life," theory.2. buy into sth to buy part of a business or organization, especially because you want to control it: British Airways' plans to buy into United Airlines have ended in failure. American car makers wanted to buy into Japanese firms. buy off buy off sb • buy sb off to pay someone money or give them something that they want, in order to stop them causing trouble or threatening you: In the US employers tried to buy off the unions by offering them higher and higher wage settlements. Chamberlain and Daladier believed they could buy Hitler off by letting him have Austria and Czechoslovakia. buy out 1. buy out sb/sth • buy sb/sth out to buy someone's share of a business or property that you previously owned together, so that you own all of it: In 1965, ICI bought out Courtaulds' share of BNS, and set up ICI Fibres. After the war, he bought out his brother Bill's interest in the machine shop.buyout n C when a group of people join together to buy a company, especially one they used to work for or managea management buyout The company is threatening to close the mine, but there are rumours of a management buyout.2. buy out sb • buy sb out to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army, or a sports team, before their contract has finished: The first time he joined the army, his parents bought him out, and then he went and signed on again!+of The club wants to buy him out of his current contract with Inter Milan. buy up buy up sth • buy sth up to quickly buy as much as you can of something, especially because there is not a lot available, or because you think you can make money from it: People are buying up stocks of food in case the storm hits their area. Developers have been buying up villas on the island in anticipation of a tourist boom. buy something (from someone) (for something)to purchase something from someone at a particular price, or for a particular type of payment, such as for cash, for practically nothing, etc. I bought the car from Mark for a reasonable price. I bought it for a reasonable price from Mark. buy somethingFig. to believe something someone says; to accept something to be a fact. It may be true, but I don't buy it. I just don't buy the idea that you can swim that far. buy1. n. a purchase. Man, this is a great buy. 2. tv. to believe something. It sounds good to me, but will your wife buy it?
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