wholesale

wholesale

noun

1. the selling of goods to merchants
usually in large quantities for resale to consumers

verb

1. sell in large quantities

adj

1. ignoring distinctions

e.g. sweeping generalizations
wholesale destruction

Synonym: sweeping

adv

1. on a large scale without careful discrimination

e.g. I buy food wholesale

Synonym: in large quantities

2. at a wholesale price

e.g. I can sell it to you wholesale

1. 批发;趸售
Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers who then sell them to the public.

e.g. Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices...
仓储式会员店允许会员以批发价购买商品。
e.g. I am in the wholesale trade.
我做批发生意。

2. 用批发方式;以批发价
If something is sold wholesale, it is sold in large quantities and at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers.

e.g. The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers.
这些纺织品被批发给零售商、时装店和其他制造商。

3. 大规模的;大批的
You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people.

e.g. They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation...
他们只是在采取必要措施避免大规模的植被破坏。
e.g. It was wholesale slaughter of women and children.
那是对妇女和儿童的大规模屠杀。

1. 批发商：要买便宜货,畅货店(outlets)不失为一个好选择;要更好价钱,当然是到批发商(wholesale)处买. 不过,批发商必需一次过买一大批货品才有交易,所以,为了满足自己和广大读者,我试过的好东西,就会去找批发商或厂商搅共购,用读者的人数去换个好价钱,

2. 批发业：受汽车、建筑材料、机械、电子设备所造成沉重拖累,一月份本国批发业(Wholesale)萎缩3.4%;建筑业产出则下降3%,无论是民用、商用、工用建筑量都相应减少;其他方面:金融保险、交通运输、矿业产出量也出现不同程度的收缩.

3. 批发的;批发地：18.trendy 时髦的;流行的 | 20.wholesale 批发的;批发地 | 购物 shopping (2)