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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。