🌟 절판 (絕版)

Noun  

1. 출판된 책이 다 팔려서 없음.

1. SOLD OUT; SELLOUT: The act of a published book being unavailable since it has sold out.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 절판 상태.
    Out of print.
  • 절판이 되다.
    Go out of print.
  • 그 책은 인기가 많아 서점 곳곳에서 절판이 되었다.
    The book was so popular that it was out of print throughout the bookstore.
  • 아저씨, “어린왕자” 책 없나요?
    Sir, don't you have the "little prince" book?
    응, 그 책이 지금 절판 상태니 며칠 뒤에 다시 와 보거라.
    Yes, the book is out of print now, so come back in a few days.

2. 출판했던 책을 더 이상 펴내지 않게 됨.

2. DISCONTINUING: The act of deciding not to reprint a published book any more.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 절판이 되다.
    Go out of print.
  • 절판을 하다.
    Out of print.
  • 출판사는 최근 출판한 책의 판매가 부진하자 절판을 하기로 결정했다.
    The publisher decided to go out of print after sales of the recently published book were sluggish.
  • 교수님이 말씀하신 그 책은 현재 절판이 되어 구하기가 힘든 상태였다.
    The book the professor mentioned was now out of print and was in a difficult condition to obtain.
  • 내가 꼭 읽고 싶은 책이 있는데 절판이 되었다지 뭐야.
    There's a book i really want to read and it's out of print.
    저런, 그럼 헌책방 같은 곳이라도 가 봐.
    Well, then, go to an old bookstore or something.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 절판 (절판)
📚 Derivative: 절판되다(絕版되다): 출판된 책이 다 팔려서 없다., 출판했던 책이 더 이상 펴내지 않게… 절판하다(絕版하다): 출판했던 책을 더 이상 펴내지 않게 되다.

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