sell

	I sold my car to James for £800. 我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得 800 英镑。
	I sold James my car for £800. 我以 800 英镑把我的汽车卖给了詹姆斯。
	They sold the business at a profit/loss(= they gained/lost money when they sold it) . 他们把公司赢利╱亏本让出。
	We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell. 我们开了个好价钱，但他们不愿卖。

出售offer for sale

2.	[t] ~ sth 出售；售卖to offer sth for people to buy

	Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products. 多数超级市场都经销一系列有机产品。
	Do you sell stamps? 你这儿卖邮票吗？
	to sell insurance 卖保险

售出；销售be bought

3.	[t][i] 销售得…；卖出…；售价是…to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned

	The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week. 这本杂志一周售出 30 万册。
	The book sold well and was reprinted many times. 这本书销路不错，重印了好多次。
	The new design just didn't sell(= nobody bought it) . 新款式无人问津。
	The pens sell for just 50p each. 这些钢笔每支只卖 50 便士。

推动；说服persuade

4.	[i][t] 促销；推销to make people want to buy sth

	You may not like it but advertising sells. 你也许不喜欢广告，但它能促销。
	It is quality not price that sells our products. 我们的产品销路好，靠的是质量，而不是价格。

5.	[t] ~ sth/yourself (to sb) 推荐；推销；自荐；自我推销to persuade sb that sth is a good idea, service, product, etc.; to persuade sb that you are the right person for a job, position, etc.

	Now we have to try and sell the idea to management. 现在，我们必须设法说服管理层采纳这个意见。
	You really have to sell yourself at a job interview. 应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。

收受钱财╱报酬take money/reward

6.	[t] ~ yourself (to sb) 出卖自己；卖身to accept money or a reward from sb for doing sth that is against your principles

IDM

be sold on sth

(informal)

热衷于；对…极感兴趣to be very enthusiastic about sth

sell your body

出卖肉体；卖淫to have sex with sb in exchange for money

sell sb down the river

(informal)

出卖（答应要帮助的人）to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help

sell sb/yourself short

低估，轻视，小瞧（某人或自己）to not value sb/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself

sell your soul (to the devil)

出卖灵魂（或良心）to do anything, even sth bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power

— see also

1.	[sing] (informal) 让人失望的东西something that is not as good as it seemed to be

The band only played for about half an hour─it was a real sell.

乐队仅仅演奏了大约半个小时，真让人失望。