Nov 4, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
“Sales assistant” 和 “salesperson” 有什么区别？商店里的售货员能说自己 “I work in sales” 吗？本期《你问我答》回答一位听众关于 “sales” 和 “retail” 这两种职业的疑问，并学习 “sales assistant”、“shop assistant”、“sales clerk” 等与销售和零售行业相关的职位名称及其用法。
This is an interesting question, and not just because I used to work in a shop.
It's partly related to how job titles don't always tell us what people actually do.
Well, maybe they do.
Or maybe there's a better word for it.
Well, this is where it gets a bit more complicated or a bit more interesting, if you're like us.
When we say that someone works in sales, we usually mean that they are totally focused on making sure that their business sells more goods and services.
So they might actively try to generate sales。名词 sale 的复数形式 sales 有销售，销售行业的意思。如果我们说一个人 works in sales，意思通常是这个人的主要工作是促成销售，提高销售业绩。同时，sales 也有销售额的含义，比如 generate sales 的意思就是增加销量，促进销售。其他和 sales 销售行业有关的单词或表达还有 commission 销售提成，也就是根据销售业绩获得相应的额外报酬。销售人员通常还需要 meet targets 完成销售目标，比如达到公司规定的月销售额或销售量，同时可能还需要 generate sales leads 寻找潜在客户，主动寻找可能购买产品或服务的人。
Someone with that kind of job could work in a shop and their job title might be salesperson.
Other job titles that are common in the sales industry are sales executive, sales representative or sales rep for short and sales consultant。
所以说从事 sales 销售工作的人也可能在商店里工作，比如手机店或者汽车展厅里的工作人员。在英国常见的销售行业的职位名称包括 sales executive 销售主管，销售专员，sales representative 销售代表以及 sales consultant 销售顾问。
。Many people with these job titles might not work in shops.
They might travel to meet customers or sell to other businesses.
是的，并不是所有从事销售工作的人都在店里上班。有些销售人员可能需要外出拜访客户，也可能专门向企业或机构推销产品或服务。[片头音乐]你正在收听的是BBC英语教学制作的《你问我答》节目。在本期节目中，我们正在辨析两个和销售行业有关的单词sales和retail，并学习相关的词汇和表达。
This is an interesting question, and not just because I used to work in a shop.
It's partly related to how job titles don't always tell us what people actually do.
Well, maybe they do.
Or maybe there's a better word for it.
Well, this is where it gets a bit more complicated or a bit more interesting, if you're like us.
When we say that someone works in sales, we usually mean that they are totally focused on making sure that their business sells more goods and services.
So they might actively try to generate sales。名词 sale 的复数形式 sales 有销售，销售行业的意思。如果我们说一个人 works in sales，意思通常是这个人的主要工作是促成销售，提高销售业绩。同时，sales 也有销售额的含义，比如 generate sales 的意思就是增加销量，促进销售。其他和 sales 销售行业有关的单词或表达还有 commission 销售提成，也就是根据销售业绩获得相应的额外报酬。销售人员通常还需要 meet targets 完成销售目标，比如达到公司规定的月销售额或销售量，同时可能还需要 generate sales leads 寻找潜在客户，主动寻找可能购买产品或服务的人。
Someone with that kind of job could work in a shop and their job title might be salesperson.
Other job titles that are common in the sales industry are sales executive, sales representative or sales rep for short and sales consultant。
所以说从事 sales 销售工作的人也可能在商店里工作，比如手机店或者汽车展厅里的工作人员。在英国常见的销售行业的职位名称包括 sales executive 销售主管，销售专员，sales representative 销售代表以及 sales consultant 销售顾问。
。Many people with these job titles might not work in shops.
They might travel to meet customers or sell to other businesses.
是的，并不是所有从事销售工作的人都在店里上班。有些销售人员可能需要外出拜访客户，也可能专门向企业或机构推销产品或服务。[片头音乐]你正在收听的是BBC英语教学制作的《你问我答》节目。在本期节目中，我们正在辨析两个和销售行业有关的单词sales和retail，并学习相关的词汇和表达。
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