指商品、门票、库存等全部卖出,没有剩余。可作及物动词短语(带宾语)或不及物动词短语(不带宾语),也常用被动语态(be sold out)。
直接描述“某物卖完了”,无需宾语。
The concert tickets sold out in an hour.(演唱会门票一小时内卖光了。)
Our new product sells out every weekend.(我们的新产品每个周末都售罄。)
强调“卖方把某物卖完”。
They sold out all the masks within a day.(他们一天内卖完了所有口罩。)
The bookstore sold out its entire stock of Harry Potter books.(书店卖光了所有《哈利·波特》的库存。)
用 be sold out 表示“某物已售罄”,强调状态。
Is the movie ticket still available? — No, it’s sold out.(电影票还有吗?——没了,卖光了。)
The limited-edition sneakers were sold out within minutes.(限量版运动鞋几分钟内就被抢光了。)
指放弃原则、信仰或朋友以获取利益(常带感情色彩,偏负面)。此时多作及物动词短语,后接“被背叛的对象”(原则、信仰、人等)。
sell out one’s principles / beliefs(出卖原则/信仰)
sell out one’s friends / team(背叛朋友/团队)
sell out to sb.(投靠某人;向某人妥协)
He sold out his own ideas just to get a promotion.(他为了升职而出卖了自己的理念。)
Don’t trust him—he’s the kind of person who would sell out his friends for money.(别信他——他是那种会为钱背叛朋友的人。)
The politician was accused of selling out to corporate interests.(这位政客被指控向企业利益妥协。)
由动词短语转化而来,作名词时:
1、 指“售罄的活动/商品”(= a fully sold-out event);
2、 指“背叛者,出卖者”(= someone who betrays their principles)。
The concert was a total sellout—no seats left.(这场演唱会完全售罄——座无虚席。)
People called him a sellout when he joined the rival company.(他加入竞争对手公司时,人们骂他是叛徒。)
含义 | 例句 |
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售罄 | The bakery’s croissants sell out daily.( bakery的可颂每天卖光。) |
卖光(及物) | We sold out all our old furniture at the garage sale.(我们在 garage sale 卖光了所有旧家具。) |
背叛 | She felt like her favorite band had sold out when they signed with a major label.(她觉得自己最爱的乐队签了大厂牌后就“变味”(背叛初心)了。) |