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。
• 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。
• What does seem plain, however, is that the carry trade tends to break down when markets become more turbulent.
  无论如何，有一个事实相当明显，就是息差交易在市场变动剧烈时很容易崩溃。
• 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%；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。