trade up

英 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

美 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中更贵的东西

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中更贵的东西
  If someonetrades up, they sell something such as their car or their house and buy a more expensive one.
  1. Mini-car owners are trading up to 'real' cars...
     迷你车车主们正变卖旧车换进“真正的”汽车。
  2. Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.
     私房主会感到更安心，可能愿意变卖旧房购买更贵的房子。

双语例句

• China's foreign trade makes up a very small portion of the world's total.
  现在中国对外贸易额占世界贸易额的比例很小。
• Colin Currie, Adidas head for greater China, says that, even in poorer cities, consumers are eager to trade up to foreign brands as their income rises.
  阿迪达斯大中华区负责人高嘉礼（ColinCurrie）表示，即便是在不那么富裕的城市，随着收入的增长，消费者也渴望提升消费档次，购买外国品牌的商品。
• Mr Saunders believes this is representative of many middle-class shoppers who have been proud to display cheap goods from chains such as Primark, but are now preparing to "trade up".
  尼尔桑德斯认为这种态度在中产消费者中具有代表性，这些买家曾经骄傲的展示自己从primark买来的便宜衣物，但现在则愿意“上一个档次”。
• First-time buyers saw them as a way to get onto the housing ladder, perhaps hoping to trade up to a house later.
  首次购房者视公寓为跻身屋主阶级的捷径，或许他们还计划着几年后把公寓换成独栋住宅。
• Jane has no common with her sister on avocation. Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
  就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。同行业之间互通有无，调剂余缺，事情就好办得多了。
• Trade up [ Home Purchase Scheme] Management and utilization of the public funds for buying books and reference materials in colleges and universities
  换购物业〔自置居所资助计划〕高校公款购置图书资料的管理与利用
• Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.
  私房主会感到更安心，可能愿意变卖旧房购买更贵的房子。
• The impact of drought, weak foreign demand, and strong import demand pushed the trade deficit up from$ 8 billion in2002, to$ 18 billion in2003, and to$ 13 billion in2004.
  干旱的影响、微薄的外需，强有力的进口需要将贸易赤字从2002年的80亿推向到2003年的180亿，而2004年则增加至130亿。
• The homeowner wants to trade up. The old man was tossed out of the house because the owner wanted to pull it down.
  房主想把旧屋折价换新房子。因为房主要拆房子，这老头被赶了出来。
• As GDP rises, smokers trade up to more expensive brands.
  随着国内生产总值的上升，烟民们已经买得起更贵的牌子了。