- 1
To look at prices in several shops or websites before you buy, to find the best deal. Also used for bigger choices — jobs, banks, phone plans. Sensible, not stingy.
貨比三家
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shop aroundverb
- 1
To actively search and compare options before making a selection or choice of vendor.
- He's gone to shop around for a new car.
- 2
To actively make a search for an alternative choice of something one has, owns, or wants, without it necessarily involving buying or selling anything.
- She's shopping around for a new boyfriend.
- Before you ask some girl for her hand now / Keep your freedom for as long as you can now / My mama told me, you better shop around.
- 3
To put something out on offer to multiple parties in the hope one will choose it.
- He's shopping around his book to several studios. He hopes to get a movie deal.
- A demo of the Cascades doing "I Wish That We Were Married" was taped and shopped around to various labels.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。