trade up

英 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

美 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中更贵的东西

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中更贵的东西
  If someonetrades up, they sell something such as their car or their house and buy a more expensive one.
  1. Mini-car owners are trading up to 'real' cars...
     迷你车车主们正变卖旧车换进“真正的”汽车。
  2. Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.
     私房主会感到更安心，可能愿意变卖旧房购买更贵的房子。

双语例句

• China's foreign trade makes up a very small portion of the world's total.
  现在中国对外贸易额占世界贸易额的比例很小。
• Both overall economic growth and trade picked up at first slowly, and then back to the pace of the 1990s boom years.
  整体经济增长和贸易都出现回升起初步伐缓慢，随后便恢复到上世纪90年代繁荣时期的水平。
• Jane has no common with her sister on avocation. Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
  就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。同行业之间互通有无，调剂余缺，事情就好办得多了。
• 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%；
• Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
  同行业之间互通有无，调剂余缺，事情就好办得多了。
• He cited a study by the Swedish board of trade that up to 80 per cent of the value added in production of shoes took place in Europe, where they are designed and marketed.
  他援引瑞典贸易署（SwedishBoardofTrade）一项研究表示，鞋业生产中高达80%的附加值是在欧洲创造的，欧洲是鞋的设计方与销售市场。
• If trade looks up we may be able to have the shop painted next year.
  假如生意景况有所改善的话，明年我们就能够将店铺重新漆一次了。
• Here the certainty has been that the property market goes up, trade goes up and horses race on Wednesdays and Sundays.
  这里说的稳定，是指楼市上涨，交易畅旺，每周三和周日照常举行骞马。
• The homeowner wants to trade up.
  房主想把旧屋折价换新房子。
• If you're doing a snail mail survey, trade up a bit: Anything that distinguishes the survey from direct marketing will increase your success rate.
  如果你在做一个平信调查，贸易平信了一点：什么区别调查从直接营销将增加你的成功率。