马上就要过年了，大家准备好过年的“干粮”了吗？坚果、零食、方便面或者可乐，是时候一箱一箱往家里搬了，水果是不是也该补一补货了？毕竟，一个满满当当的冰箱才是过年的标配。
买大量东西的时候，大家是不是倾向于选择团购？
团购，顾名思义，团体购物，指认识或不认识的消费者联合起来，加大与商家的谈判能力，以求得最优价格的一种购物方式。
那么，怎么用英语表达呢？
01
group buying 团购
也可以翻译为
team buying
team purchasing
group purchasing
▶Some people think team buying can really change the way we shop.
有些人认为团购真的能改变我们购物的方式。
▶Group purchasing is a new way to buy things on the Internet, which is becoming more and more popular among young people.
团购是网络购物的一种新方式，它在年轻人中间变得越来越流行。
▶For group buying, the price will be drop to £40 a set.
团购的话，价格将降到40英镑每套。
02
Joined up…to get a good deal 团购
团购、拼单还可以用 did a joint order 来表达
▶I joined up with 10 people online to get a good deal on a computer.
我加入了10人的线上特惠拼单来购买电脑。
▶I did a joint order with 2 other people online.
我在线上跟另外两个人一起拼单。
03
Group buying Apps 拼单app
注意！这里的APP是application的缩写，正确发音是 /æp/，千万不能读成A-P-P！
▶I like to use group buying apps to save money.
我喜欢用拼单应用来省钱。
▶I have three group buying apps on my phone, it feels so good to group purchasing.
我手机上有三个拼单应用，拼单购物的感觉可真好啊。
04
tout 兜售、招徕顾客
▶He has come up in the world since he peddled his own baked goods from a pushcart.
他是靠用手推车兜售自己烤制的食品而得以发迹的。
04
marketing gimmick 营销噱头
在购物的时候，千万不能被营销噱头所蒙蔽。噱头可以用gimmick[ˈɡɪmɪk]表示。
▶Over the next two decades, he tried every marketing gimmick he could think of.
在接下来的二十年里，他试过了种种所能想到的营销手段。
05
Spend money like water 挥金如土
英国是一个岛国，离不开水；而我们中国的许多地区深处内陆，人们的生活离不开土地。所以，英语中有许多习语与“水”有关。
而汉语却常常拿“土”作比。这就是为什么同样是比喻花钱浪费，大手大脚，英语是 spend money like water，而汉语却是“挥金如土”。
▶For years he was an absolute penny-pincher. Now that he's got a steady job, he spends money like water.
多年来，他都是个不折不扣的吝啬鬼（penny-pincher）。现在嘛，他有了一份稳定的工作，他就挥金如土，花钱如流水了。
虽然现在购物方式多种多样又十分便捷，还是要量力而行，不要被消费主义绑架，同时也要注意自身信息安全喔！
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