trade down
英 [treɪd daʊn]
美 [treɪd daʊn]
变卖（旧物）换进同类中较廉价的东西
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.- 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。
- They are selling their five-bedroom house and trading down to a two-bedroom cottage.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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%； - After Koizumi resigned, the pace of bilateral trade gradually slowed down.
小泉下台后，双边贸易的增长速度在逐步放缓。 - "The aim is to curb excessive growth of exports, rationalise export structure, ease trade friction and slow down sales of products that consume a lot of energy," the Ministry said.
财政部指出，这次调整的主要目的，是为了进一步抑制外贸出口的过快增长，优化出口商品结构，减少贸易摩擦，抑制“高耗能”产品的出口。