seller

/ˈselə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈselər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈse-lər/ (ame, mw)

seller — 名詞

  • sellersingular
  • sellersplural

1. a person or business that gives ownership of a product or service to a buyer in

1.名詞A2
釋義

賣家；賣方

出售商品或服務的人或公司

a person or business that gives ownership of a product or service to a buyer in exchange for money

例句

The seller agreed to lower the price by ten percent.

賣家同意將價格降低百分之十。

Paul asked the seller whether the sofa had been used before.

Paul 詢問賣家那張沙發是否之前被使用過。

seller + whether-clause for inquiring about goods

同義詞
  • vendor

    more formal than seller; often used for licensed or registered sellers

  • merchant

    usually a business owner trading in bulk or a specific type of goods

  • retailer

    sells products directly to the public, not to other businesses

  • dealer

    often associated with cars, art, or illegal goods; implies a professional trader

反義詞
  • buyer

    the person or business that purchases from a seller

  • customer

    the person who buys a product or service

文法句型

seller + of + [product]

seller + on + [platform]

用法筆記

Seller can refer to either an individual (e.g., a street vendor) or an organisation (e.g., a company). The counterpart of seller is buyer. In legal documents, seller often appears in the paired expression buyer and seller.

常見錯誤

❌I bought this at a seller near the station.
✅I bought this from a seller near the station.
💡seller refers to a person or business, not a physical location; use from a seller or at a shop.
❌The seller of this book is very high this year.
✅This book has sold very well this year.
💡seller as a person does not describe sales volume; for that meaning, use the second sense of seller or the verb sell.

2. a product that is bought in large amounts by many customers, usually because it

2.名詞B1
釋義

暢銷品

銷售量大的商品

a product that is bought in large amounts by many customers, usually because it is popular or of good quality

例句

This novel has been a top seller in bookstores across the country.

這本小說在全國書店中一直是暢銷品。

modifier: top seller

The new phone model quickly became the biggest seller in the electronics store.

這款新手機很快就成了這家電器行最暢銷的商品。

同義詞
  • bestseller

    most common for books and media; often written as one word

  • hit

    informal; used for movies, songs, or entertainment products

  • crowd-pleaser

    informal; suggests wide appeal and enjoyment

反義詞
  • flop

    informal; a product that nobody buys or that fails commercially

文法句型

[adjective] + seller

[be] + a + [adjective] + seller

用法筆記

This sense is almost always used with an adjective modifier (big seller, top seller, best seller, steady seller). The compound best seller is often written as one word: bestseller. Distinguish this sense from sense 1: a bestseller is a product, not a person.

常見錯誤

❌This phone is a seller.' (too vague)
✅This phone is a top seller.
💡this sense requires a modifier such as big, top, or best to convey the meaning clearly.
❌The seller of this product is very good.' (when meaning it sells well)
✅This product is a good seller.
💡use the product as the subject with an adjective modifier, not the person sense.