[提问]OG11th, 81题

81、In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.

答案：are priced to sell, and they do

这句话是什么意思？看不懂，汗！

这句的确很费解.

they do,完整的形态应该是什么呢? 我感觉应该是they sell well. 但是不知道对不对.

我猜想是不是跟sell这个词有关?因为东西出售,既可以说: the books are sold out. 也可以说the books sell well.

忽然来看看，楼上的正解，我觉得就是the italian vintners' wine are priced to sell, and italian vintners cut prices.

In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.

正确的理解是这样的:

price的意思是:："询问或查询出…的价格"，也就是原句划线部分可以换成：have been asked the price so as to buy it。后面半句的意思是：他们的酒曾经被人询问过价格以购买，而他们也卖了。

大家可能进入了一个怪圈，那就是后半句必须与前半句有紧密的联系，其实不然。另外，大家可能没有完全看懂：为了降低存货，他们降价了，降价就是为了促销，right？而与此同时，有人问他们价格，并且要买，所以他们卖了——也是降低库存。虽然前后的意思不是特别紧密，但在降低库存方面是一致的。