“囤货”的几种英语表达方式

“双十一”到了，很多朋友都会考虑抓紧时机囤囤货。今天就和您聊聊英语中“囤货”的几种说法。。

1) stock up on sth, 我们先看一下字典的解释：

Collins：If you stock up on something, you buy a lot of it, in case you cannot get it later.

例句：

1. The authorities have urged people to stock up on fuel.

2. New Yorkers have been stocking up with bottled water.

“囤货”的几种英语表达方式

stock up on sth是“囤货”最常用的表达方式。除了这个词组外，我再向您介绍另外两个意思有细微差别的囤货说法。

2) Store up sth

Collins：If you store something up, you keep it until you think that the time is right to use it.

例句：

1. Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.

2. Squirrels store up nuts.

“囤货”的几种英语表达方式

相比于stock up on 侧重于“趁着便宜多买点”，Store up更侧重于“存储，以备不时之需”的意思。

3) Hoard sth

Collins：If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you.

例句：

1. They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money

2. During the siege people began hoarding food and supplies.

“囤货”的几种英语表达方式

Hoard作为“囤积”讲时，更侧重于“此物甚为宝贵，故需秘密储存”之意。请细细体会hoard中那种“不想让他人知道“的隐秘含义。

另外，“囤货”和“屯货”两个中文词看上去相似，实际上意义大不一样。

“囤货”指将暂时用不到的货物先采购回来放着，只是单纯的囤积行为，而不涉及销售。

“屯货”指投机商人为投机倒卖而把货物存起来不卖的行为。这些投机商人大量购存货物,存积物资,作为奇货,等待时机以高价抛售，是一种存货后的出售行为。

您学会了吗？