評論
打印
1.For the past few decades, overseas buyers have been snapping up houses as investments or for holiday homes in New Zealand.
snap up搶購
Slimmed down and with money to spare, it began to snap up smaller outfits.
瘦身成功再加上有閑置資金可供使用, 必和必拓開始搶購較小的公司。
2.Many citizens have simply been priced out of the market and cannot afford to get on the housing ladder.
price out of the market漫天要價以致無人問津
If you charge so much, you'll soon price yourself out of the market.
如果你要價太高, 很快就會因此失去銷路。
afford to（買）得起（某物）
It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier.
無后顧之憂而能提早退休當是件幸事。
3.Kiwis should not be outbid like this." However, the new measure will not apply to Australians.
apply to適用于；運用
Similar arrangements apply to students who are ordinarily resident in Scotland.
類似的安排適用于長期居住在蘇格蘭的學生。
