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 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• Rising unemployment could also cause some consumers to trade down to lower-priced cigarettes and also any price increases cigarette makers could take on top of the tax increase, Hong said.
  洪说，不断增加的失业率可能导致一些消费者转向较低价格的卷烟，卷烟制造商可能在税收提高的基础上提高价格。
• 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。
• The costs of the international trade will be cut down.
  两国的国际贸易成本将大大节省；
• 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。