buy

1. V-T If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. 購買

He could not afford to buy a house. 他買不起房子。

Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike. 莉齊給自己買了一輛山地自行車。

2. V-T If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money. 買得到

About $70,000 buys a habitable house. 大約七萬美元才買得到一棟適合居住的房子。

3. V-T If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return. 換取

It was a risky operation, but might buy more time. 這是一項冒險的舉動，但也許能換得更多的時間。

4. V-T If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money. 收買[usu passive] [表不滿]

Any number of our military and government officials can be bought. 我們的軍官和政府官員中有許多可以被收買。

5. V-T If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it. 相信[非正式]

I'm not buying any of that nonsense. 我一點也不相信那些廢話。

6. PHRASAL VERB Buy into means the same as . 相信

I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy. 我相信了這種大眾神話，以為只要買上新車或再買棟房子就會最終幸福起來。

7. N-COUNT If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive. 買得合算的東西

This was still a good buy even at the higher price. 即便價格再高些，這仍買得合算。