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

• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, the new protectionism has protected the less advanced industries, sharpened the trade conflicts and clamped down on the development of world economy and trade.
  新保护主义保护了落后行业，加剧了贸易摩擦，钳制了世界经济贸易的发展。
• The great many of deficits worsen the situation of the domestic and foreign trade and cut down the demands to the products and services of GuangXi seriously.
  再如巨大对内贸逆差恶化了内外贸易状况，严重降低了对广西产品和服务的总需求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。