sellout
['s?l,a?t]
- n. 售完；客滿的演出；背叛
英文詞源
- sellout (n.)
- also sell-out, "corrupt bargain," 1862 (in Mary Chesnut's diary), from the verbal phrase (at that time often meaning "dispose of one's interests" in a company, etc.), from sell (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "event for which all tickets have been sold" is attested from 1923. The verbal phrase sell out "prostitute one's ideals or talents" is attested from 1888.
雙語例句
- 1. A racial sellout unwilling to stand up for himself?
- 一個不愿奮起力爭、叛種族的黑人?
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- 2. Every concert of hers has been a sellout.
- 她的每次演奏會都是滿座.
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- 3. At 1.70 a ticket, a sellout would cost the players about 20, 000.
- 按一張票1.7美元計算, 如果滿座的話球員們需要為此支付大約2萬美元.
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