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

• Our trade was up by 21.8% in the first eight months, while two-way investment and technological cooperation kept growing at a fast speed.
  今年1至8月，双方贸易额同比增长了21.8%，双向投资和技术合作加速发展。
• 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。
• Today, cooperation between our two countries has become the engine driving China-EU cooperation, with China-Germany trade taking up roughly 30 percent of Chinas total trade with Europe.
  目前，中德合作已成为中欧合作的龙头，双方贸易额占到中欧贸易总额的30%左右。
• Makers of small cars have the added advantage, according to JD Power, of strong brand loyalty when owners trade up to a bigger model.
  JDPower称，当车主换购一种较大的车型时，小型车制造商还拥有一个额外的优势，即很强的品牌忠诚度。
• 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。
• 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。
• I doubt they ( the Chinese) will send any gunboats around to "open" trade up.
  我不信他们（中国人）会到处派遣炮艇去“开发”贸易。
• Colin Currie, Adidas head for greater China, says that, even in poorer cities, consumers are eager to trade up to foreign brands as their income rises.
  阿迪达斯大中华区负责人高嘉礼（ColinCurrie）表示，即便是在不那么富裕的城市，随着收入的增长，消费者也渴望提升消费档次，购买外国品牌的商品。
• Jane has no common with her sister on avocation. Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
  就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。同行业之间互通有无，调剂余缺，事情就好办得多了。
• Of this total, the export of general trade was down by 4.8 percent, and that of manufacturing trade was up 4.9 percent.
  其中一般贸易出口下降4.8%，加工贸易出口增长4.9%；