trade down

英 [treɪd daʊn] 美 [treɪd daʊn]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中较廉价的东西

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  1. PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中较廉价的东西
    If someone trades down, they sell something such as their car or house and buy a less expensive one.
    1. They are selling their five-bedroom house and trading down to a two-bedroom cottage.
      他们要把 5 居室的房子卖掉，换一所较便宜的 2 居室小屋。
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双语例句

  1. It means that properly negotiated trade agreements bring down foreign barriers and promote exports to a much greater extent than they reduce American barriers and benefit imports.
    它意味着，经过恰当谈判的贸易协定会削弱美国壁垒并促进进口，但这远不及消除外国壁垒并促进出口的益处。
  2. The dollar index, a measure of the currency relative to its major trade partners, was down 0.7 per cent.
    美元指数（衡量美元对美国主要贸易伙伴国货币汇率变化程度的指标）下降了0.7%。
  3. But despite a deadline of Wednesday for the trade down, ministers appear to be in no hurry to comply.
    但是，尽管政府规定必须在周三之前进行更话，然而，部长们似乎并不急着遵守该新的规定。
  4. Construction and relative service is one of the important categories in international service trade set down by WTO.
    建筑及有关工程服务是WTO规定的国际服务贸易重要类别。
  5. We suggested they enter a short trade when it breaks down.
    我们建议会员在该股下跌时做空。
  6. It's unusual to trade your existing car down; most people want a bigger or newer vehicle.
    真不寻常，在大部分人想要一个大的或新的车时，你却换了个低档车。
  7. After a10-year bender of gaudy dreams and Godless consumerism, Americans are starting to trade down.
    经过十年绚丽的梦，罪恶的消费闹腾一场之后美国人正开始减少消费。
  8. 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%；
  9. The trade surplus is slightly down in 2008 compared with last year, as is the use of foreign-sourced funds for investment, even as the rate of Chinese reserve accumulation has doubled.
    2008年，虽然中国外汇储备增量较去年增加了一倍，但贸易顺差却略有下降，来源于外国的投资资金也有所减少。
  10. In a recession, consumers tend to trade down to less expensive alternatives.
    在经济衰退期间，消费者往往会降低档次，选择那些不太昂贵的产品。
  11. The elderly who find themselves asset rich but income poor will be under more pressure than ever to trade down or out of the housing market to finance their later years.
    资产多、但收人低的老年人发现置换成低价房或者出售自有住房以度有生之年的压力比以前更大了。
  12. Last year 34 per cent of Russians, an 11 percentage point rise from 2008, said they intended to trade down in one or more categories of goods, meaning they would buy lower quality or lower status labels, according to the BCG study.
    波士顿咨询集团的研究显示，去年，34%的俄罗斯人（较2008年上升了11个百分点）表示他们打算降格购买一类或多类商品，意味着他们会购买较低质量或较低档次的商品。
  13. "The aim is to curb excessive growth of exports, rationalise export structure, ease trade friction and slow down sales of products that consume a lot of energy," the Ministry said.
    财政部指出，这次调整的主要目的，是为了进一步抑制外贸出口的过快增长，优化出口商品结构，减少贸易摩擦，抑制“高耗能”产品的出口。
  14. No wonder that international trade negotiations break down and agreement on the best collective response to climate change remains elusive.
    而国际贸易谈判破裂，集体应对气候变化的协议迟迟未能出台，也就不足为奇。
  15. "A smaller trade surplus may slow down the pace of a stronger yuan, but it can't prevent it," said Li Maoyu, an analyst at Changjiang Securities Co.
    贸易顺差放缓可能会降低人民币升值步伐，但不能阻止对人民币升值的要求。
  16. The UN's wildlife trade organisation has turned down Tanzania's and Zambia's requests to sell ivory, amid concern about elephant poaching.
    考虑到非法狩猎大象的问题，联合国野生动物贸易公约组织拒绝了坦桑尼亚和赞比亚出售象牙的请求。
  17. What does seem plain, however, is that the carry trade tends to break down when markets become more turbulent.
    无论如何，有一个事实相当明显，就是息差交易在市场变动剧烈时很容易崩溃。
  18. Rising unemployment could also cause some consumers to trade down to lower-priced cigarettes and also any price increases cigarette makers could take on top of the tax increase, Hong said.
    洪说，不断增加的失业率可能导致一些消费者转向较低价格的卷烟，卷烟制造商可能在税收提高的基础上提高价格。
  19. They usually start the season with better goods and then trade down.
    他们通常在旺季开始时进较好的货，然后换低档货。
  20. The 2 Feb's data showed Korean exports, a barometer of global trade, down a third from their level last January.
    2月2日的数据显示，作为全球贸易的晴雨表，韩国1月份出口同比下降三分之一。
  21. The kid-he was eighteen, by the way, and not long out of trade school-broke down and spilled his guts.
    那个小伙子顺便说一句，只有十八岁，刚从职业学校毕业不久受不住了，把一切都交代了出来。
  22. There are limits to the extent to which pensioners can borrow against the equity in their homes or trade down at a time when they need better not worse accommodation.
    当退休人员需要更好而非更糟糕的食宿条件时，他们抵押房产借贷或将其出售的能力受到限制。
  23. The technology advancement, wage increase, and the foreign trade can slow down the imbalance of capitalist economy growth and the economic crisis.
    技术进步、增加工资、对外贸易都减缓两部类生产不均衡，延缓经济危机发生。
  24. Top spots are suffering as expense accounts dry up and customers trade down.
    随着报销单上金额的缩水和顾客们偏向低价选择，顶级饭店正陷入痛苦之中。
  25. The great many of deficits worsen the situation of the domestic and foreign trade and cut down the demands to the products and services of GuangXi seriously.
    再如巨大对内贸逆差恶化了内外贸易状况，严重降低了对广西产品和服务的总需求。
  26. The costs of the international trade will be cut down.
    两国的国际贸易成本将大大节省；
  27. Meanwhile, the new protectionism has protected the less advanced industries, sharpened the trade conflicts and clamped down on the development of world economy and trade.
    新保护主义保护了落后行业，加剧了贸易摩擦，钳制了世界经济贸易的发展。
  28. After Koizumi resigned, the pace of bilateral trade gradually slowed down.
    小泉下台后，双边贸易的增长速度在逐步放缓。
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