1. 批發(fā);躉售 Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers who then sell them to the public.
e.g. Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices... 倉儲式會(huì )員店允許會(huì )員以批發(fā)價(jià)購買(mǎi)商品。 e.g. I am in the wholesale trade. 我做批發(fā)生意。
2. 用批發(fā)方式;以批發(fā)價(jià) If something is sold wholesale, it is sold in large quantities and at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers.
e.g. The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers. 這些紡織品被批發(fā)給零售商、時(shí)裝店和其他制造商。
3. 大規模的;大批的 You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people.
e.g. They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation... 他們只是在采取必要措施避免大規模的植被破壞。 e.g. It was wholesale slaughter of women and children. 那是對婦女和兒童的大規模屠殺。
wholesale英英釋義
wholesale
noun
1. the selling of goods to merchants usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
verb
1. sell in large quantities
adj
1. ignoring distinctions
e.g. sweeping generalizations wholesale destruction
Synonym: sweeping
adv
1. on a large scale without careful discrimination