telesales

/ˈteliseɪlz/ n.
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电话销售

释义与例句

n. 电话销售
the business of selling products or services to customers over the telephone
  1. She worked in telesales for two years before moving into management.
    她做了两年电话销售才转到管理岗。
  2. The company's telesales team makes hundreds of calls every morning.
    公司的电话销售团队每天早上要打上百个电话。
展开其余 3 条例句
  1. Many customers hang up as soon as they realise it is a telesales call.
    许多顾客一发现是电话推销就挂断。
  2. He found telesales exhausting because he had to repeat the same script all day.
    他觉得电话销售很累,因为一整天都在重复同一套话术。
  3. Telesales works best when the caller listens carefully to the customer's needs.
    只有当打电话的人认真倾听客户需求时,电话销售才最有效。

词源与构词

tele-(远)+ sales(销售),指不面对面、通过电话与客户沟通并完成交易的销售方式。

tele 词根 · far,远
sales 构词成分 · selling,销售
记忆钩子 tele(远)+ sales(销售):不登门,靠电话把东西卖出去——电话销售。

词族与关联词

同根词(同一个词根长出来的词)
  • telecommute 远程办公
    More staff now telecommute three days a week. 现在更多员工每周远程办公三天。
  • telegram 电报
    The family received a telegram announcing the birth of the baby. 家里收到一封报喜的电报。
  • telegraph 电报;电报机
    He sent the news by telegraph. 他用电报把这个消息发了出去。
  • telemedicine 远程医疗
    Patients in remote villages can now consult specialists through telemedicine. 偏远村庄的病人现在可以通过远程医疗咨询专家。
  • telepathy 心灵感应;传心术
    After years of working together, the twins seemed to communicate by telepathy. 合作多年后,这对双胞胎似乎能靠心灵感应交流。
  • telephone 电话;电话机
    She answered the telephone on the first ring. 电话一响她就接了。
  • telephoto 远摄的(镜头或摄影技术,能把远处景物拍大)
    The photographer switched to a telephoto lens to capture the eagle on the cliff. 摄影师换上远摄镜头,拍摄悬崖上的鹰。
  • telescope 望远镜
    They looked at the moon through a telescope. 他们用望远镜看月亮。
  • television 电视;电视机
    We watched the match on television. 我们在电视上看了那场比赛。
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • teleseller 电话销售员
    telesales 去 s 加 -er,指从事电话销售的人。
  • telemarketing 电话营销
    tele- + marketing,侧重营销推广,与 telesales 常并列使用。
  • telemarketer 电话营销员
    由 telemarketing 逆构,指打电话推销的人,与 teleseller 近义。
同义词
  • telemarketing 电话营销
    telemarketing 侧重营销推广、寻找潜在客户;telesales 侧重通过电话完成成交。
    The firm spends millions on telemarketing each year. 这家公司每年在电话营销上花费数百万。
  • cold calling 陌生电话推销
    cold calling 指给素不相识的人打电话;telesales 也包含回访老客户的销售。
    Cold calling is harder now that people screen their calls. 如今人们会筛选来电,陌生电话推销更难做。
  • phone sales 电话销售(口语)
    phone sales 是口语说法,含义与 telesales 接近,但不如后者正式、常用作岗位名。
    Phone sales rose sharply after the ad campaign. 广告宣传后,电话销售额大幅上升。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • telemarketing 电话营销
    都以 tele-(远)开头:marketing 侧重推广与获客;sales 侧重成交,二者常被混用。
    Telemarketing aims to generate leads rather than close deals. 电话营销旨在获取潜在客户,而非直接成交。
  • wholesale 批发
    都含 sale(s):whole- 是“整体”,指成批买卖;tele- 是“远”,指通过电话销售。
    The shop buys its stock at wholesale prices. 这家店以批发价进货。
常见搭配
  • telesales team 电话销售团队
    The telesales team exceeded its target last quarter. 电话销售团队上季度超额完成目标。
  • telesales job 电话销售工作
    He took a telesales job to pay off his student loan. 他找了份电话销售的工作来还助学贷款。
  • work in telesales 从事电话销售
    She works in telesales for a software company. 她在一家软件公司做电话销售。