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[VERB 动词]买;购买 If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
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  • He could not afford to buy a house...

    他买不起房子。

  • They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets...

    这些现在可以在超市买到新鲜的了。

  • Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike...

    莉齐给自己买了辆山地自行车。

  • I'd like to buy him lunch.

    我想请他吃午饭。

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[VERB 动词]买到;能买;够买 If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money.
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  • About £35,000 buys a habitable house...

    大约花3.5万英镑就能买到一所宜居的房子。

  • If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more.

    如果英镑升值,英国的投资家们就会向国外投资,因为这样英镑能买到更多的东西。

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[VERB 动词](争取或付出一定代价以)获得,赢得 If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return.
  [V n]
  • It was a risky operation, but might buy more time...

    这是一次冒险的行动,但也许能赢得更多的时间。

  • For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.

    对他们来说,富足是以减少在工作场所的自由为代价才获得的。

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[VERB 动词]收买;贿赂 If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.
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  [usu passive]
  [disapproval]
  • Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.

    一旦他表现出可以被收买,他们就会定期向他行贿。

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[VERB 动词]相信;接受 If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it.
  [V n]
  [V P n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I'm not buying any of that nonsense.

    我才不信那些废话呢。

  • Buy into means the same as buy .buy into同buy
    • I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.

      我相信那个流行的说法,当我有辆新车或者第二套房子时,我才能最终心满意足。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]划算的东西;性价比高的商品 If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive.
  [supp N]
  • This was still a good buy even at the higher price...

    即使价格更高一些,这仍然很合算。

  • S &; G offers great buys on computer software. S &; G

    公司可提供性价比很高的电脑软件。

Usage Note :

Do not confuse buy and pay. If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. Gary's bought a bicycle. If you pay someone, pay them money, or pay for something, you give someone money for something they are selling to you. I paid the taxi driver...I need some money to pay the window cleaner... Some people are forced to pay for their own medicines. If you pay a bill or debt, you pay the amount of money that is owed. He paid his bill and left... We were paying £50 for a single room.

不要混淆buy和pay。buy指通过付钱获得某物:Gary's bought a bicycle(加里买了一辆自行车)。pay指为购买某物付钱给某人:I paid the taxi driver(我付钱给出租车司机),I need some money to pay the window cleaner(我需要些钱付给玻璃清洁工),Some people are forced to pay for their own medicines(一些人被迫自付药费)。付账或还债用Pay:He paid his bill and left(他付完账走了),We were paying £50 for a single room(我们开一个单人间要付50英镑)。

相关词组:
buy into
buy off
buy out
buy up

Oxford buy / baɪ ; NAmE baɪ /
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buy buys bought buying
verb ( bought , bought / bɔːt ; NAmE bɔːt / ) with money 用钱 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to obtain sth by paying money for it 买;购买 buy(sth) Where did you buy that dress? 那件连衣裙你是在哪里买的? If you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy. 你要是想买辆新车的话,现在正是时候。 buysth from sb I bought it from a friend for £10. 我从朋友那里花 10 英镑买来的。 buysb sth He bought me a new coat. 他给我买了一件新外套。 buysth for sb He bought a new coat for me. 他给我买了一件新外套。 buysth + adj. I bought my car second-hand. 我买了一辆二手车。 OPP
sell
2 [transitive ] buysth (of money ) to be enough to pay for sth 够支付 He gave his children the best education that money can buy. 他让孩子们接受花钱能买到的最好的教育。 Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays. 如今五英镑买不到多少东西了。 3 [transitive ] buysb to persuade sb to do sth dishonest in return for money 买通;收买;贿赂 SYN
bribe
He can't be bought (= he's too honest to accept money in this way). 他是收买不了的。
obtain 获得 4 [transitive ,  usually passive ] buysth to obtain sth by losing sth else of great value 以…为代价 Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage. 她出了名,却牺牲了她的婚姻。 believe 相信 5 [transitive ] buysth ( informal) to believe that sth is true, especially sth that is not very likely 相信(尤指不大可能的事) You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd buy it (= accept the explanation). 你可以称病,但我想他们不会相信的。 IDIOMS (have) ˈbought it ( informal) to be killed, especially in an accident or a war 被杀死;(尤指)在事故中丧生,阵亡 buy the ˈfarm ( NAmE) ( informal) to die 死;死亡 buy ˈtime to do sth in order to delay an event, a decision, etc. 拖延时间 more at
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PHRASAL VERBS ˌbuy sth↔ˈin ( BrE) to buy sth in large quantities 大量购买 ˌbuy ˈinto sth 1 to buy shares in a company, especially in order to gain some control over it 购买公司股份(尤指为取得部份控制权) 2 ( informal) to believe sth, especially an idea that many other people believe in 信从(尤指随大溜) She had never bought into the idea that to be attractive you have to be thin. 她从不随大溜认为要想有魅力,就得瘦身。 related noun
buy-in
ˌbuy sb↔ˈoff to pay sb money, especially dishonestly, to prevent them from doing sth you do not want them to do 收买,贿赂(某人不干某事) ˌbuy sb↔ˈout 1 to pay sb for their share in a business, usually in order to get total control of it for yourself 买断…的股份;买下…的全部股权 related noun
buyout
2 to pay money so that sb can leave an organization, especially the army, before the end of an agreed period 付给补偿金,付遣散费(为使某人提前退役、离职等)
ˌbuy sth↔ˈup to buy all or as much as possible of sth 全部(或尽量)买下某物;收购 Developers are buying up all the land on the island. 开发商们正在收购岛上的全部土地。
noun sth bought 购买的东西 1 a good, better, etc. ~ a thing that is worth the money that you pay for it 合算的商品 That jacket was a really good buy. 那件夹克确实买得很划算。 Best buys this week are carrots and cabbages. 这个星期最便宜的是胡萝卜和卷心菜。 2 something that is bought or that is for sale; the act of buying sth 买进(或出售)的东西;购买 Computer games are a popular buy this Christmas. 这个圣诞节电脑游戏很畅销。 buy / baɪ ; NAmE baɪ / bought / bɔːt ; NAmE bɔːt /
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buybuy1 /baɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle bought /bɔːt $ bɒːt/)
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1a)[intransitive, transitive] to get something by paying money for it OPP  sell:  Where did you buy that dress? Ricky showed her the painting he’d bought that morning.buy somebody something Let me buy you a drink.buy something for somebody/something The money will be used to buy equipment for the school.buy (something) from somebody It’s cheaper to buy direct from the manufacturer.buy something for $10/£200 etc Dan bought the car for $2,000. It’s much cheaper to buy in bulk (=buy large quantities of something). b)[transitive] if a sum of money buys something, it is enough to pay for it:  $50 doesn’t buy much these days.buy somebody something $15 should buy us a pizza and a drink.2buy (somebody) time to deliberately make more time for yourself to do something, for example by delaying a decision:  ‘Can we talk about it later?’ he said, trying to buy a little more time.3[transitive] informal to believe something that someone tells you, especially when it is not likely to be true:  ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘He’ll never buy that.’4[transitive] informal to pay money to someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in order to persuade them to do something dishonest SYN  bribe:  People say the judge had been bought by the Mafia.5buy something at the cost/expense/price of something to get something that you want, but only by losing something else:  The town has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of its character.6somebody bought it old-fashioned informal someone was killed7buy off-plan if you buy property off-plan, you buy a house, flat etc that is just starting to be built, with an arrangement to pay part of the cost of the property at that time and the balance when the property is finishedTHESAURUSbuy to pay money for something so that you can own it: · I’ve just bought a new car.· The painting was bought by a museum in New York.purchase formal to buy something, especially something large or expensive, in a business deal or by a legal contract: · They purchased 5,000 acres of land.acquire formal to become the owner of something large or expensive such as property, a company, or a valuable object: · In 2007 the business was acquired by a Dutch company.· Television companies were then allowed to acquire more stations.get especially spoken to buy something, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your house: · Did you remember to get some bread?· I never know what to get Dad for his birthday.snap something up informal to buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap, or because you want it very much and you are worried that someone else might buy it first: · Real estate in the area is being snapped up by developers.pick something up informal to buy something, especially something ordinary such as food or a newspaper, or something that you have found by chance and are pleased about owning: · Could you pick up some milk on your way home?· It’s just a little thing I picked up when I was in Kathmandu.stock up to buy a lot of something you use regularly, because you may not be able to buy it later, or because you are planning to use more of it than usual: · The supermarkets are full of people stocking up for the New Year’s holiday.· We always stock up on cheap wine when we go to France.· Before the blizzard, we stocked up on food.splash out British English informal, splurge American English informal to buy something you would not usually buy, because it is too expensive, in order to celebrate an event or make yourself feel good: · Why don’t you splash out on a new dress for the party?· We splurged on an expensive hotel for the last night of the vacation.buy something ↔ in phrasal verb to buy something in large quantities:  Companies are buying in supplies of paper, in case the price goes up.buy into something phrasal verb1informal to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you:  I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.2to buy part of a business or organization, especially because you want to control it:  Investors were invited to buy into state-owned enterprises.buy somebody ↔ off phrasal verb to pay someone money to stop them causing trouble or threatening you SYN  bribebuy out phrasal verb1 buy somebody/something ↔ out to buy someone’s share of a business or property that you previously owned together, so that you have complete control
buyout
2buy somebody out of something to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army before their contract has ended
buy something ↔ up phrasal verb to quickly buy as much of something as possible, for example land, tickets, or goods:  Much of the land was bought up by property developers.
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1something that is worth buying, because it is cheap, good quality, or likely to gain in valuea good/excellent etc buy The wine is a good buy at $6.50. It’s worth shopping around for the best buy (=what you want at the lowest price).2informal an act of buying something, especially something illegal SYN  deal
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[baɪ]bought, buying, buys

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bought[81279] buying[29024] buys[6766]
买(83%),购买(14%),收买(1%),获得(1%),便宜货(1%)
n.购买,买卖;所购的物品
vi.买,采购
vt.购买;获得;贿赂
n.(Buy)人名;(法)比伊

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