关键词：

　　双11怎么说？

　　Double 11: 双11

　　读音是：

　　Double eleven

　　Is your shopping cart full? 大家的购物车都满了吧？

　　Your mind is full of "buy, buy, buy": 脑子里也都是“买买买”

　　So many great idioms and slangs with the word:

　　BUY!

　　#1.I don't buy it!

　　I don't buy it；I am not buying it: 我不相信

　　You don't believe in something: 意思是不相信一件事

　　Skeptical: 很怀疑

　　怎么用？

　　I don't buy this whole Double 11 thing: 我对双11这件事很怀疑

　　I'm a big movie star in Canada: 我在加拿大是电影明星

　　I don't buy it/I'm not buying it: 我才不信呢

　　#2.Buy-in

　　Buy-in (名词)：支持

　　To buy into something (动词): 支持

　　It means to get someone's support: 意思是获得支持

　　怎么用？

　　We need to get corporate/management buy-in: 要有管理层支持

　　To get the boss's buy-in: 要得到老板的支持

　　To buy into a company: 投资入股一个公司

　　#3.Buy-off

　　To buy someone off: 买通别人

　　To bribe them: 贿赂

　　#4.Buy your way in

　　Buy your way in: 走后门、花钱进去

　　Going in the backdoor: 走后门

　　怎么用？

　　To buy your way into college: 花钱走后门进大学

　　He bought his way in: 他是花钱走后门进来的

　　She bought her way in: 她是花钱走后门进来的

　　#5.Buy you a drink

　　Can I buy you a drink? 能请你喝杯东西吗？

　　Doesn't have to be romantic: 不一定是浪漫关系或者搭讪

　　It can be very innocent: 可以很单纯

　　It's useful in social networking situations: 社交场合很实用

　　怎么用？

　　You just met someone, you'd like to keep talking to them: 比如刚认识一个人，想多聊几句

　　“Can I buy you a drink? ” 我能请你喝一杯吗？

　　It' a very natural way to start a conversation and make new freinds: 是开始交谈、交新朋友的好方法

　　买!Buy居然有这么多意思!

　　#6.Buy time

　　Buy time: “买时间”

　　It means to put things off: 意思是拖延

　　Abstract: 抽象的

　　怎么用？

　　I'm coming up with all kinds of excuses to buy some time: 想出很多借口，拖时间

　　To hide the real reason: 隐藏真正的原因

　　#7.Buy sight unseen

　　Buy something sight unseen: 没看到、没摸到，就买了

　　It means something is really popular, you need to put your money right there right now: 用来形容特别抢手的东西，要赶紧拿出钱来买

　　Housing markets are like this: 比如房子、楼市

　　I bought my sweater sight unseen: 我这件毛衣，也是没看到实物，网购的

　　Irrational: 不理智的、不理性的

　　Rational: 理智的、理性的

　　Macro-economics: 宏观经济

　　#8.Buy cheap, buy twice

　　Buy cheap, buy twice: 便宜没好货，意思是便宜的东西，常会坏，要重买

　　It's not "buy one get one free": 不是买一送一

　　It means the quality is bad: 意思是质量差

　　You get what you pay for: 一分价钱一分货、便宜没好货

　　#9.Buy the farm

　　Buy the farm means to pass away: 意思是去世

　　It's a euphemism: 是一个委婉的说法

　　It's not crass: 不是粗鲁、没礼貌的

　　"Kick the bucket" is more crass: "Kick the bucket"这个说法就比较粗鲁

　　#10.Buyer's remorse

　　Buyer's remorse: 买完东西后悔

　　怎么用？

　　You might end up with buyer's remorse after Double 11: 双11过后，很容易有这种后悔的情绪

　　"Why did I buy that?" 我怎么会买这个？

　　"Shouldn't have done that!": 真不该买

　　Remorse means regret: remorse就是后悔、悔恨的意思

　　Impulse purchase: 冲动购物