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

• But despite a deadline of Wednesday for the trade down, ministers appear to be in no hurry to comply.
  但是，尽管政府规定必须在周三之前进行更话，然而，部长们似乎并不急着遵守该新的规定。
• Construction and relative service is one of the important categories in international service trade set down by WTO.
  建筑及有关工程服务是WTO规定的国际服务贸易重要类别。
• 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。
• 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。
• What does seem plain, however, is that the carry trade tends to break down when markets become more turbulent.
  无论如何，有一个事实相当明显，就是息差交易在市场变动剧烈时很容易崩溃。
• The 2 Feb's data showed Korean exports, a barometer of global trade, down a third from their level last January.
  2月2日的数据显示，作为全球贸易的晴雨表，韩国1月份出口同比下降三分之一。
• 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%；
• We suggested they enter a short trade when it breaks down.
  我们建议会员在该股下跌时做空。
• "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。
• There are limits to the extent to which pensioners can borrow against the equity in their homes or trade down at a time when they need better not worse accommodation.
  当退休人员需要更好而非更糟糕的食宿条件时，他们抵押房产借贷或将其出售的能力受到限制。