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

• 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。
• In a recession, consumers tend to trade down to less expensive alternatives.
  在经济衰退期间，消费者往往会降低档次，选择那些不太昂贵的产品。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• After a10-year bender of gaudy dreams and Godless consumerism, Americans are starting to trade down.
  经过十年绚丽的梦，罪恶的消费闹腾一场之后美国人正开始减少消费。
• They usually start the season with better goods and then trade down.
  他们通常在旺季开始时进较好的货，然后换低档货。
• 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。
• 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。
• The kid-he was eighteen, by the way, and not long out of trade school-broke down and spilled his guts.
  那个小伙子顺便说一句，只有十八岁，刚从职业学校毕业不久受不住了，把一切都交代了出来。