英语释义

1. a sales tactic in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced item but is then encouraged to buy a higher-priced one

2. the ploy of offering a person something desirable to gain favor (such as political support) then thwarting expectations with something less desirable

3. a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one

4. a fraudulent or deceptive sales practice in which a purchaser is attracted by advertisement of a low-priced item but then is encouraged to purchase a higher-priced one — called also bait advertising

片语

bait-and-switch selling[贸易]

bait-and-switch tactics挂羊头卖狗肉战术

bait-and-switch policy挂羊头

英汉例句

• but in fact the pictures do much more than simply arrest our gaze, much more than play bait-and-switch with perceptions.

  不过，事实上，这些绘画的意义远胜于仅仅吸引我们的眼球，远胜于跟我们的感知力玩障眼法。

• almost every employer will keep you in your seat for at least one year before approving an internal transfer, so a job-search bait-and-switch probably won「t work out the way you」d hoped.

  在内部调迁之前，几乎每个雇主都会让你在同一个职位上呆一年左右，所以在求职中「诱售法」可能不会起到你想象中的作用。

• last year the g. o. p. pulled off two spectacular examples of bait-and-switch campaigning.

  去年，共和党在两项规模宏大的诱饵掉包法选战战例中获胜。

• the game of bait-and-switch that today「s opinion plays upon the nation」s commander in chief will make the war harder on us. it will almost certainly cause more americans to be killed.

  于此，今天的判决却对三军统帅挂羊头卖狗肉，这必然使得我们反恐战争愈加困难。

• she also warned of the bait-and-switch tactic used by sites which often post a beautiful egg donor who in fact is no longer donating eggs despite their claims to the contrary.

  她还提醒说，一些网站用诱饵掉包手法使顾客上当，这些网站经常贴出一个漂亮的卵子捐赠者，尽管他们这样宣称，而实际上这个捐赠者不再捐赠卵子了。