购物英语对话-Negotiating a Price(3)

A: I want to purchase this television.
B: I'm glad to hear that.
A: How much the it cost?
B: I'm selling it for $2500.
A: That can't be right.
B: That's the going price for that particular t.v.
A: I can't afford that.
B: This is a very high quality television.
A: I would buy it if the price was lowered².
B: How much lower¹?
A: How about you sell it to me for $2000?
B: $2500 is a low as I'll go.

 

1 lower   

adj.较低的；地位较低的，低等的；低年级的；下游的；vt.放下，降下，放低；减低

参考例句：

• Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
• This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价，他拒绝再作任何降价。

2 lowered   

v.（使）降低， （使）跌落( lower的过去式和过去分词 )；削弱；削减；减少

参考例句：

• Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered. 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。
• She lowered her eyelids, then sprang them open. 她低垂着眼睑，然后突然睁开。 来自《简明英汉词典》