buy into something

phrasal verbphr v

a) informalBELIEVE to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you 信从，相信

I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.

我从来就不信这种瘦才会漂亮的说法。

b) BUYto buy part of a business or organization, especially because you want to control it 〔尤指为控股而〕购买…的股份

Investors were invited to buy into state-owned enterprises.

投资者获邀购买国有企业的股份。

Examples from the Corpus

buy into • Softbank claims that it is better at picking winners and that it is buying into a growth industry.• Check out the prices for buying into a hamburger or a pizza chain.• It has never been clear to what extent Gore buys into any of this.• Perhaps Hathaway was naive to buy into his dream of a record for their 7-year - old daughter.• He did not buy into hyped investments.• Some people are on the outside of all that, wishing they could buy into it.• The media buy into the scam because such scare stories about unseen threats make good headlines.

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