■ verb [VN] {formal) to support or give strength to sb/sth ‘支持；给…以力量：The sharp increase in crime seems to buttress the argument for more police officers on the street.犯罪率急剧上升似乎肯定了街上增加巡警的论点。 butty /'bAti/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 {BrE, informal) a sandwich 三日H a jam butty 果酱 ffi 包 2 (We/shf, a

friend; a person that you work with 商友；★伴 buxom /'bAksam/ adj. (of a woman 'k/T) large in an attractive way, and with large breasts .丰哀的；乳房丰 满的

buy /bai/ verb, noun m verb (bought, bought /bo:t/)

► WITH MONEY 用钱 1 〜sb sth | 〜sth (for sb) to obtain

sth by paying money for it 买；购买:.：[VNN, VN] He bought me a new coat.他给我实Tf丨牛新外套。◊价 bought a new coat/or me. 合我买了一件 # 外套。◊ [VN]

Where did you buy that dress? 连衣裙彳尔是含哪里买

的？ ◊ J bought it介om a/riemi jfbr £20. _众朋友_里花 10 英镑买来的。◊ [V] J/you’re t/unfcing 〇/getting a new car, now is a good time to buy.你要是想买辆薪车的话， 现在正是时候。◊ [VN-ADj] J bought my car secomi-hand. 叙买了 一褊二手车。.EH3 sell 2 [VN] (of money 钱)to be enough to pay for sth 够支付：He gave his children the best education that money can buy.他让孩子,们..接受 花钱能买釗的最好的教育。◊ Five pounds doesn’t buy much nowadays.如今五英镑买不到爹少东西7"。3 [VN] to persuade sb to do sth dishonest in return for money 买通； '放买 j 贿赂 bribe ： He can't be bought

(=he’s too iionest to accept mondy in this way).他是收 买不了的。

► OBTAIN 获得 4 [VN] [usually passive] to obtain sth by losing sth e丨se of great value付出极大的代价而获得： Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage. M 出了名，却牺牲了她的婚姻。

► BELIEVE 相信 5 [VN] (//i/o/rw//) to believe that sth is true, especially sth that is not very likely 相信 '(、尤指不i可 能的事）：Ybu cou〖d say you were ilZ but J don’t thmfc t/iey’d buy it (= accept tiie explanation).你可以称病，

但我想他们不会相信的。

(have) ¹ bought it {informal) to be killed, especially in an accident or a war M杀死；（尤指）忐事故中^ 生，阵亡 buy the 'farm /n/omm/) to die 死；死

fr buy time to do sth in order to delay an event, a decision, etc•拖延时间一more at best n., pig n., pup ,buy sth^'in (6r£) to buy sth in large quantities 大量购买，*iuy 'into sth 1 to buy shares in a company, especially in order to gain some control over it 购买公 司股份（尤指为取得部分控制权）之(/Vj/omw/) to believe sth, especially an idea that many other people believe in 杨从（'尤指随大溜）：She ha) never bought into the t'dea that to be attracrive you have to be thin.她从不随大 溜认为要想有魅力，就得5®身。，buy sb—'off to pay sb money, especially dishonestly, to prevent them from doing sth you do not want them to do 收买，贿赂（某 人不干某 buy sb^’out 1 tQ pay sb tor their share in a business, usually in order to get total control of it for yourself买断…的股份；买下…的全部股权一related noun BUYotfT 2 to pay money so that sb can leave an organization, especially the army, before the end of an agreed period付给补偿金，付遣散费（为使某人提前退 役、离I?、等 buy sth—‘up .to buy all or as much as possible of sth全部（或尽量）买下某物；收购： Developers are buying up all the land on the island.

商们要把岛上的全部土地都买尽了。

• noun

► STH BOUGHT 购 乂：的东西 1 a good, better，etc. ~ a thing

that is worth the money that you pay for it 合算的商 品：77iat jacket was a reaHy good buy.那件夹 i 确实 买得很划算。◊ Best buys this weefc are carrots and cabbages.这个星期最便宜的是胡萝卜和卷心菜。2 something that is bought, or that is for sale; the act of buying sth买进（或出售 > 的东西；购买r , Computer games are a popukzr buy this 这个圣诞节电脑游戏很畅销。

buyer /'baia(r)/ noun

1 a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive ( it 指昂贵商品的）买主；买务：Have you/oimd a buyer/or your house?你的房‘子找到买主了吗_ ? 一 compare PURCHASER C«Tira SELLER, VENDOR 2 a person whose job is to choose goods that will be sold in a large