| 单词 | hard sell |
| 释义 | hard sell noun[S] uk/ˌhɑːd ˈsel/us/ˌhɑːrd ˈsel/amethodofsellingin which thepersonsellingtriesvery hard topersuadethecustomertobuysomething 强行推销法Selling
hard sell| American Dictionaryhard sell noun[U] us/ˈhɑrd ˈsel/something that isdifficultto getpeopleto do ortry: Ajobinteachingcan be a hard sell toyoungpeoplewhowanttoearnmoney. the hard sell The hard sell is a way oftryingto get someone tobuyor do something by being veryforceful: When I told him I didn'tthinkthecarwasrightfor me, hetriedthe hard sell on me. hard sell| Business Englishhard sell noun[S] MARKETINGukussomething that isdifficulttopersuadepeopleto do ortry: Anyone in thepublishingindustrywilltellyoushortstoriesare a hardsell. aforcefulway oftryingtopersuadesomeone tobuyor do something: I amshoppingaround for a new TV and beinggiven the hardselltobuyanextendedwarranty. Examplesofhard sellhard sell A lady was approached by a double glazing contractor and was sold, with ahardsellon the doorstep, a double glazing contract. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Drug pushers who approach school children may push gently at first, but it always becomes ahardsell, leading to the drug-instigated crimes of which we all know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But as he rightly says, this is likely to be a 'hardsell'. From theCambridge English Corpus This audience group is suspicious of a 'hardsell' but once aroused will act as an unknowing, unpaid social virus spreading the message. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no doubt that emphasizing this kind of work will be ahardsellin the academy, where intellectually objective results are almost always prioritized over subjective spiritual experiences. From theCambridge English Corpus They go to those clinics, and thehardsellbegins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Conceivably, quite ahardsellwould be involved, but it might not be an invitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Civilised and democratic societies should not be engaging in the kind ofhardselladvocated here. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Getting that message across requires a fairlyhardsell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, there really must be much stronger constraints on thehardsell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That goes against the prevailing official ideology and thehardsellby producers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no question of ahardsellof a plot and the conversation ended amicably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being approached on the doorstep with ahardsellfrom people from an electricity company asking us to take their gas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are being subjected to a dubious type ofhardsell, and not an accurate description of the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Once at the presentation, all who have complained to me state that the technique washardsell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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