buy
verb uk/baɪ/ us/baɪ/ bought | bought
(PAY FOR)
A1 [ I or T ]买，购买
to get something by paying money for it
Eventually she had saved enough money to buy a small car. 她最终存够了买一辆小汽车的钱。
[ + two objects ] He bought his mother some flowers/He bought some flowers for his mother. 他给母亲买了些花。
There are more people buying at this time of the year so prices are high. 这个季节购物的人比较多，所以价格高。
The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of investors. 成立该公司为的是代表投资者买卖股票。
I bought my camera from a friend of mine. 我的相机是从一个朋友处买的。
Synonyms: acquirepick something up (BUY)purchase snap something up
buy someone's silence （做某事或付款以）封住…的嘴
to pay someone or do something for someone, so that that person does not tell anyone something that they know about and that you want to remain secret
What will we have to do to buy her silence? 为了封住她的嘴我们该怎么办？
He was effectively trying to buy my silence.
It was generally thought that the job offer was part of an attempt to placate her and buy her silence.
She was accused of making a payment of $2.1 million to buy the silence of a witness.
So was this sum of money given in compensation or was it an attempt to buy his silence?
- More examples
- I'll buy some paperbacks at the airport.
- We stopped at some nearby shops to buy some food.
- They took out a £40,000 mortgage to buy the house.
- I bought a cheese roll for lunch.
- She buys all the latest fashion magazines.
(BELIEVE)
[ T ] informal相信
to believe that something is true
She'll never buy that story about you getting lost! 她决不会相信你迷路的谎话！
Idioms
buy the farmidiom US informal 死亡
to die
If you crash at 60 mph, the odds are you'll buy the farm. 如果你以60英里/小时的速度撞车，死亡的几率很大。
buy timeidiom 赢得时间;拖延时间
to do something in order to be allowed more time
He tried to buy time by saying he hadn't been well. 他试图以身体不适为借口来拖延时间。
someone has bought itidiom slang 被杀，丧生
used to say that someone has been killed
"Marvin's bought it!" screamed the sergeant. “马文被杀了！”中士大叫道。
Phrasal verbs
buy something in 提前大宗买进
to buy something for future use and not because you need it now
We bought in lots of tinned food in case of heavy snow. 我们买了许多罐装食品以备大雪时用。
buy into something disapproving完全相信
to completely believe in a set of ideas
I don't buy into all that New Age stuff. 我根本不相信那些什么新思潮。
买进（某公司的一部分）以实现对其的控制权
to buy a part of a business in order to have some control over it
McDowell was trying to buy into the newspaper business. 麦克道尔在试图通过收购方式进入报业。
buy someone off 买通，贿赂
to pay someone so that they do not cause you any trouble
They tried to buy the guard at the bank off but he told the police and the gang was arrested. 那伙人试图买通银行的保安，但保安报了警，于是他们都被抓了起来。
buy someone out 买断（…的）股份（或产权）
to buy a part of a company or building from someone else so that you own all of it
Allied Chemicals have been trying to buy out their competitor's share in the target company. 联合化工公司一直在试图买下其竞争对手在他们想要收购的公司的股份。
buy yourself out 出钱以获准提前退役
If you buy yourself out of the armed forces, you pay an amount of money so that you can leave earlier than you had previously agreed to.
buy something up 大量买进；全数买进
To buy something up is to buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
He bought up all the land in the surrounding area. 他买下了周围地区的全部土地。
buy
noun uk/baɪ/ us/baɪ/
a good/bad buy （买卖）合算／不合算
to be worth/not be worth the price
This jacket is a really good buy, at £200. 这件夹克真合算，才200英镑。
A classic blue blazer is always a good buy as it never goes out of fashion.
Linen and cotton goods are generally a good buy, but avoid the fake labels as the quality is usually fairly poor.
Remember that you're paying for quality and that's never a bad buy.
My first house was a bad buy in every respect.
In your opinion, which of these shares is the better buy?