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。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。