obtain sth by giving money
obtain sth by sacrifice
sth bought
a good buy, is a useful purchase or a bargain
"she got a bargain at the auction"
"the stock was a real buy at that price"
"The family purchased a new car"
"The conglomerate acquired a new company"
"She buys for the big department store"
"This judge can be bought"
"This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
"She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
"I can't buy this story"
He's gone into Smithfield to buy your worship a horse.
出自:2 Henry IV , Shakespeare
Water grew scarce, water was to be bought, five cents, ten cents, fifteen cents a gallon.
出自: J. Steinbeck
他将把自己的财产买回来。
I've bought the car back I sold last week.
我把上星期卖掉的车又买了回来。
The company is usually prepared to buy the house back when you leave.
当你离开时,公司会把房子从你手上买回来。
He changed his mind about moving, but was unable to buy the house back.
他改变了搬家的主意,但没能把自己的房子买回来。
She sold her house and bought it back again later.
她把房子卖了,后来又买了回来。
They bought the cottage back at the original price.
他们以原价买回了这幢小别墅。
当价格便宜时他买进。 buy sth ⇔ in
Many farmers buy in ewes in autumn.
许多牧场主在秋天大批买进母羊。
We have bought in an extra supply of coal for the cold winter.
我们多购进了些煤以渡寒冬。
They bought in as much food as would last the winter.
他们买进足够一个冬天吃的食品。
Have you bought in enough bread for the weekend?
你买了足够的面包过周末了吗?
We have bought in large stocks of this material.
我们购进了一大批这种材料。
We bought in plenty of coal before the strike started.
我们在罢工开始前买进了大量的煤。
We must make sure to buy sugar in before the price rises again.
我们必须在糖再次涨价之前多买些备用。 buy sth ⇔ in
An auctioneer, at the moment of non-sale, should be required to state plainly to his audience that an item has been bought in.
遇到无销路时,拍卖人必须向观众明确表示他已经买回自己送去的拍卖品。
The painting failed to reach its agreed price, and was bought in at $68000.
拍卖时,那张画没有达到议定的价格,结果它以68000美元的价格被物主自己买回。 buy in
The company seems to be doing so well that I would like to buy in.
这家公司看起来生意兴隆,我愿意入股。
He will buy in as a partner.
他将入股成为股东。 buy oneself/sth in
Buying yourself in is the only way to get a vote in the company's future.
花钱买个股东资格是将来在公司里取得选票的唯一途径。
If you want to become a partner in the firm, you will have to buy your way in.
你要想做该公司的合伙人,你必须出钱。
他把可能检举他的人收买了。
The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.
那坏蛋的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
The gambler bought off the police and thus was able to operate freely.
赌徒贿赂了警察,于是可以毫无顾忌地赌博。
I don't like the way they are trying to buy me off— there must be something suspicious going on.
我不喜欢他们用钱那样疏通我——一定会引起人们怀疑。
It would be cheaper to buy the competitors off, rather than run the risk of losing all our business.
出钱疏通竞争对手,比拼着把我们的生意全部输光更合算。
The thief tried to buy the policeman off, but he did not succeed.
小偷试图收买警察,但没有成功。
His sister threatened to tell the police, so he had to buy her off.
他姐姐威胁要报警,于是,他只好花钱收买她。
He was quite mistaken if he thought he could buy me off.
如果他以为他可以收买我,那他就大错特错了。
There was only one opponent to their plan and they bought him off.
只有一个人反对他们的计划,于是他们就把他收买了。
Unless he drops the charge, we'll have to buy him off.
他若不撤销指控,我们就得收买他。
The blackmailer will have to be bought off, or he'll ruin your good name.
得花些钱疏通那个敲诈者,否则他会毁坏你的声誉。
They all refused to be bought off to do anything they ought not to do.
他们都拒绝被收买去做任何自己不该做的事。
The only person who they thought would contest the legality of the will was bought off by the beneficiaries.
他们认为唯一会反对遗嘱的合法性的人已被受益人所收买。
你可以赊购这些家具。
We bought the dishwasher on credit.
那台洗碗机是我们赊购的。
他们已将现有的土地全部买下。
A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.
一家信贷公司出价全部买下了这家公司。
He bought up a bankrupt textile company.
他买下一家破了产的纺织公司。
The company bought up all the other cinemas and so became free of competition.
那家公司买下了其他各家电影院,清除了竞争者。
Housewives, afraid of running short, have bought up all the sugar in the shops.
由于害怕糖供应紧张,家庭妇女把商店里的糖抢购一空。
The food monopolies bought up the small farmers' products at pressed prices.
食品垄断商以低价格大量收购小农场主的农产品。
The government bought up the whole domestic rubber crop.
政府买进国产的全部橡胶。
The state bought up all the cotton from the farmers.
国家从农民手中买下了全部棉花。
He bought up all the spare building land in the district and can now charge what he wants for it.
他把这个地区的所有的闲置建筑地全部买下了,现在他可以随心所欲地要价了。
All the new rice transplanters were quickly bought up the day they were offered for sale.
所有的新水稻插秧机在上市当天就很快被买光了。
All supplies of this material have been bought up by the chemical industry— there's none available to private householders.
这种原料的存货全部被化学工业部门收购了,无货供应私家独户。
The price of coal is advancing, for all the coal in market has been bought up by speculators.
煤价正在上涨,因为市场上所有的煤已被投机商人所囤积。
All the apples in the shop have been bought up by that woman.
店里所有的苹果都被那位妇女买去了。
误 I have bought the bike for years.
正 I bought the bike years ago.
正 I've had the bike for years.
析 buy是非延续性动词,在肯定句中不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。
误 I'll buy this one.
正 I'll take this one.
析 在商店里说“买这件”时,习惯用take而不用buy。
误 They used to go out to buy things on Sunday.
正 They used to go out shopping on Sunday.
析 “去买东西”习惯说go shopping,不说go to buy things。
误 He bought these books at 30 yuan .
正 He bought these books for 30 yuan .
析 表示“购买…一共花掉多少钱”时应该用介词for,而用介词at则表示“所购货物中每件的单价”。
误 The boy was kidnapped, but his rich father was able to buy him out.
正 The boy was kidnapped, but his rich father was able to buy him off.
析 buy out只表示“用钱使某人免去…”,而要表示“出钱疏通或行贿”,则应用buy off。
误 He bought a bicycle to me.
正 He bought a bicycle for me.
析 buy接双宾语时,其间接宾语只能转化成介词for的宾语,而不能转化为介词to的宾语。