"shopping day" 的音标为英 /ˈʃɒpɪŋ deɪ/、美 /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ deɪ/,指专门用于购物或商家集中促销的日子,可翻译为“购物日”。它既可以是个人规划的购物时间,也能指全球范围内的大型促销节日。
作为普通名词:表示具体的购物日,前面可加形容词修饰。
例:Yesterday was Jack's shopping day.(昨天是杰克的购物日。)
作为专有名词:特指大型促销节日,首字母通常大写。
例:Black Friday is not just a shopping day, it's an event.(黑色星期五不仅仅是购物日,还是一件大事。)
online shopping day 网购日
busiest shopping day 最繁忙的购物日
major shopping day 重要购物日
fruitful shopping day 收获满满的购物日
America's holiday shopping season started on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. It is the busiest shopping day of the year.(美国的节日购物季始于感恩节后的黑色星期五,这是全年最繁忙的购物日。)
The Singles' Day had become a shopping day a few years ago.(光棍节在几年前已经成为购物日。)
This Saturday afternoon, Jen came after a fruitful shopping day in the city.(这个星期六的下午,简在城市里富有成果地购物后来访。)
It became a major shopping day in 2009.(2009年,该节日演变成重要的网购节。)
As more and more manufacturers joined the team to show the on sale products, November 11th is admitted to be the online shopping day.(随着越来越多的厂商加入出售打折产品的队伍,11月11日成为了公认的网购节。)
What's the biggest online shopping day in the world?(全球最大的网购节日是什么?)
Inside, it was a normal shopping day, but people could hardly contain their feelings.(在购物中心,这只是普通的购物日,但人们无法抑制自己的感情。)
Bought a lot of clothes, it was a quick shopping day, I got home at noon.(买了很多衣服,这是高效的购物日,我中午就到家了。)
OMG so regret we came out with this car, she wrote. So packed. Another shopping day.(“天哪,真后悔开这辆车出来,太拥挤了。又是疯狂购物日。”她写道。)
Nonetheless, Cyber Monday is not the biggest online shopping day in the world.(尽管如此,网络星期一不是全球最大的网购日。)
从黑色星期五到双十一,购物日已从单纯的消费行为演变为反映消费文化变迁的社会现象。你认为未来购物日会以怎样的形式发展呢?