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buy
他動詞自動詞
過去形: bought過去分詞: bought現在分詞: buying
This word carries a transactional weight, focusing on the exchange of value. While purchase is more formal and often used in legal or business documents, buy is the standard for daily conversation and casual commerce. When used in a non-financial sense, it describes a mental leap of faith. To buy an idea or a story means to be convinced of its validity, often implying that the speaker was initially skeptical or that the claim is a stretch.