采购

“那上次出门采购时，价格怎么样？”

So, how were the prices the last time you went shopping?

克里斯·马科弗森滔滔不绝地讲着他为那条三桅船采购物资的进展。

Chris Markoferson went on and on about how the provisioning for the three-masted ship was coming along.

“我采购的方向搞错了。”

I went in the wrong direction with my purchasing.

我告诉那两位读者，他们得准备一周的食物；我的厨师可以陪他们去采购。

I told the two readers they’d need to stock up on a week’s worth of food, and my cook could go shopping with them.

最初几趟出海之后，我通常会让凯特和吉姆去采购。

After the first few trips out to sea, I usually let Kate and Jim handle the shopping.

直接采购

Direct procurement

— 美国黑帮 (2007)