购物最常用口语,Shopping
I'm going shopping this afternoon
买东西不是buy things , 而是buy stuff
stuff:东西,材料,填充物
而双十一前是Pre double 11
双十一后则是Post double 11
对于购物狂,可以叫做Shopaholic
-oholic -aholic这两个后缀的意思和Addict类似,表示过度,上瘾
Someone cannot stop doing or using something
比如
Workaholic 工作狂
Alcoholic 酒鬼
Chocoholic 嗜巧克力者
Sugarholic 嗜甜者
例句:He/She is a shopaholic
Drop表示fall down(倒下),体现购物很累
Shop till you drop(till 直到,耕种) 买到手软,血拼
Example:Every weekeend my wife shops till she drops
Shopping spree 购物狂欢 spree 狂欢,欢闹
Example:Go on a shopping spree
对购物上瘾的人,可以称为
Got a shopping problem
Women be shoppin' 女人永远在购物
Retail therapy 购物疗法
Retail表示零售,selling goods to public
therapy 表示疗法,治疗
Example:I needed a lots of retail therapy to help me get over my ex-boyfriend
网购在英语中称为Online shopping,线下购物成为Offline shopping
另一种说法是Brick and mortar ,表示实体的
字面意思则是砖块和灰浆
购物的人称为shopper,但是consumer意思更加广泛
shopper购物者,consumer消费者
假如交电费,那么你就是a consumer of electricity , 但是不是shopper,因为没有人会特意的shop for electricity
Pre-sale 预售
Deposit 订金
Down payment 预付订金,常用来表示买方的首付
Impulse buy/purchase 冲动消费(purchase 购买)
Example:I hadn't intended to get one ----- it was an impulse buy
(intend打算,想要 impulse冲动,推动,脉冲)