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

• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• The trade surplus is slightly down in 2008 compared with last year, as is the use of foreign-sourced funds for investment, even as the rate of Chinese reserve accumulation has doubled.
  2008年，虽然中国外汇储备增量较去年增加了一倍，但贸易顺差却略有下降，来源于外国的投资资金也有所减少。
• "A smaller trade surplus may slow down the pace of a stronger yuan, but it can't prevent it," said Li Maoyu, an analyst at Changjiang Securities Co.
  贸易顺差放缓可能会降低人民币升值步伐，但不能阻止对人民币升值的要求。
• 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。
• Top spots are suffering as expense accounts dry up and customers trade down.
  随着报销单上金额的缩水和顾客们偏向低价选择，顶级饭店正陷入痛苦之中。
• 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 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。
• The dollar index, a measure of the currency relative to its major trade partners, was down 0.7 per cent.
  美元指数（衡量美元对美国主要贸易伙伴国货币汇率变化程度的指标）下降了0.7%。