cheap
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected. 便宜的
I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough. 如果我能找到一個足夠便宜的地方,我打算住在校外。
Operating costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel. 經營成本在下降是因爲燃料更便宜了。
2. cheaplyADV 便宜地[ADV after v]
It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant. 它將以比核電廠更低廉的成本生産電力。
3. ADJ If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor. 價廉質劣的[ADJ n]
Don't resort to cheap imitations; save up for the real thing. 不要買價廉質劣的贗品,把錢存起來買真貨。
4. ADJ If you describe someone's remarks or actions as cheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else. 損人利己的[ADJ n] [表不滿]
These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points. 這些測試難免會被政客們利用以砲制損人利己的政治觀點。
5. ADJ If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. 小氣的[美國英語]
Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap. 哦,求求你,爸爸,就這一次,別小氣嘛。
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cheap /tʃiːp/ (cheaper,cheapest)
剑桥词典
- We bought a cheap package tour to Spain and stayed in a big hotel by the sea .
- Bicycles are a cheap and efficient form of transport .
- I know a great restaurant where the drink's cheap and the food's great .
- I bought some flowers that were going cheap.
- It's only a cheap ring but it has great sentimental value for me.
cheap adjective (LOW PRICE)
costing little money or less than is usual or expected便宜的,不貴的
I got a cheap flight at the last minute . 我在最後一刻買到了一張便宜的機票。
Food is usually cheaper in supermarkets . 超市裡的食物通常要便宜些。
Children and the elderly are entitled to cheap train tickets . 兒童和老人可以享受廉價火車票。
The system is simple and cheap to operate . 這個計劃實施起來簡單又省錢。
During times of mass unemployment , there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from. 在人們大批失業的時候,有大量廉價勞動力供雇主選用。
figurative In a war , human life becomes very cheap (= seems to be of little value ). 戰爭期間,人命變得很不值錢。
If a shop or restaurant is cheap, it charges low prices .
(商店或餐館)收費低廉的
I go to the cheapest hairdresser's in town . 我去城裡收費最便宜的那家理發店理發。
cheap and cheerful UK
cheap but good or enjoyable
價廉物美
There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food . 街角処有家飯店,那裡的飯菜價廉物美。
on the cheap informal
If you get goods on the cheap, you get them for a low price , often from someone you know who works in the company or business that produces them.
便宜地,廉價地
例句
cheap adjective (LOW QUALITY)
C1 disapprovingused to describe goods that are both low in quality and low in price
(商品)質次價廉的
I bought some cheap wine for cooking with. 我買了些便宜的劣質葡萄酒燒菜用。
He bought some cheap shoes that fell apart after a couple of months . 他買了雙便宜鞋,兩個月之後就全破了。
cheap and nasty UK
costing little and of very bad quality
質劣價廉
cheap adjective (UNGENEROUS)
US (UK mean)unwilling to spend money
小氣的,吝嗇的
He's so cheap he didn't even buy me a card for my birthday . 他真小氣,居然連張生日卡都沒給我買。
cheap adjective (DRESSED SEXILY)
disapprovingIf you describe the way a person is dressed as cheap, you mean that it is very obvious that they are trying to sexually attract other people .
(穿著)不正經的,下賤的
cheap adjective (UNKIND)
disapprovingunpleasant and unkind
卑劣的;粗俗的
I wish you'd stop making cheap jokes about my friends . 希望你別再對我的朋友們開那種低級玩笑了。
習語
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