英语词汇buy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	buy
词源	buy; purchase. Both buy and purchase mean “to acquire by payment of money.” But purchase is a more formal, highfalutin word applying to grand transactions, such as the Louisiana Purchase. Only a very pompous person indeed would say he was going to purchase an ice-cream cone or a bar of candy.
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