trade down

英 [treɪd daʊn]

美 [treɪd daʊn]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中较廉价的东西

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中较廉价的东西
  If someonetrades down, they sell something such as their car or house and buy a less expensive one.
  1. They are selling their five-bedroom house and trading down to a two-bedroom cottage.
     他们要把 5 居室的房子卖掉，换一所较便宜的 2 居室小屋。

双语例句

• The great many of deficits worsen the situation of the domestic and foreign trade and cut down the demands to the products and services of GuangXi seriously.
  再如巨大对内贸逆差恶化了内外贸易状况，严重降低了对广西产品和服务的总需求。
• The costs of the international trade will be cut down.
  两国的国际贸易成本将大大节省；
• In a recession, consumers tend to trade down to less expensive alternatives.
  在经济衰退期间，消费者往往会降低档次，选择那些不太昂贵的产品。
• But despite a deadline of Wednesday for the trade down, ministers appear to be in no hurry to comply.
  但是，尽管政府规定必须在周三之前进行更话，然而，部长们似乎并不急着遵守该新的规定。
• We suggested they enter a short trade when it breaks down.
  我们建议会员在该股下跌时做空。
• Of this total, the export of general trade was down by 4.8 percent, and that of manufacturing trade was up 4.9 percent.
  其中一般贸易出口下降4.8%，加工贸易出口增长4.9%；
• They usually start the season with better goods and then trade down.
  他们通常在旺季开始时进较好的货，然后换低档货。
• Construction and relative service is one of the important categories in international service trade set down by WTO.
  建筑及有关工程服务是WTO规定的国际服务贸易重要类别。
• There are limits to the extent to which pensioners can borrow against the equity in their homes or trade down at a time when they need better not worse accommodation.
  当退休人员需要更好而非更糟糕的食宿条件时，他们抵押房产借贷或将其出售的能力受到限制。
• The kid-he was eighteen, by the way, and not long out of trade school-broke down and spilled his guts.
  那个小伙子顺便说一句，只有十八岁，刚从职业学校毕业不久受不住了，把一切都交代了出来。