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sellout

['sɛl,aʊt]

解释

n. 售完；客满的演出；背叛

※ 提供单词"sellout"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. A racial sellout unwilling to stand up for himself?: 一个不愿奋起力争、叛种族的黑人?

2. Every concert of hers has been a sellout.: 她的每次演奏会都是满座.

3. At 1.70 a ticket, a sellout would cost the players about 20, 000.: 按一张票1.7美元计算, 如果满座的话球员们需要为此支付大约2万美元.