核心畫面

One way to picture it: a lot of something leaves your hands at once because it is being sold. Not one item at a time — a whole load of it, in a short stretch of time. Who is holding the things changes from use to use: a company, a government, or a crowd of people who all own shares.

可以想成這樣一個畫面:手上的東西一次大批離開,因為被賣掉了。不是慢慢賣一兩樣,而是一整批,在很短的時間裡清掉。名詞 更多收起可以想成這樣一個畫面:手上的東西一次大批離開,因為被賣掉了。不是慢慢賣一兩樣,而是一整批,在很短的時間裡清掉。名詞 sell-off 指的是「這一整件事」,不是某個人的一個動作。不同用法差在拿著東西的是誰:可能是一家公司、可能是政府,也可能是一大群手上有股票的人。

From the word’s history

The source marks the noun as deverbal from the phrasal verb sell off.

來源註明這個名詞是從動詞片語 sell off 直接變來的(deverbal from sell off),所以它天生就帶著「把東西從手上清掉」的動作感。

Wiktionary entry for sell-off (etymology_text: 'Deverbal from sell off.'), supplied in the evidence packet

From the picture

大家同時賣,價格往下掉

一樣是「大批賣出」,但焦點從「某一方清掉資產」換成「市場上很多人同時賣」。賣的人一多,買的人跟不上,價格就掉下來——這個下跌的結果,是其他用法沒有的部分。

noun · B2

A time when a lot of people sell their stocks or shares at about the same time, which pushes the price down.

拋售

Also in this word

noun · B2

The selling of a large amount of what a company or person owns — equipment, buildings, land, or part of a business — usually within a short time.

大批出清;資產出售

noun · C1

The selling of an industry or service that the government owns, to private companies or to ordinary people.

(公營事業)出售、民營化