Buy 相信
You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd buy it.
你可以说你病了，但我不认为他们会相信。

Buy time 争取时间
This treatment can buy time for the patient, but I’m afraid it will not cure him.
这种治疗可以为病人争取时间，但恐怕治不好他。

Buy sb. off 买通，贿赂某人
Don’t worry, the doorman won't say anything—I bought him off.
别担心，门卫什么也不会说——我把他买通了。

Buy up 全部买断
That toy is so popular that parents are buying it up all over town!
那个玩具太受欢迎了，以至于父母们在整个城里都把它买断了。

Impulse buy 冲动之下购买的东西
I didn't intend to get one - it was an impulse buy.
我本没打算买它的——一时冲动就买了。

今日挑战
把下面词组连成一句话并翻译
写在留言处和大家一起分享
supermarket checkouts
They display chocolates
next to
to encourage impulse buying.
【翻阅上一期内容即可查阅正确答案】
【下一期内容的正确答案解析】
I check on our elderly neighbor every few days to make sure that he's alright.
我每过几天就去看望我们年迈的邻居，看他是否一切都好。
check on sb. 看望某人