buy, purchase

名詞 buy:

1. an advantageous purchase
   同義詞：bargain, steal

動詞 buy:

1. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
   同義詞：purchase
2. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
   同義詞：bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms
3. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
4. accept as true
5. be worth or be capable of buying

1. It's a good buy at that price.
   這是一筆價錢合算的買賣。
2. They bought peace with their freedom.
   他們犧牲自由換取和平。
3. Money can't buy happiness.
   金錢買不來幸福。

buy

v.（動詞）
bought[bôt] buy.ing,buys
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase.See Regional Note at boughten
購買：以錢或其等價物作交換而獲??；買參見 boughten
To be capable of purchasing:
可購買到的：能夠購買得到的：
例句：
.Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won`t buy.(Ogden Nash)
.當(dāng)然，生活中有許多東西不是錢能夠買得到的.(奧格登·納什)

To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade:
換?。和ㄟ^犧牲某種代價、交換或貿(mào)易來獲?。?/br>例句：
wanted to buy love with gifts.
想用禮物獲取愛情

To bribe:
賄賂：
例句：
tried to buy a judge.
試圖賄賂法官

Slang To accept the truth or feasibility of:
【俚語】 接納，承認(rèn)：接受真實情況或現(xiàn)實性：
例句：
The officer didn`t buy my lame excuse for speeding.
那官員不接受我超速行駛的理由

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To purchase goods; act as a purchaser.
買：購買貨物；做一名購買者
To believe in a person or movement or subscribe to an idea or theory:
信任：相信某人或某運動或贊同某一觀點或理論：
例句：
couldn`t buy into that brand of conservatism.
無法認(rèn)同保守主義的作風(fēng)

n.（名詞）
Something bought or for sale; a purchase.
購買：買來的或待售的東西；一樁買賣
Informal Something that is underpriced; a bargain.
【非正式用語】 交易：價格壓低了的東西；一宗交易

<常用詞組>buy off
To bribe in order to proceed without interference or be exempted from an obligation or from prosecution.
買通：賄賂以圖不受干擾地持續(xù)進(jìn)行或免于某一責(zé)任或依法處理
buy out
To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.
買盡：買下全部貨物、產(chǎn)權(quán)或利潤
buy up
To purchase all that is available of.
全部買進(jìn)：買下提供的所有東西
<習(xí)慣用語>buy time
To increase the time available for a specific purpose:
贏取時間：增加用于某一目標(biāo)的可用時間：
例句：
.A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit.(G. David Wallace)
.一項適中的補償措施為國會和政府逐漸減少赤字贏得了時間.(G.戴維·華萊士)

buy the farm【俚語】
To die, especially suddenly or violently.
死亡：死亡，常指突發(fā)性地死亡或暴死
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English bycgan
源自 古英語 bycgan

【引伸】
buy.able
adj.（形容詞）