trade down

英 [treɪd daʊn]

美 [treɪd daʊn]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中较廉价的东西

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中较廉价的东西
  If someonetrades 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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%；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。