wholesale
n[U, usu attrib 通常作定语]
selling of goods (esp in large quantities) to shopkeepers for resale to the public 批发; 趸批出卖
the wholesale trade 批发业
wholesale prices 批发价格. Cf 参看 retail. wholesale
adj, adv
(a) of, involving or engaged in wholesale as a method of trading 批发(的); 趸批出卖(的)
We buy our supplies wholesale. 我们以批发交易方式进货.
(b) (often derog 常作贬义) on a large scale 大规模(的)
the wholesale slaughter of innocent people 大批屠杀无辜百姓. wholesale, v [Tn]
sell (goods) wholesale 批发(货物).