| 释义 | fire sale  noun [countable] 1.an occasion when a company sells goods cheaply because they have been damaged in a fire  火灾后大甩卖2.a situation in which a company sells its machinery, parts of its business, etc. cheaply because it needs money quickly  (因急需用钱而)减价出售◆the store may be forced to conduct a fire sale in order to stay alive.  这家商店可能会为了维持生存而被迫廉价出售其商品。◆selling key assets at fire-sale prices  廉价出售重要资产 |