wholesale

1. N-UNCOUNT Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to stores who then sell them to the public. Compare . 批发[商业]

Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices. 仓储式会所允许会员以批发价购买商品。

2. ADV If something is sold wholesale, it is sold in large quantities and at cheaper prices, usually to stores. 批发地[商业] [ADV after v]

The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers. 这些纺织品批发给零售商、时装店和其他厂家。

3. ADJ You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people. (破坏、迁移或变动) 大规模的[ADJ n] [强调]

They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation. 他们只是在做为防止植被遭大规模破坏而必须做的事情。