buys

英 [baɪz]

美 [baɪz]

v.  买; 购买; 够支付; 买通; 收买; 贿赂
buy的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 买；购买
  If youbuysomething, you obtain it by paying money for it.
  1. He could not afford to buy a house...
     他买不起房子。
  2. They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets...
     这些现在可以在超市买到新鲜的了。
  3. Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike...
     莉齐给自己买了辆山地自行车。
  4. I'd like to buy him lunch.
     我想请他吃午饭。
• VERB 买到；能买；够买
  If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of moneybuys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money.
  1. About £35,000 buys a habitable house...
     大约花3.5万英镑就能买到一所宜居的房子。
  2. If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more.
     如果英镑升值，英国的投资家们就会向国外投资，因为这样英镑能买到更多的东西。
• VERB （争取或付出一定代价以）获得，赢得
  If youbuysomething like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return.
  1. It was a risky operation, but might buy more time...
     这是一次冒险的行动，但也许能赢得更多的时间。
  2. For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.
     对他们来说，富足是以减少在工作场所的自由为代价才获得的。
• VERB 收买；贿赂
  If you say that a person canbe bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.
  1. Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.
     一旦他表现出可以被收买，他们就会定期向他行贿。
• VERB 相信；接受
  If youbuyan idea or a theory, you believe and accept it.
  1. I'm not buying any of that nonsense.
     我才不信那些废话呢。
  2. Buy intomeans the same asbuy.
     buy into同buy
  3. I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.
     我相信那个流行的说法，当我有辆新车或者第二套房子时，我才能最终心满意足。
• N-COUNT 划算的东西；性价比高的商品
  If something is a goodbuy, it is of good quality and not very expensive.
  1. This was still a good buy even at the higher price...
     即使价格更高一些，这仍然很合算。
  2. S & G offers great buys on computer software. S & G
     公司可提供性价比很高的电脑软件。

Do not confusebuyandpay. If youbuysomething, you obtain it by paying money for it.Gary's bought a bicycle.If youpaysomeone,paythem money, orpay forsomething, you give someone money for something they are selling to you.I paid the taxi driver...I need some money to pay the window cleaner... Some people are forced to pay for their own medicines.If youpaya bill or debt, you pay the amount of money that is owed.He paid his bill and left... We were paying £50 for a single room.
不要混淆buy和pay。buy指通过付钱获得某物：Gary's bought a bicycle（加里买了一辆自行车）。pay指为购买某物付钱给某人：I paid the taxi driver（我付钱给出租车司机），I need some money to pay the window cleaner（我需要些钱付给玻璃清洁工），Some people are forced to pay for their own medicines（一些人被迫自付药费）。付账或还债用Pay：He paid his bill and left（他付完账走了），We were paying £50 for a single room（我们开一个单人间要付50英镑）。

双语例句

• Money rarely buys happiness but it can buy job satisfaction.
  金钱不一定能买到快乐，但可以买到对工作的满意。
• The company buys and sells about 600,000 barrels of oil a day.
  该公司每天买卖约60万桶石油。
• He advises that Tom and I buys the new tire.
  他劝汤姆和我买新轮胎。
• Do a post-analysis of all your buys and sells.
  对你所有的买卖做事后分析。
• Chiquita-banana CEO buys up shares of his company's stock.
  Chiquita香蕉公司的执行长购买了公司的股票。
• Mulan's brother buys a pig and a sheep for dinner.
  木兰的弟弟为了晚餐还准备了猪和羊。
• C The bridegroom buys a villa for you.
  C新郎给你买了一栋别墅。
• He buys some milk.
  他买了些牛奶。
• Her husband often buys her a lot of jewellery.
  她丈夫常给她买很多珠宝首饰。
• She buys chopsticks for her mother.
  她给她妈妈买了筷子。