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

• The elderly who find themselves asset rich but income poor will be under more pressure than ever to trade down or out of the housing market to finance their later years.
  资产多、但收人低的老年人发现置换成低价房或者出售自有住房以度有生之年的压力比以前更大了。
• 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 costs of the international trade will be cut down.
  两国的国际贸易成本将大大节省；
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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%；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。