We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market .
我們在市場上購買水果和蔬菜。
買東西是不是第一反應就是buy呢？
1. in the market for 想買，積極物色
interested in buying sth
People are always in the market for something new and different.
人們總想買點新奇的且與眾不同的東西。
If you're in the market for a new radio, you'll see that the latest models are verydifferent.
如果你打算買一台新收音機，你會發現最新型號的收音機變化非常大。
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I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.
我現在還不想買新車。
on the market
出售；上市；有現貨供應
available for people to buy
to put your house on the market
出售房屋
The house came on the market last year.
這棟房屋去年就上市了。
There are hundreds of different brands on the market.
有數百種不同的品牌供應。
be marketed 被出售
Touch-tone telephones have been marketed in America since 1963.
按鍵式電話從1963年起就開始在美國銷售。
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2.sell sth (to sb) (at/for sth) | sell sb sth (at/for sth)
出讓；轉讓 ；賣給
I sold my car to James for £800.
我把我的汽車轉讓給了詹姆斯，獲得800英鎊。
I sold James my car for £800.
我以800英鎊把我的汽車賣給了詹姆斯。
They sold the business at a profit/loss. 他們把公司讓出贏利 / 虧本讓出。
The company eventually sold out to a multinational media group.
公司最終賣給了一個跨國傳媒集團。
We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.
我們開了個好價錢，但他們不願賣。
Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.
多數超級市場都經銷一系列有機產品。
Do you sell stamps?
你這兒賣郵票嗎？
to sell insurance
賣保險
The pens sell for just 50p each.
這些鋼筆每支只賣50便士。
The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.
這份雜誌一周售出30萬冊。
sell sth/yourself (to sb)
推薦；推銷；自薦；自我推銷
Now we have to try and sell the idea to management.
現在，我們必須設法說服管理層採納這個意見。
You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.
應聘面試的時候，你真得推銷你自己。
注意：
sell someone on 以……說服某人
She sold me on her idea. I think it will work.
她用她的看法說服了我，我想那行得通。
sell your body
出賣肉體；賣春
sell your soul (to the devil)
出賣靈魂（或良心）
sell sb/yourself short
低估，輕視，小瞧（某人或自己）
sell sb down the river
出賣（答應要幫助的人）
to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help
【詞源】From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. 源自美國密西西比河沿岸種植園之間的奴隸買賣。惹麻煩的奴隸可能被主人賣到下游條件更為惡劣的種植園裡。
be sold on sth
熱衷於；對…極感興趣
to be very enthusiastic about sth
You know, I wasn't sold on this trip in the beginning.
你知道，剛開始我並不同意來參加這次旅行。
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We were really sold on the idea.
我們真的很中意這個主意。