wholesale

1. N-UNCOUNT Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to stores who then sell them to the public. Compare . 批發(fā)[商業(yè)]

Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices. 倉儲(chǔ)式會(huì)所允許會(huì)員以批發(fā)價(jià)購買商品。

2. ADV If something is sold wholesale, it is sold in large quantities and at cheaper prices, usually to stores. 批發(fā)地[商業(yè)] [ADV after v]

The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers. 這些紡織品批發(fā)給零售商、時(shí)裝店和其他廠家。

3. ADJ You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people. (破壞、遷移或變動(dòng)) 大槼模的[ADJ n] [強(qiáng)調(diào)]

They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation. 他們衹是在做爲(wèi)防止植被遭大槼模破壞而必須做的事情。