trade up

英 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

美 [ˈtreɪd ʌp]

变卖（旧物）换进同类中更贵的东西

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卖(旧物)换进同类中更贵的东西
  If someonetrades up, they sell something such as their car or their house and buy a more expensive one.
  1. Mini-car owners are trading up to 'real' cars...
     迷你车车主们正变卖旧车换进“真正的”汽车。
  2. Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.
     私房主会感到更安心，可能愿意变卖旧房购买更贵的房子。

双语例句

• Trade up [ Home Purchase Scheme] Management and utilization of the public funds for buying books and reference materials in colleges and universities
  换购物业〔自置居所资助计划〕高校公款购置图书资料的管理与利用
• Both overall economic growth and trade picked up at first slowly, and then back to the pace of the 1990s boom years.
  整体经济增长和贸易都出现回升起初步伐缓慢，随后便恢复到上世纪90年代繁荣时期的水平。
• We are on course to record our best ever year of trade, up more than 7 per cent in the first half of 2012 alone.
  记录显示去年是我们两国贸易往来最好的一年。仅2012年上半年，双边贸易就增长了至少7%。
• Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.
  私房主会感到更安心，可能愿意变卖旧房购买更贵的房子。
• He cited a study by the Swedish board of trade that up to 80 per cent of the value added in production of shoes took place in Europe, where they are designed and marketed.
  他援引瑞典贸易署（SwedishBoardofTrade）一项研究表示，鞋业生产中高达80%的附加值是在欧洲创造的，欧洲是鞋的设计方与销售市场。
• The homeowner wants to trade up. The old man was tossed out of the house because the owner wanted to pull it down.
  房主想把旧屋折价换新房子。因为房主要拆房子，这老头被赶了出来。
• The value of our house soared, enabling us to trade up to a larger place.
  我们这房屋的价值上扬，使得我们可以卖掉它购买一个更大的地方。
• Here the certainty has been that the property market goes up, trade goes up and horses race on Wednesdays and Sundays.
  这里说的稳定，是指楼市上涨，交易畅旺，每周三和周日照常举行骞马。
• Mini-car owners are trading up to 'real' cars
  迷你车车主们正变卖旧车换进“真正的”汽车。
• First-time buyers saw them as a way to get onto the housing ladder, perhaps hoping to trade up to a house later.
  首次购房者视公寓为跻身屋主阶级的捷径，或许他们还计划着几年后把公寓换成独栋住宅。