「 buy 」中文意思除了購買的基本定義,你知道還有什麼其他意思或用法嗎?
以金錢收買某人,換取協議
ex. The judges have been bought.
這法官已被收買。
ex. The scandal stated that the Parliament representatives had been bought by an electric company.
這則醜聞聲明了議會代表被電子公司收買。
to believe 相信
ex. I don’t buy that for a second.
我不相信那一秒鐘發生的事。
ex. They’re never gonna buy your story about getting lost on the way to the airport.
他們從未相信你在機場途中迷路的故事。
ex. Don’t buy into her lies.
不要相信她的謊言。
to buy time 拖延 延遲
ex. I called in sick today and bought myself some time to finish the project.
我今天請病假,藉以拖延時間去完成計畫。
ex. He’s just buying time and waiting for the company to make a decision.
他就是在拖延時間,等待公司作出決定。
to buy out 收購 ;自……購買
ex. Company A was bought out by Company B last year.
A公司去年被B公司收購。
to buy the farm = to die 死亡
ex. If you keep riding that motorcycle, you’re gonna buy the farm.
如果你繼續騎那臺摩託車,你將會逝去。
ex. The old man bought the farm last week.
這老人上禮拜去世。
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