vending
vending — 名詞
1. the activity or business of selling products directly to customers, especially f
販售；販賣
透過攤位或機器銷售商品
the activity or business of selling products directly to customers, especially from street stalls, carts, or through self-service machines
The university installed a new coffee vending machine in the main library lobby.
大學在主圖書館大廳安裝了一台新的咖啡自動販賣機。
collocation: vending machine
Jenna runs a vending business that supplies snacks to several city offices.
Jenna 經營一間販售公司，為多間市區辦公室供應零食。
Street vending is a common way to earn a living in cities across Southeast Asia.
在東南亞大城市，路邊擺攤販賣是常見的謀生方式。
The company focuses on the vending of fresh flowers through automated kiosks at train stations.
該公司專注於透過火車站的自動化售貨亭販售鮮花。
Ravindra received a permit for food vending at the weekend night market near the river.
Ravindra 取得了在河邊週末夜市擺攤販賣食物的許可證。
用法筆記
This sense appears most often in compound nouns such as vending machine and street vending, or directly before another noun describing the type of goods being sold.
常見錯誤
vending — 動詞
- vendingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- vendings3rd person singular
- vendinging-ing form
- vendingedpast simple
1. to offer goods for sale directly to customers by operating a street stall, a car
兜售；販賣
以攤位或機器向顧客銷售
to offer goods for sale directly to customers by operating a street stall, a cart at a market, or an automatic machine that accepts payment
Takeshi vends handmade pottery at the local farmers' market every Saturday morning.
Takeshi 每週六早上在農夫市集擺攤販賣手工陶器。
pattern: vend [goods] at [location]
The new machine on the train platform vends cold bottled water and energy bars.
月台上的新機器販賣冰涼的瓶裝水和能量棒。
pattern: machine vends [products]
Defne vended grilled corn from a small cart at the summer festival.
Defne 在夏日節慶時用小推車販賣烤玉米。
Esme vends vintage scarves and handmade jewellery at street fairs across the city.
Esme 在全市的街頭市集擺攤販賣復古圍巾和手工飾品。
The company has been vending electronics through automated kiosks at airports since 2019.
這家公司自 2019 年以來一直透過機場的自動化售貨亭販售電子產品。
- buy
to acquire goods by paying for them
文法句型
vend + noun (goods)
vend at + place
用法筆記
Frequently used in the present tense to describe a regular or habitual activity. This sense is more specific than the general verb sell because it highlights the way goods reach the customer — through a stall, cart, or machine rather than a fixed shop.
常見錯誤
2. to make goods or services available for purchase through any channel, including
出售
經由商店等通路銷售物品
to make goods or services available for purchase through any channel, including shops, galleries, or online platforms
The distributor vends pharmaceutical products to hospital chains under a strict licensing agreement.
該經銷商依據嚴格的授權協議，將藥品出售給連鎖醫院。
pattern: distributor vends [goods] to [buyer]
Under the contract, Quan vends the company's software through authorised resellers in Southeast Asia.
根據合約，Quan 透過東南亞的授權經銷商出售該公司的軟體。
pattern: vend through authorised resellers
The city licence allows Min to vend fruit at three approved stalls near the station.
市政府許可 Min 在火車站附近三個核准的攤位販賣水果。
Kwame's firm vends industrial cleaning machines to factories through an authorised dealer network.
Kwame 的公司透過授權經銷商網絡，將工業清潔設備出售給工廠。
- purchase
to buy something; the opposite side of a sale transaction
文法句型
vend + noun
用法筆記
This sense is much less common than the simpler verb sell in everyday English. It appears mostly in legal, commercial, or slightly formal writing where a synonym for sell is desired for stylistic variety.
3. to express an opinion, belief, or point of view in a public setting, often in a
陳述；發表
公開陳述意見或觀點
to express an opinion, belief, or point of view in a public setting, often in a forceful or formal manner — for example, stating strong political views at a debate or publishing a controversial argument in a newspaper
In 1892 the Leeds Gazette editor vended his opinion that the new railway line was ill-advised.
1892 年，《里茲公報》的編輯公開陳述了他對新鐵路線的負面看法。
dated usage: vended his opinion
During the 1847 parliamentary debate, Lord Cranworth vended his objections to the reform bill.
在 1847 年的國會辯論中，Cranworth 勳爵公開陳述了他對改革法案的反對意見。
In his 1854 memoir, the retired general vended bitter complaints about the War Office bureaucracy.
這位退役將領在 1854 年的回憶錄中，對陸軍部的官僚作風表達了尖銳的不滿。
The pamphleteer vended his radical views on land reform at public meetings across the Midlands.
這位小冊子作者在英格蘭中部各地的公開會議上，宣揚他對土地改革的激進觀點。
- conceal
to keep an opinion hidden rather than expressing it publicly
文法句型
vend + opinion/views + about/on + topic
用法筆記
This sense is dated and very rare in modern English. It is found almost exclusively in formal written texts from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Modern speakers would use express, state, or voice instead.