Definition of cheap in English:

cheap

adjective tʃiːptʃip

1Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.
local buses were reliable and cheap
乘本地公共汽车又可靠又便宜。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the report, supermarkets admitted low-cost packaging was one of the reasons they charged less for their cheap lines.
- Anyone fancy starting a cheap express bus service to Manchester?
- Bradford has in recent times lost a lot of its manufacturing jobs and these have been replaced by cheap service jobs like takeaways, hotels and cleaners.
- Any way you cut it, cleaning services are not cheap.
- Even now, restaurant food is quite cheap, albeit a bit risky.
- This salon is one of the most expensive in Dublin, where I live - so it isn't a case of cheap haircuts or services.
- That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services.
- Residents have been warned to beware of unsolicited traders who call at houses in York offering cheap services such as driveway resurfacing.
- The aim of this company was to provide a communications service as cheap as possible to all citizens without any form of discrimination.
- It is a relatively small price to pay, however, for the abundance of cheap beer, divine chocolate eclairs and great restaurants he enjoys throughout Sofia.
- There is a huge difference between an online bookmaker and a firm who offer services in cheap flights, car hire and internet cafés.
- We are now paying a very high price for commercialising and politicising what was a very good and certainly very cheap health service.
- The service this offers is cheap, safe and allows clients to remain at a distance until they are convinced they are in touch with someone they really want to meet.
- Wireless Internet service is a cheap and viable connectivity option.
- It's true, the area is full of art galleries in old houses, trendy restaurants, cheap Victorian houses, and yes, good beer.
- Surely the good folk of Chapelfields would sell inheritances for a cheap, efficient service, where trains come by every three minutes.
- People are used to cheap film development services, because these shops do not include the cost of the pollution they create in developing film into their prices.
- The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal recently.
- I've read most of it so can strongly recommend books like this that detail the places to visit, cost and includes tips on where to go for great service and a cheap deal.
- The fast food restaurants are serving up vast portions of cheap, fatty food which is causing obesity and illness among their customers.
Synonyms
inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway
1. 1.1 Charging low prices.
  收费便宜的
  a cheap restaurant
  一家收费便宜的餐馆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some coffee shops and cheap restaurants were open, and even the city's double-decker public buses were moving in very light traffic.
  Also, it was pretty cheap too, compared to some of the other restaurants I've been to lately!
  We all ran and hid in this cheap motel's restaurant.
  Then there is the country's woeful provision of cheap, child-friendly restaurants.
  Soon she has a job at a service station and a cheap place to stay.
  There are high class fine dining restaurants, ethnic restaurants, cheap restaurants and family restaurants.
  The restaurants were cheap, wonderfully varied, and within walking distance.
  It's not a cheap restaurant, and nor does it need to be.
  So I sat by him in this rather depressing scene, as we played poker on the wet, cement floor, in the alley of cheap restaurants and pizza places.
  By the shore there are renowned restaurants, while the street is lined with cheap cafes and second-hand shops.
  If anything comes out of this, it's the sheer lunacy of expecting to run a cheap, universal postal service in the age of electronic mail and demanding it make a profit.
  Here you will find fantastic Indian restaurants, the best being the Punjab, friendly cheap pubs and encounter the sub culture.
  That pizza restaurant is pretty cheap, and they have good pizza.
  Its restaurants were good and cheap and its pubs overpopulated.
  He researched the building they would be breaking into, and he found a cheap hotel near there.
  This cheap and chic restaurant is run by an Hiberno-Spanish family who boast Spain and Denmark among their former homes.
  The pier is lined with excellent cheap restaurants, the fish visible in the sea beneath.
  These places aren't cheap, but the quality is outstanding.
  That evening I bought a dinner in a cheap restaurant near the lodging house.
  The road takes in long deserted beaches, paddy fields, avenues of trees and various cheap hotels and restaurants.
2. 1.2 Inexpensive because of inferior quality.
  （因劣质而）廉价的
  cheap, shoddy goods
  廉价的劣质货品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In addition, cheap, inferior food which floods into this country from abroad undercuts quality home produce and increases the downward pressure on farm gate prices.
  The area that was hit was one of Baghdad's poorest - consisting of overcrowded apartments, rundown shops and cheap restaurants.
  The Russian healthcare system is moving from a model based on cheap, poor quality labour to one with fewer, skilled people supported by modern technology.
  This is clearly an attempt to get money out of people for a cheap service.
  I own several scruffy-looking fleece tops that make me feel cheap and shabby whenever I wear them, so I was on the lookout for warm and slinky knitwear to help bring out my inner fabulousness.
  It's a cheap restaurant that is degrading to woman.
  That is, that it's providing cheap labor instead of quality, but more expensive labor.
  There was a time when it was easy to spot a fake: misspelled logos, cheap leather and shoddy hardware.
  Well, the deliberate contamination of food materials with low quality, cheap, non-edible or toxic substances is called food adulteration.
  We may well be starting to develop a taste for better coffee, but only 30 per cent of the beans we import are quality arabica, the rest being cheap, inferior robusta.
  It's expensive, but worth it to avoid the mistakes that mark out a cheap, amateurish video from a slick corporate one.
  Or they propose cheap, inferior roof systems, install them, get paid and disappear when the problems start.
  This restaurant is really, really inexpensive. Not cheap, mind; they just don't charge much.
  Our guys earned that reputation with decades of cheap and shoddy workmanship even as the top-tier imports were training us to expect much better.
  Since it became a region in its own right, Montilla has had to contend with a popular image as an inferior, cheap alternative to sherry.
  Okay, it's cheap, but the quality is so poor that you generally only get a couple of wears from it.
  He said the agency had to carefully examine the quality of cheap meat to decide whether it was safe for human consumption.
  A restaurant in some unknown country, cheap wood-grain paneling on the wall and a sad-faced waitress who spoke only Italian as she delivered the overcooked food to the table.
  Synonyms
  poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, Brummagem, pinchbeck
  informal cheapo, junky, tacky, kitsch, not up to much
  British informal naff, duff, ropy, grotty, rubbish, twopenny-halfpenny
  North American informal a dime a dozen, tinhorn, two-bit, dime-store
  British vulgar slang crap, crappy
  North American vulgar slang chickenshit
  archaic trumpery
2Of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort.
无价值的，用不正当手段得到的
her moment of cheap triumph
她取得廉价胜利的那一刻。
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally he did achieve a cheap tabloid immortality, but this CD won't raise his status.
- And the Government has lashed out at the Opposition for airing the criticisms, accusing them of trying to score cheap political points.
- Most of them are using that trick for cheap laughs, while he earned those laughs the hard way.
- Whether it is a genuine case of the Prime Minister being paranoid, or a case of his constantly crying wolf to gain cheap political advantage or sympathy, I leave for others to decide.
- ‘I am disappointed that they view Bolton's transport plans as nothing more than a cheap political gimmick,’ he said.
- Online study does not mean cheap and low quality.
- It hurts, but now I just remind myself that they don't know anything about me, and that I am worth more than their cheap laughs.
- It's wildly implausible, it's a cheap and uninvolving way to tell a story, and it shows the film's willingness to betray its characters for the sake of a laugh.
- The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them.
- But it sounds so glib and useless and feels so cheap and cop-out just to say ‘I'm going to be a better person from now on.’
Synonyms
despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful
1. 2.1 Deserving contempt.
  可鄙的；可耻的
  a cheap trick
  可鄙的诡计。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a cheap shot: Send your difficult client off to the shrinks and never see him again.
  There is something strangely mesmerising about a snake-charmer's snake but, at the end of the day, you realise it is just another cheap trick.
  Which, if you think about it, is a cheap and irresponsible trick.
  Since his elevation, he has resorted to cheap populism in an effort to win back disaffected working class voters.
  It's also worth noting the cheap shot thrown at the State Department's intelligence agency, which actually has a very good track record.
  Those in the property management departments of the architects feel they have been blinded by a cheap trick.
  Or is it simply easier for a struggling paper with sales in freefall to decide that a cheap headline is worth more than any kind of journalistic accuracy?
  Did the rather cheap quality of the cartoons leave an impression as he read the scripts?
  She deserves and should expect nothing but ridicule for this newest cheap trick.
  And no, a filmmaker doesn't need to resort to cheap tricks and melodrama to tell the story.
  Luckily for its readers, this newspaper would never fall for such cheap tricks.
  How are we supposed to teach our kids about sportsmanship and fair play if this coach constantly gets away with his cheap tricks and abusive behavior?
  Well, we have to admit that we lied about that - it was a cheap trick to keep you reading.
  It uses cheap narrative tricks to skip ahead to a pivotal moment in the tale.
  The stripper only stayed for the first three tracks (over the course of which she took what little she was wearing off) but it set a tawdry, cheap tone for the rest of the gig.
  He's his own man, doesn't compromise his principles to achieve cheap popularity, but sticks to his guns.
  The singer, who had been floating on a cloud of critical success at a French label, fell down to earth with a bump when critics panned her first solo effort as vulgar and cheap.
  Why do entertainers indulge in such cheap tricks in the first place?
  Even the writers themselves fall victim to the cheap trick.
  I've ended up using a cheap trick - I've adopted exam papers as a structure for two of the scenarios, one based on Politics, one on Media Studies.
  Synonyms
  despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful
2. 2.2North American informal Miserly.
  〈北美，非正式〉吝啬的
  she's too cheap to send me a postcard
  她太吝啬了，不会给我寄明信片的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If they look cheap, in comparison, it can send the wrong message about the candidate.
  He is nothing but a cheap penny-pincher who has gone out of his way to alienate himself from Chicago fans.
  The answer is they are greedy and cheap, just like the executives of the supermarket.
  Have you ever had the misfortune damaging one of your favorite firearms because you were too cheap to purchase a quality gun case?
  Well, I'm so cheap I still ask the prices of things I like.
  I've got an etiquette question because I can't decide if I'm being cheap and greedy or thoroughly modern.
  Synonyms
  mean, miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, scrooge-like

adverb tʃiːptʃip

At or for a low price.
便宜地
a house that was going cheap because of the war
因战乱而房价走低的房子。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, at just under €400,000 before tax and transport costs, it could be a while before you see any going cheap.
- Ah - there's an idea… pork joints going cheap for Christmas anyone?
- Gary spotted electric trimmers going cheap and brought them home, so both he and Lewis ended up with really short cuts.
- On the other hand, tech talent is going cheap these days, so there's an argument for stocking up now.

Phrases

cheap and cheerful

Simple and inexpensive.
〈英〉价廉物美的
Example sentencesExamples
- They want something that is cheap and cheerful that does the job.
- GM crops can increase productivity, improve crop quality and end the reliance on chemical pesticides; they are cheap and cheerful, need little maintenance and protect the crops' gene bank.
- The food is cheap and cheerful and there is nothing to worry about.
- The food is overpriced and pretentious, students want cheap and cheerful.
- However, if you decide not to splash out, purchase something cheap and cheerful instead just to get one of the stores famous branded carrier bags.
- Tonight we are going to a flash restaurant, there are plenty of them here alongside the cheap and cheerful, you can easily spend 30 quid on a main course.
- Like the roof structure, they are cheap and cheerful, but they are also robust and will need little maintenance.
- It seems that everyone involved has forgotten the golden rule for success in promoting any entertainment business - the customer is always right and the customer wants it cheap and cheerful, which a single channel could deliver.
- If you want cheap and cheerful, you get cheap and cheerful.
- The beaches were great golden expanses and the resorts themselves cheap and cheerful.
Synonyms
inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway

cheap and nasty

Of low cost and bad quality.
〈英〉便宜但劣质的
the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty
Example sentencesExamples
- People should be made to realise that a bike is a serious investment, or they're going to buy something cheap and nasty and not enjoy the cycling experience as much as if they'd spent a bit more.
- They are cheap and nasty, and limit the sound quality enormously.
- Rather than being cheap and nasty and unstable (like everything else at that store), they seem to be actually quite sturdy and rather pleasing on the eye.
- And people from abroad don't expect things to be cheap and nasty.
- That doesn't necessarily mean cheap and nasty, though.

(as) cheap as chips

informal Very inexpensive.
the second-hand copies are cheap as chips
as modifier cheap-as-chips jewellery
Example sentencesExamples
- There is also much to be said for cheap-as-chips packages that cannot distract anyone with 3-D gaming.
- Finding the original shoes was extremely tough and they definitely weren't cheap as chips!
- Daytime TV ad slots are cheap as chips.
- Cheap as chips, each drank champagne and vodka tonics all night.
- Some of these companies have become "as cheap as chips", as one fund manager remarked.
- Although flights from Scotland to London are as cheap as chips these days, we chose to go by train and save the hassle of hanging around airports and arriving an hour away from the city centre.
- We popped in to see how we could get a joint membership and it was as easy as pie and cheap as chips.
- My cheap as chips special edition will now be shipping Monday not last Thursday as MS didn't deliver all the stock.
- PCs will soon be as cheap as chips.
- Although, as EnGadget notes, most people in those parts might prefer mobile phones, and they're already cheap as chips.

cheap at the price

Well worth having, regardless of the cost.
物超所值的
as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price
作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。
Example sentencesExamples
- Not just deeply relevant, but cheap at the price.
- They are convenient, easy to use, simple to enter and exit, and cheap at the price.
- One expert warned that at $60 a barrel oil is looking cheap at the price.
- ‘Son, look at it as a quick course in practical diplomacy, and cheap at the price,’ said Fox.
- The prospect of the red tape involved in applying for new plates persuaded many car owners that this was cheap at the price.
- Cutting the budget deficit looks cheap at the price.
- Roy Keane, a big admirer, was not alone at the time in remarking that it was cheap at the price.
- Seeing all the things put in, and all the things taken out, it seems cheap at the price.
- If, at last, we begin to see just how counter-productive and wasteful our farming policies have become, the cost of this latest compensation will have been cheap at the price.
- I would suggest £200 for a ten-year personal licence is hardly excessive - £20 per year seems cheap at the price.

on the cheap

informal At low cost.
proper care cannot be provided on the cheap
Example sentencesExamples
- Major shareholders may be buying back the loans on the cheap.
- So, it's a case of doing things on the cheap, like hiring a van.
- But he couldn't resist the chance of snapping up Moore on the cheap.
- Horror movies are often done on the cheap and require no big-name stars and even benefit from a lack of production values.
- My generation has become used to living on the cheap - expensive housing, education and cost of living has seen to this.
- We have dramatically expanded higher education on the cheap.
- Seven fuel cheats were counting the cost of trying to do their driving on the cheap.
- That the key question remains: why, other than a desire to do the job on the cheap, is the gas not to be processed offshore?
- If you do it on the cheap then you reap the consequences.
- But can I do this on the cheap, or does it cost a lot of money to put this together?

Derivatives

cheapish

adjective ˈtʃiːpɪʃˈtʃipɪʃ

The meat was indeed delicious, far better quality than you would expect in a cheapish sandwich, and cooked to perfection.
Example sentencesExamples
- After a nasty couple of hours when it looked like we were going to have to drive I found some cheapish tickets online and we're going by train.
- Fuelled by cheapish drinks, you never know who you might meet in this place.
- Almost done with packing… of course, we had to make a run in search of a cheapish suitcase, since we bought way too many books during our sojourn in London.
- I picked up a few cheapish pieces there in the past… really cool, totally hand made from local artists.

Origin

Late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap 'a good bargain', from Old English cēap 'bargaining, trade', based on Latin caupo 'small trader, innkeeper'.

Nowadays something that is cheap is inexpensive or of low value. In Old English, though, ceap (derived from Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’) meant ‘bargaining or trade’. Chap is based on the same word. The obsolete phrase good cheap meant ‘a good bargain’, and it is from this that the modern sense developed. In place names such as Cheapside and Eastcheap, cheap means ‘market’. If you say that something is cheap at the price, you mean that it is well worth having regardless of the cost. A stronger alternative version of this is cheap at twice the price, and you will also hear the confusing inversion cheap at half the price.

Rhymes

asleep, beep, bleep, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep

Definition of cheap in US English:

cheap

adjectiveCHēptʃip

1(of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost.
they bought some cheap fruit
他们在市场里买了些便宜水果。
local buses were reliable and cheap
乘本地公共汽车又可靠又便宜。
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone fancy starting a cheap express bus service to Manchester?
- I've read most of it so can strongly recommend books like this that detail the places to visit, cost and includes tips on where to go for great service and a cheap deal.
- The aim of this company was to provide a communications service as cheap as possible to all citizens without any form of discrimination.
- The fast food restaurants are serving up vast portions of cheap, fatty food which is causing obesity and illness among their customers.
- This salon is one of the most expensive in Dublin, where I live - so it isn't a case of cheap haircuts or services.
- Surely the good folk of Chapelfields would sell inheritances for a cheap, efficient service, where trains come by every three minutes.
- The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal recently.
- It's true, the area is full of art galleries in old houses, trendy restaurants, cheap Victorian houses, and yes, good beer.
- That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services.
- Wireless Internet service is a cheap and viable connectivity option.
- Bradford has in recent times lost a lot of its manufacturing jobs and these have been replaced by cheap service jobs like takeaways, hotels and cleaners.
- Residents have been warned to beware of unsolicited traders who call at houses in York offering cheap services such as driveway resurfacing.
- Any way you cut it, cleaning services are not cheap.
- People are used to cheap film development services, because these shops do not include the cost of the pollution they create in developing film into their prices.
- The service this offers is cheap, safe and allows clients to remain at a distance until they are convinced they are in touch with someone they really want to meet.
- We are now paying a very high price for commercialising and politicising what was a very good and certainly very cheap health service.
- It is a relatively small price to pay, however, for the abundance of cheap beer, divine chocolate eclairs and great restaurants he enjoys throughout Sofia.
- Even now, restaurant food is quite cheap, albeit a bit risky.
- In the report, supermarkets admitted low-cost packaging was one of the reasons they charged less for their cheap lines.
- There is a huge difference between an online bookmaker and a firm who offer services in cheap flights, car hire and internet cafés.
Synonyms
inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway
1. 1.1 Charging low prices.
  收费便宜的
  a cheap restaurant
  一家收费便宜的餐馆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These places aren't cheap, but the quality is outstanding.
  That evening I bought a dinner in a cheap restaurant near the lodging house.
  Also, it was pretty cheap too, compared to some of the other restaurants I've been to lately!
  If anything comes out of this, it's the sheer lunacy of expecting to run a cheap, universal postal service in the age of electronic mail and demanding it make a profit.
  We all ran and hid in this cheap motel's restaurant.
  Soon she has a job at a service station and a cheap place to stay.
  It's not a cheap restaurant, and nor does it need to be.
  Its restaurants were good and cheap and its pubs overpopulated.
  He researched the building they would be breaking into, and he found a cheap hotel near there.
  Some coffee shops and cheap restaurants were open, and even the city's double-decker public buses were moving in very light traffic.
  So I sat by him in this rather depressing scene, as we played poker on the wet, cement floor, in the alley of cheap restaurants and pizza places.
  The restaurants were cheap, wonderfully varied, and within walking distance.
  That pizza restaurant is pretty cheap, and they have good pizza.
  Then there is the country's woeful provision of cheap, child-friendly restaurants.
  This cheap and chic restaurant is run by an Hiberno-Spanish family who boast Spain and Denmark among their former homes.
  There are high class fine dining restaurants, ethnic restaurants, cheap restaurants and family restaurants.
  By the shore there are renowned restaurants, while the street is lined with cheap cafes and second-hand shops.
  The road takes in long deserted beaches, paddy fields, avenues of trees and various cheap hotels and restaurants.
  The pier is lined with excellent cheap restaurants, the fish visible in the sea beneath.
  Here you will find fantastic Indian restaurants, the best being the Punjab, friendly cheap pubs and encounter the sub culture.
2. 1.2 Inexpensive because of inferior quality.
  （因劣质而）廉价的
  cheap, shoddy goods
  廉价的劣质货品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is, that it's providing cheap labor instead of quality, but more expensive labor.
  Since it became a region in its own right, Montilla has had to contend with a popular image as an inferior, cheap alternative to sherry.
  This restaurant is really, really inexpensive. Not cheap, mind; they just don't charge much.
  Our guys earned that reputation with decades of cheap and shoddy workmanship even as the top-tier imports were training us to expect much better.
  Or they propose cheap, inferior roof systems, install them, get paid and disappear when the problems start.
  He said the agency had to carefully examine the quality of cheap meat to decide whether it was safe for human consumption.
  I own several scruffy-looking fleece tops that make me feel cheap and shabby whenever I wear them, so I was on the lookout for warm and slinky knitwear to help bring out my inner fabulousness.
  A restaurant in some unknown country, cheap wood-grain paneling on the wall and a sad-faced waitress who spoke only Italian as she delivered the overcooked food to the table.
  Well, the deliberate contamination of food materials with low quality, cheap, non-edible or toxic substances is called food adulteration.
  The Russian healthcare system is moving from a model based on cheap, poor quality labour to one with fewer, skilled people supported by modern technology.
  In addition, cheap, inferior food which floods into this country from abroad undercuts quality home produce and increases the downward pressure on farm gate prices.
  This is clearly an attempt to get money out of people for a cheap service.
  There was a time when it was easy to spot a fake: misspelled logos, cheap leather and shoddy hardware.
  The area that was hit was one of Baghdad's poorest - consisting of overcrowded apartments, rundown shops and cheap restaurants.
  It's a cheap restaurant that is degrading to woman.
  It's expensive, but worth it to avoid the mistakes that mark out a cheap, amateurish video from a slick corporate one.
  Okay, it's cheap, but the quality is so poor that you generally only get a couple of wears from it.
  We may well be starting to develop a taste for better coffee, but only 30 per cent of the beans we import are quality arabica, the rest being cheap, inferior robusta.
  Synonyms
  poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck
3. 1.3North American informal Miserly; stingy.
  she's too cheap to send me a postcard
  她太吝啬了，不会给我寄明信片的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The answer is they are greedy and cheap, just like the executives of the supermarket.
  Have you ever had the misfortune damaging one of your favorite firearms because you were too cheap to purchase a quality gun case?
  If they look cheap, in comparison, it can send the wrong message about the candidate.
  Well, I'm so cheap I still ask the prices of things I like.
  I've got an etiquette question because I can't decide if I'm being cheap and greedy or thoroughly modern.
  He is nothing but a cheap penny-pincher who has gone out of his way to alienate himself from Chicago fans.
  Synonyms
  miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, scrooge-like
4. 1.4 Of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort.
  无价值的，用不正当手段得到的
  her moment of cheap triumph
  她取得廉价胜利的那一刻。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's wildly implausible, it's a cheap and uninvolving way to tell a story, and it shows the film's willingness to betray its characters for the sake of a laugh.
  The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them.
  And the Government has lashed out at the Opposition for airing the criticisms, accusing them of trying to score cheap political points.
  But it sounds so glib and useless and feels so cheap and cop-out just to say ‘I'm going to be a better person from now on.’
  Online study does not mean cheap and low quality.
  Finally he did achieve a cheap tabloid immortality, but this CD won't raise his status.
  Whether it is a genuine case of the Prime Minister being paranoid, or a case of his constantly crying wolf to gain cheap political advantage or sympathy, I leave for others to decide.
  ‘I am disappointed that they view Bolton's transport plans as nothing more than a cheap political gimmick,’ he said.
  Most of them are using that trick for cheap laughs, while he earned those laughs the hard way.
  It hurts, but now I just remind myself that they don't know anything about me, and that I am worth more than their cheap laughs.
  Synonyms
  despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful
5. 1.5 Deserving of contempt.
  可鄙的；可耻的
  a cheap trick
  可鄙的诡计。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is something strangely mesmerising about a snake-charmer's snake but, at the end of the day, you realise it is just another cheap trick.
  Or is it simply easier for a struggling paper with sales in freefall to decide that a cheap headline is worth more than any kind of journalistic accuracy?
  She deserves and should expect nothing but ridicule for this newest cheap trick.
  Why do entertainers indulge in such cheap tricks in the first place?
  Even the writers themselves fall victim to the cheap trick.
  It uses cheap narrative tricks to skip ahead to a pivotal moment in the tale.
  Those in the property management departments of the architects feel they have been blinded by a cheap trick.
  Since his elevation, he has resorted to cheap populism in an effort to win back disaffected working class voters.
  Well, we have to admit that we lied about that - it was a cheap trick to keep you reading.
  And no, a filmmaker doesn't need to resort to cheap tricks and melodrama to tell the story.
  How are we supposed to teach our kids about sportsmanship and fair play if this coach constantly gets away with his cheap tricks and abusive behavior?
  Which, if you think about it, is a cheap and irresponsible trick.
  I've ended up using a cheap trick - I've adopted exam papers as a structure for two of the scenarios, one based on Politics, one on Media Studies.
  The stripper only stayed for the first three tracks (over the course of which she took what little she was wearing off) but it set a tawdry, cheap tone for the rest of the gig.
  Luckily for its readers, this newspaper would never fall for such cheap tricks.
  He's his own man, doesn't compromise his principles to achieve cheap popularity, but sticks to his guns.
  It's a cheap shot: Send your difficult client off to the shrinks and never see him again.
  The singer, who had been floating on a cloud of critical success at a French label, fell down to earth with a bump when critics panned her first solo effort as vulgar and cheap.
  Did the rather cheap quality of the cartoons leave an impression as he read the scripts?
  It's also worth noting the cheap shot thrown at the State Department's intelligence agency, which actually has a very good track record.
  Synonyms
  despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful

adverbCHēptʃip

At or for a low price.
便宜地
a house that was going cheap
因战乱而房价走低的房子。
Example sentencesExamples
- On the other hand, tech talent is going cheap these days, so there's an argument for stocking up now.
- Gary spotted electric trimmers going cheap and brought them home, so both he and Lewis ended up with really short cuts.
- Ah - there's an idea… pork joints going cheap for Christmas anyone?
- However, at just under €400,000 before tax and transport costs, it could be a while before you see any going cheap.

Phrases

cheap and cheerful

Simple and inexpensive.
〈英〉价廉物美的
Example sentencesExamples
- They want something that is cheap and cheerful that does the job.
- If you want cheap and cheerful, you get cheap and cheerful.
- However, if you decide not to splash out, purchase something cheap and cheerful instead just to get one of the stores famous branded carrier bags.
- The food is overpriced and pretentious, students want cheap and cheerful.
- Tonight we are going to a flash restaurant, there are plenty of them here alongside the cheap and cheerful, you can easily spend 30 quid on a main course.
- Like the roof structure, they are cheap and cheerful, but they are also robust and will need little maintenance.
- GM crops can increase productivity, improve crop quality and end the reliance on chemical pesticides; they are cheap and cheerful, need little maintenance and protect the crops' gene bank.
- It seems that everyone involved has forgotten the golden rule for success in promoting any entertainment business - the customer is always right and the customer wants it cheap and cheerful, which a single channel could deliver.
- The food is cheap and cheerful and there is nothing to worry about.
- The beaches were great golden expanses and the resorts themselves cheap and cheerful.
Synonyms
inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway

cheap and nasty

Of low cost and bad quality.
〈英〉便宜但劣质的
the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty
Example sentencesExamples
- That doesn't necessarily mean cheap and nasty, though.
- And people from abroad don't expect things to be cheap and nasty.
- They are cheap and nasty, and limit the sound quality enormously.
- Rather than being cheap and nasty and unstable (like everything else at that store), they seem to be actually quite sturdy and rather pleasing on the eye.
- People should be made to realise that a bike is a serious investment, or they're going to buy something cheap and nasty and not enjoy the cycling experience as much as if they'd spent a bit more.

(as) cheap as chips

informal Very inexpensive.
the second-hand copies are cheap as chips
as modifier cheap-as-chips jewelry
Example sentencesExamples
- Cheap as chips, each drank champagne and vodka tonics all night.
- My cheap as chips special edition will now be shipping Monday not last Thursday as MS didn't deliver all the stock.
- Finding the original shoes was extremely tough and they definitely weren't cheap as chips!
- There is also much to be said for cheap-as-chips packages that cannot distract anyone with 3-D gaming.
- Some of these companies have become "as cheap as chips", as one fund manager remarked.
- Although flights from Scotland to London are as cheap as chips these days, we chose to go by train and save the hassle of hanging around airports and arriving an hour away from the city centre.
- Although, as EnGadget notes, most people in those parts might prefer mobile phones, and they're already cheap as chips.
- We popped in to see how we could get a joint membership and it was as easy as pie and cheap as chips.
- PCs will soon be as cheap as chips.
- Daytime TV ad slots are cheap as chips.

cheap at the price

Well worth having, regardless of the cost.
物超所值的
as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price
作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。
Example sentencesExamples
- They are convenient, easy to use, simple to enter and exit, and cheap at the price.
- Roy Keane, a big admirer, was not alone at the time in remarking that it was cheap at the price.
- Seeing all the things put in, and all the things taken out, it seems cheap at the price.
- ‘Son, look at it as a quick course in practical diplomacy, and cheap at the price,’ said Fox.
- Cutting the budget deficit looks cheap at the price.
- I would suggest £200 for a ten-year personal licence is hardly excessive - £20 per year seems cheap at the price.
- The prospect of the red tape involved in applying for new plates persuaded many car owners that this was cheap at the price.
- Not just deeply relevant, but cheap at the price.
- One expert warned that at $60 a barrel oil is looking cheap at the price.
- If, at last, we begin to see just how counter-productive and wasteful our farming policies have become, the cost of this latest compensation will have been cheap at the price.

on the cheap

informal At low cost.
in search of symbols of prestige, but on the cheap
Example sentencesExamples
- But he couldn't resist the chance of snapping up Moore on the cheap.
- If you do it on the cheap then you reap the consequences.
- Major shareholders may be buying back the loans on the cheap.
- My generation has become used to living on the cheap - expensive housing, education and cost of living has seen to this.
- But can I do this on the cheap, or does it cost a lot of money to put this together?
- So, it's a case of doing things on the cheap, like hiring a van.
- We have dramatically expanded higher education on the cheap.
- That the key question remains: why, other than a desire to do the job on the cheap, is the gas not to be processed offshore?
- Horror movies are often done on the cheap and require no big-name stars and even benefit from a lack of production values.
- Seven fuel cheats were counting the cost of trying to do their driving on the cheap.

Origin

Late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’.

单词	cheap
释义	Definition of cheap in English: cheap adjective tʃiːptʃip 1Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services. local buses were reliable and cheap 乘本地公共汽车又可靠又便宜。 Example sentencesExamples In the report, supermarkets admitted low-cost packaging was one of the reasons they charged less for their cheap lines. Anyone fancy starting a cheap express bus service to Manchester? Bradford has in recent times lost a lot of its manufacturing jobs and these have been replaced by cheap service jobs like takeaways, hotels and cleaners. Any way you cut it, cleaning services are not cheap. Even now, restaurant food is quite cheap, albeit a bit risky. This salon is one of the most expensive in Dublin, where I live - so it isn't a case of cheap haircuts or services. That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services. Residents have been warned to beware of unsolicited traders who call at houses in York offering cheap services such as driveway resurfacing. The aim of this company was to provide a communications service as cheap as possible to all citizens without any form of discrimination. It is a relatively small price to pay, however, for the abundance of cheap beer, divine chocolate eclairs and great restaurants he enjoys throughout Sofia. There is a huge difference between an online bookmaker and a firm who offer services in cheap flights, car hire and internet cafés. We are now paying a very high price for commercialising and politicising what was a very good and certainly very cheap health service. The service this offers is cheap, safe and allows clients to remain at a distance until they are convinced they are in touch with someone they really want to meet. Wireless Internet service is a cheap and viable connectivity option. It's true, the area is full of art galleries in old houses, trendy restaurants, cheap Victorian houses, and yes, good beer. Surely the good folk of Chapelfields would sell inheritances for a cheap, efficient service, where trains come by every three minutes. People are used to cheap film development services, because these shops do not include the cost of the pollution they create in developing film into their prices. The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal recently. I've read most of it so can strongly recommend books like this that detail the places to visit, cost and includes tips on where to go for great service and a cheap deal. The fast food restaurants are serving up vast portions of cheap, fatty food which is causing obesity and illness among their customers. Synonyms inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway 1.1 Charging low prices. 收费便宜的 a cheap restaurant 一家收费便宜的餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples Some coffee shops and cheap restaurants were open, and even the city's double-decker public buses were moving in very light traffic. Also, it was pretty cheap too, compared to some of the other restaurants I've been to lately! We all ran and hid in this cheap motel's restaurant. Then there is the country's woeful provision of cheap, child-friendly restaurants. Soon she has a job at a service station and a cheap place to stay. There are high class fine dining restaurants, ethnic restaurants, cheap restaurants and family restaurants. The restaurants were cheap, wonderfully varied, and within walking distance. It's not a cheap restaurant, and nor does it need to be. So I sat by him in this rather depressing scene, as we played poker on the wet, cement floor, in the alley of cheap restaurants and pizza places. By the shore there are renowned restaurants, while the street is lined with cheap cafes and second-hand shops. If anything comes out of this, it's the sheer lunacy of expecting to run a cheap, universal postal service in the age of electronic mail and demanding it make a profit. Here you will find fantastic Indian restaurants, the best being the Punjab, friendly cheap pubs and encounter the sub culture. That pizza restaurant is pretty cheap, and they have good pizza. Its restaurants were good and cheap and its pubs overpopulated. He researched the building they would be breaking into, and he found a cheap hotel near there. This cheap and chic restaurant is run by an Hiberno-Spanish family who boast Spain and Denmark among their former homes. The pier is lined with excellent cheap restaurants, the fish visible in the sea beneath. These places aren't cheap, but the quality is outstanding. That evening I bought a dinner in a cheap restaurant near the lodging house. The road takes in long deserted beaches, paddy fields, avenues of trees and various cheap hotels and restaurants. 1.2 Inexpensive because of inferior quality. （因劣质而）廉价的 cheap, shoddy goods 廉价的劣质货品。 Example sentencesExamples In addition, cheap, inferior food which floods into this country from abroad undercuts quality home produce and increases the downward pressure on farm gate prices. The area that was hit was one of Baghdad's poorest - consisting of overcrowded apartments, rundown shops and cheap restaurants. The Russian healthcare system is moving from a model based on cheap, poor quality labour to one with fewer, skilled people supported by modern technology. This is clearly an attempt to get money out of people for a cheap service. I own several scruffy-looking fleece tops that make me feel cheap and shabby whenever I wear them, so I was on the lookout for warm and slinky knitwear to help bring out my inner fabulousness. It's a cheap restaurant that is degrading to woman. That is, that it's providing cheap labor instead of quality, but more expensive labor. There was a time when it was easy to spot a fake: misspelled logos, cheap leather and shoddy hardware. Well, the deliberate contamination of food materials with low quality, cheap, non-edible or toxic substances is called food adulteration. We may well be starting to develop a taste for better coffee, but only 30 per cent of the beans we import are quality arabica, the rest being cheap, inferior robusta. It's expensive, but worth it to avoid the mistakes that mark out a cheap, amateurish video from a slick corporate one. Or they propose cheap, inferior roof systems, install them, get paid and disappear when the problems start. This restaurant is really, really inexpensive. Not cheap, mind; they just don't charge much. Our guys earned that reputation with decades of cheap and shoddy workmanship even as the top-tier imports were training us to expect much better. Since it became a region in its own right, Montilla has had to contend with a popular image as an inferior, cheap alternative to sherry. Okay, it's cheap, but the quality is so poor that you generally only get a couple of wears from it. He said the agency had to carefully examine the quality of cheap meat to decide whether it was safe for human consumption. A restaurant in some unknown country, cheap wood-grain paneling on the wall and a sad-faced waitress who spoke only Italian as she delivered the overcooked food to the table. Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, Brummagem, pinchbeck informal cheapo, junky, tacky, kitsch, not up to much British informal naff, duff, ropy, grotty, rubbish, twopenny-halfpenny North American informal a dime a dozen, tinhorn, two-bit, dime-store British vulgar slang crap, crappy North American vulgar slang chickenshit archaic trumpery 2Of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort. 无价值的，用不正当手段得到的 her moment of cheap triumph 她取得廉价胜利的那一刻。 Example sentencesExamples Finally he did achieve a cheap tabloid immortality, but this CD won't raise his status. And the Government has lashed out at the Opposition for airing the criticisms, accusing them of trying to score cheap political points. Most of them are using that trick for cheap laughs, while he earned those laughs the hard way. Whether it is a genuine case of the Prime Minister being paranoid, or a case of his constantly crying wolf to gain cheap political advantage or sympathy, I leave for others to decide. ‘I am disappointed that they view Bolton's transport plans as nothing more than a cheap political gimmick,’ he said. Online study does not mean cheap and low quality. It hurts, but now I just remind myself that they don't know anything about me, and that I am worth more than their cheap laughs. It's wildly implausible, it's a cheap and uninvolving way to tell a story, and it shows the film's willingness to betray its characters for the sake of a laugh. The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them. But it sounds so glib and useless and feels so cheap and cop-out just to say ‘I'm going to be a better person from now on.’ Synonyms despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful 2.1 Deserving contempt. 可鄙的；可耻的 a cheap trick 可鄙的诡计。 Example sentencesExamples It's a cheap shot: Send your difficult client off to the shrinks and never see him again. There is something strangely mesmerising about a snake-charmer's snake but, at the end of the day, you realise it is just another cheap trick. Which, if you think about it, is a cheap and irresponsible trick. Since his elevation, he has resorted to cheap populism in an effort to win back disaffected working class voters. It's also worth noting the cheap shot thrown at the State Department's intelligence agency, which actually has a very good track record. Those in the property management departments of the architects feel they have been blinded by a cheap trick. Or is it simply easier for a struggling paper with sales in freefall to decide that a cheap headline is worth more than any kind of journalistic accuracy? Did the rather cheap quality of the cartoons leave an impression as he read the scripts? She deserves and should expect nothing but ridicule for this newest cheap trick. And no, a filmmaker doesn't need to resort to cheap tricks and melodrama to tell the story. Luckily for its readers, this newspaper would never fall for such cheap tricks. How are we supposed to teach our kids about sportsmanship and fair play if this coach constantly gets away with his cheap tricks and abusive behavior? Well, we have to admit that we lied about that - it was a cheap trick to keep you reading. It uses cheap narrative tricks to skip ahead to a pivotal moment in the tale. The stripper only stayed for the first three tracks (over the course of which she took what little she was wearing off) but it set a tawdry, cheap tone for the rest of the gig. He's his own man, doesn't compromise his principles to achieve cheap popularity, but sticks to his guns. The singer, who had been floating on a cloud of critical success at a French label, fell down to earth with a bump when critics panned her first solo effort as vulgar and cheap. Why do entertainers indulge in such cheap tricks in the first place? Even the writers themselves fall victim to the cheap trick. I've ended up using a cheap trick - I've adopted exam papers as a structure for two of the scenarios, one based on Politics, one on Media Studies. Synonyms despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful 2.2North American informal Miserly. 〈北美，非正式〉吝啬的 she's too cheap to send me a postcard 她太吝啬了，不会给我寄明信片的。 Example sentencesExamples If they look cheap, in comparison, it can send the wrong message about the candidate. He is nothing but a cheap penny-pincher who has gone out of his way to alienate himself from Chicago fans. The answer is they are greedy and cheap, just like the executives of the supermarket. Have you ever had the misfortune damaging one of your favorite firearms because you were too cheap to purchase a quality gun case? Well, I'm so cheap I still ask the prices of things I like. I've got an etiquette question because I can't decide if I'm being cheap and greedy or thoroughly modern. Synonyms mean, miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, scrooge-like adverb tʃiːptʃip At or for a low price. 便宜地 a house that was going cheap because of the war 因战乱而房价走低的房子。 Example sentencesExamples However, at just under €400,000 before tax and transport costs, it could be a while before you see any going cheap. Ah - there's an idea… pork joints going cheap for Christmas anyone? Gary spotted electric trimmers going cheap and brought them home, so both he and Lewis ended up with really short cuts. On the other hand, tech talent is going cheap these days, so there's an argument for stocking up now. Phrases cheap and cheerful Simple and inexpensive. 〈英〉价廉物美的 Example sentencesExamples They want something that is cheap and cheerful that does the job. GM crops can increase productivity, improve crop quality and end the reliance on chemical pesticides; they are cheap and cheerful, need little maintenance and protect the crops' gene bank. The food is cheap and cheerful and there is nothing to worry about. The food is overpriced and pretentious, students want cheap and cheerful. However, if you decide not to splash out, purchase something cheap and cheerful instead just to get one of the stores famous branded carrier bags. Tonight we are going to a flash restaurant, there are plenty of them here alongside the cheap and cheerful, you can easily spend 30 quid on a main course. Like the roof structure, they are cheap and cheerful, but they are also robust and will need little maintenance. It seems that everyone involved has forgotten the golden rule for success in promoting any entertainment business - the customer is always right and the customer wants it cheap and cheerful, which a single channel could deliver. If you want cheap and cheerful, you get cheap and cheerful. The beaches were great golden expanses and the resorts themselves cheap and cheerful. Synonyms inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway cheap and nasty Of low cost and bad quality. 〈英〉便宜但劣质的 the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty Example sentencesExamples People should be made to realise that a bike is a serious investment, or they're going to buy something cheap and nasty and not enjoy the cycling experience as much as if they'd spent a bit more. They are cheap and nasty, and limit the sound quality enormously. Rather than being cheap and nasty and unstable (like everything else at that store), they seem to be actually quite sturdy and rather pleasing on the eye. And people from abroad don't expect things to be cheap and nasty. That doesn't necessarily mean cheap and nasty, though. (as) cheap as chips informal Very inexpensive. the second-hand copies are cheap as chips as modifier cheap-as-chips jewellery Example sentencesExamples There is also much to be said for cheap-as-chips packages that cannot distract anyone with 3-D gaming. Finding the original shoes was extremely tough and they definitely weren't cheap as chips! Daytime TV ad slots are cheap as chips. Cheap as chips, each drank champagne and vodka tonics all night. Some of these companies have become "as cheap as chips", as one fund manager remarked. Although flights from Scotland to London are as cheap as chips these days, we chose to go by train and save the hassle of hanging around airports and arriving an hour away from the city centre. We popped in to see how we could get a joint membership and it was as easy as pie and cheap as chips. My cheap as chips special edition will now be shipping Monday not last Thursday as MS didn't deliver all the stock. PCs will soon be as cheap as chips. Although, as EnGadget notes, most people in those parts might prefer mobile phones, and they're already cheap as chips. cheap at the price Well worth having, regardless of the cost. 物超所值的 as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price 作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。 Example sentencesExamples Not just deeply relevant, but cheap at the price. They are convenient, easy to use, simple to enter and exit, and cheap at the price. One expert warned that at $60 a barrel oil is looking cheap at the price. ‘Son, look at it as a quick course in practical diplomacy, and cheap at the price,’ said Fox. The prospect of the red tape involved in applying for new plates persuaded many car owners that this was cheap at the price. Cutting the budget deficit looks cheap at the price. Roy Keane, a big admirer, was not alone at the time in remarking that it was cheap at the price. Seeing all the things put in, and all the things taken out, it seems cheap at the price. If, at last, we begin to see just how counter-productive and wasteful our farming policies have become, the cost of this latest compensation will have been cheap at the price. I would suggest £200 for a ten-year personal licence is hardly excessive - £20 per year seems cheap at the price. on the cheap informal At low cost. proper care cannot be provided on the cheap Example sentencesExamples Major shareholders may be buying back the loans on the cheap. So, it's a case of doing things on the cheap, like hiring a van. But he couldn't resist the chance of snapping up Moore on the cheap. Horror movies are often done on the cheap and require no big-name stars and even benefit from a lack of production values. My generation has become used to living on the cheap - expensive housing, education and cost of living has seen to this. We have dramatically expanded higher education on the cheap. Seven fuel cheats were counting the cost of trying to do their driving on the cheap. That the key question remains: why, other than a desire to do the job on the cheap, is the gas not to be processed offshore? If you do it on the cheap then you reap the consequences. But can I do this on the cheap, or does it cost a lot of money to put this together? Derivatives cheapish adjective ˈtʃiːpɪʃˈtʃipɪʃ The meat was indeed delicious, far better quality than you would expect in a cheapish sandwich, and cooked to perfection. Example sentencesExamples After a nasty couple of hours when it looked like we were going to have to drive I found some cheapish tickets online and we're going by train. Fuelled by cheapish drinks, you never know who you might meet in this place. Almost done with packing… of course, we had to make a run in search of a cheapish suitcase, since we bought way too many books during our sojourn in London. I picked up a few cheapish pieces there in the past… really cool, totally hand made from local artists. Origin Late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap 'a good bargain', from Old English cēap 'bargaining, trade', based on Latin caupo 'small trader, innkeeper'. Nowadays something that is cheap is inexpensive or of low value. In Old English, though, ceap (derived from Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’) meant ‘bargaining or trade’. Chap is based on the same word. The obsolete phrase good cheap meant ‘a good bargain’, and it is from this that the modern sense developed. In place names such as Cheapside and Eastcheap, cheap means ‘market’. If you say that something is cheap at the price, you mean that it is well worth having regardless of the cost. A stronger alternative version of this is cheap at twice the price, and you will also hear the confusing inversion cheap at half the price. Rhymes asleep, beep, bleep, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep adj.1 phr. Definition of cheap in US English: cheap adjectiveCHēptʃip 1(of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost. they bought some cheap fruit 他们在市场里买了些便宜水果。 local buses were reliable and cheap 乘本地公共汽车又可靠又便宜。 Example sentencesExamples Anyone fancy starting a cheap express bus service to Manchester? I've read most of it so can strongly recommend books like this that detail the places to visit, cost and includes tips on where to go for great service and a cheap deal. The aim of this company was to provide a communications service as cheap as possible to all citizens without any form of discrimination. The fast food restaurants are serving up vast portions of cheap, fatty food which is causing obesity and illness among their customers. This salon is one of the most expensive in Dublin, where I live - so it isn't a case of cheap haircuts or services. Surely the good folk of Chapelfields would sell inheritances for a cheap, efficient service, where trains come by every three minutes. The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal recently. It's true, the area is full of art galleries in old houses, trendy restaurants, cheap Victorian houses, and yes, good beer. That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services. Wireless Internet service is a cheap and viable connectivity option. Bradford has in recent times lost a lot of its manufacturing jobs and these have been replaced by cheap service jobs like takeaways, hotels and cleaners. Residents have been warned to beware of unsolicited traders who call at houses in York offering cheap services such as driveway resurfacing. Any way you cut it, cleaning services are not cheap. People are used to cheap film development services, because these shops do not include the cost of the pollution they create in developing film into their prices. The service this offers is cheap, safe and allows clients to remain at a distance until they are convinced they are in touch with someone they really want to meet. We are now paying a very high price for commercialising and politicising what was a very good and certainly very cheap health service. It is a relatively small price to pay, however, for the abundance of cheap beer, divine chocolate eclairs and great restaurants he enjoys throughout Sofia. Even now, restaurant food is quite cheap, albeit a bit risky. In the report, supermarkets admitted low-cost packaging was one of the reasons they charged less for their cheap lines. There is a huge difference between an online bookmaker and a firm who offer services in cheap flights, car hire and internet cafés. Synonyms inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway 1.1 Charging low prices. 收费便宜的 a cheap restaurant 一家收费便宜的餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples These places aren't cheap, but the quality is outstanding. That evening I bought a dinner in a cheap restaurant near the lodging house. Also, it was pretty cheap too, compared to some of the other restaurants I've been to lately! If anything comes out of this, it's the sheer lunacy of expecting to run a cheap, universal postal service in the age of electronic mail and demanding it make a profit. We all ran and hid in this cheap motel's restaurant. Soon she has a job at a service station and a cheap place to stay. It's not a cheap restaurant, and nor does it need to be. Its restaurants were good and cheap and its pubs overpopulated. He researched the building they would be breaking into, and he found a cheap hotel near there. Some coffee shops and cheap restaurants were open, and even the city's double-decker public buses were moving in very light traffic. So I sat by him in this rather depressing scene, as we played poker on the wet, cement floor, in the alley of cheap restaurants and pizza places. The restaurants were cheap, wonderfully varied, and within walking distance. That pizza restaurant is pretty cheap, and they have good pizza. Then there is the country's woeful provision of cheap, child-friendly restaurants. This cheap and chic restaurant is run by an Hiberno-Spanish family who boast Spain and Denmark among their former homes. There are high class fine dining restaurants, ethnic restaurants, cheap restaurants and family restaurants. By the shore there are renowned restaurants, while the street is lined with cheap cafes and second-hand shops. The road takes in long deserted beaches, paddy fields, avenues of trees and various cheap hotels and restaurants. The pier is lined with excellent cheap restaurants, the fish visible in the sea beneath. Here you will find fantastic Indian restaurants, the best being the Punjab, friendly cheap pubs and encounter the sub culture. 1.2 Inexpensive because of inferior quality. （因劣质而）廉价的 cheap, shoddy goods 廉价的劣质货品。 Example sentencesExamples That is, that it's providing cheap labor instead of quality, but more expensive labor. Since it became a region in its own right, Montilla has had to contend with a popular image as an inferior, cheap alternative to sherry. This restaurant is really, really inexpensive. Not cheap, mind; they just don't charge much. Our guys earned that reputation with decades of cheap and shoddy workmanship even as the top-tier imports were training us to expect much better. Or they propose cheap, inferior roof systems, install them, get paid and disappear when the problems start. He said the agency had to carefully examine the quality of cheap meat to decide whether it was safe for human consumption. I own several scruffy-looking fleece tops that make me feel cheap and shabby whenever I wear them, so I was on the lookout for warm and slinky knitwear to help bring out my inner fabulousness. A restaurant in some unknown country, cheap wood-grain paneling on the wall and a sad-faced waitress who spoke only Italian as she delivered the overcooked food to the table. Well, the deliberate contamination of food materials with low quality, cheap, non-edible or toxic substances is called food adulteration. The Russian healthcare system is moving from a model based on cheap, poor quality labour to one with fewer, skilled people supported by modern technology. In addition, cheap, inferior food which floods into this country from abroad undercuts quality home produce and increases the downward pressure on farm gate prices. This is clearly an attempt to get money out of people for a cheap service. There was a time when it was easy to spot a fake: misspelled logos, cheap leather and shoddy hardware. The area that was hit was one of Baghdad's poorest - consisting of overcrowded apartments, rundown shops and cheap restaurants. It's a cheap restaurant that is degrading to woman. It's expensive, but worth it to avoid the mistakes that mark out a cheap, amateurish video from a slick corporate one. Okay, it's cheap, but the quality is so poor that you generally only get a couple of wears from it. We may well be starting to develop a taste for better coffee, but only 30 per cent of the beans we import are quality arabica, the rest being cheap, inferior robusta. Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck 1.3North American informal Miserly; stingy. she's too cheap to send me a postcard 她太吝啬了，不会给我寄明信片的。 Example sentencesExamples The answer is they are greedy and cheap, just like the executives of the supermarket. Have you ever had the misfortune damaging one of your favorite firearms because you were too cheap to purchase a quality gun case? If they look cheap, in comparison, it can send the wrong message about the candidate. Well, I'm so cheap I still ask the prices of things I like. I've got an etiquette question because I can't decide if I'm being cheap and greedy or thoroughly modern. He is nothing but a cheap penny-pincher who has gone out of his way to alienate himself from Chicago fans. Synonyms miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, scrooge-like 1.4 Of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort. 无价值的，用不正当手段得到的 her moment of cheap triumph 她取得廉价胜利的那一刻。 Example sentencesExamples It's wildly implausible, it's a cheap and uninvolving way to tell a story, and it shows the film's willingness to betray its characters for the sake of a laugh. The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them. And the Government has lashed out at the Opposition for airing the criticisms, accusing them of trying to score cheap political points. But it sounds so glib and useless and feels so cheap and cop-out just to say ‘I'm going to be a better person from now on.’ Online study does not mean cheap and low quality. Finally he did achieve a cheap tabloid immortality, but this CD won't raise his status. Whether it is a genuine case of the Prime Minister being paranoid, or a case of his constantly crying wolf to gain cheap political advantage or sympathy, I leave for others to decide. ‘I am disappointed that they view Bolton's transport plans as nothing more than a cheap political gimmick,’ he said. Most of them are using that trick for cheap laughs, while he earned those laughs the hard way. It hurts, but now I just remind myself that they don't know anything about me, and that I am worth more than their cheap laughs. Synonyms despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful 1.5 Deserving of contempt. 可鄙的；可耻的 a cheap trick 可鄙的诡计。 Example sentencesExamples There is something strangely mesmerising about a snake-charmer's snake but, at the end of the day, you realise it is just another cheap trick. Or is it simply easier for a struggling paper with sales in freefall to decide that a cheap headline is worth more than any kind of journalistic accuracy? She deserves and should expect nothing but ridicule for this newest cheap trick. Why do entertainers indulge in such cheap tricks in the first place? Even the writers themselves fall victim to the cheap trick. It uses cheap narrative tricks to skip ahead to a pivotal moment in the tale. Those in the property management departments of the architects feel they have been blinded by a cheap trick. Since his elevation, he has resorted to cheap populism in an effort to win back disaffected working class voters. Well, we have to admit that we lied about that - it was a cheap trick to keep you reading. And no, a filmmaker doesn't need to resort to cheap tricks and melodrama to tell the story. How are we supposed to teach our kids about sportsmanship and fair play if this coach constantly gets away with his cheap tricks and abusive behavior? Which, if you think about it, is a cheap and irresponsible trick. I've ended up using a cheap trick - I've adopted exam papers as a structure for two of the scenarios, one based on Politics, one on Media Studies. The stripper only stayed for the first three tracks (over the course of which she took what little she was wearing off) but it set a tawdry, cheap tone for the rest of the gig. Luckily for its readers, this newspaper would never fall for such cheap tricks. He's his own man, doesn't compromise his principles to achieve cheap popularity, but sticks to his guns. It's a cheap shot: Send your difficult client off to the shrinks and never see him again. The singer, who had been floating on a cloud of critical success at a French label, fell down to earth with a bump when critics panned her first solo effort as vulgar and cheap. Did the rather cheap quality of the cartoons leave an impression as he read the scripts? It's also worth noting the cheap shot thrown at the State Department's intelligence agency, which actually has a very good track record. Synonyms despicable, contemptible, low, base, immoral, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury, distasteful, unpleasant, mean, shabby, sordid, vulgar, tawdry, low-minded, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, sorry, shameful adverbCHēptʃip At or for a low price. 便宜地 a house that was going cheap 因战乱而房价走低的房子。 Example sentencesExamples On the other hand, tech talent is going cheap these days, so there's an argument for stocking up now. Gary spotted electric trimmers going cheap and brought them home, so both he and Lewis ended up with really short cuts. Ah - there's an idea… pork joints going cheap for Christmas anyone? However, at just under €400,000 before tax and transport costs, it could be a while before you see any going cheap. Phrases cheap and cheerful Simple and inexpensive. 〈英〉价廉物美的 Example sentencesExamples They want something that is cheap and cheerful that does the job. If you want cheap and cheerful, you get cheap and cheerful. However, if you decide not to splash out, purchase something cheap and cheerful instead just to get one of the stores famous branded carrier bags. The food is overpriced and pretentious, students want cheap and cheerful. Tonight we are going to a flash restaurant, there are plenty of them here alongside the cheap and cheerful, you can easily spend 30 quid on a main course. Like the roof structure, they are cheap and cheerful, but they are also robust and will need little maintenance. GM crops can increase productivity, improve crop quality and end the reliance on chemical pesticides; they are cheap and cheerful, need little maintenance and protect the crops' gene bank. It seems that everyone involved has forgotten the golden rule for success in promoting any entertainment business - the customer is always right and the customer wants it cheap and cheerful, which a single channel could deliver. The food is cheap and cheerful and there is nothing to worry about. The beaches were great golden expanses and the resorts themselves cheap and cheerful. Synonyms inexpensive, low-priced, low-price, low-cost, economical, economic, competitive, affordable, reasonable, reasonably priced, moderately priced, keenly priced, budget, economy, cheap and cheerful, bargain, cut-rate, cut-price, half-price, sale-price, sale, reduced, on special offer, marked down, discounted, discount, rock-bottom, giveaway cheap and nasty Of low cost and bad quality. 〈英〉便宜但劣质的 the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty Example sentencesExamples That doesn't necessarily mean cheap and nasty, though. And people from abroad don't expect things to be cheap and nasty. They are cheap and nasty, and limit the sound quality enormously. Rather than being cheap and nasty and unstable (like everything else at that store), they seem to be actually quite sturdy and rather pleasing on the eye. People should be made to realise that a bike is a serious investment, or they're going to buy something cheap and nasty and not enjoy the cycling experience as much as if they'd spent a bit more. (as) cheap as chips informal Very inexpensive. the second-hand copies are cheap as chips as modifier cheap-as-chips jewelry Example sentencesExamples Cheap as chips, each drank champagne and vodka tonics all night. My cheap as chips special edition will now be shipping Monday not last Thursday as MS didn't deliver all the stock. Finding the original shoes was extremely tough and they definitely weren't cheap as chips! There is also much to be said for cheap-as-chips packages that cannot distract anyone with 3-D gaming. Some of these companies have become "as cheap as chips", as one fund manager remarked. Although flights from Scotland to London are as cheap as chips these days, we chose to go by train and save the hassle of hanging around airports and arriving an hour away from the city centre. Although, as EnGadget notes, most people in those parts might prefer mobile phones, and they're already cheap as chips. We popped in to see how we could get a joint membership and it was as easy as pie and cheap as chips. PCs will soon be as cheap as chips. Daytime TV ad slots are cheap as chips. cheap at the price Well worth having, regardless of the cost. 物超所值的 as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price 作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。 Example sentencesExamples They are convenient, easy to use, simple to enter and exit, and cheap at the price. Roy Keane, a big admirer, was not alone at the time in remarking that it was cheap at the price. Seeing all the things put in, and all the things taken out, it seems cheap at the price. ‘Son, look at it as a quick course in practical diplomacy, and cheap at the price,’ said Fox. Cutting the budget deficit looks cheap at the price. I would suggest £200 for a ten-year personal licence is hardly excessive - £20 per year seems cheap at the price. The prospect of the red tape involved in applying for new plates persuaded many car owners that this was cheap at the price. Not just deeply relevant, but cheap at the price. One expert warned that at $60 a barrel oil is looking cheap at the price. If, at last, we begin to see just how counter-productive and wasteful our farming policies have become, the cost of this latest compensation will have been cheap at the price. on the cheap informal At low cost. in search of symbols of prestige, but on the cheap Example sentencesExamples But he couldn't resist the chance of snapping up Moore on the cheap. If you do it on the cheap then you reap the consequences. Major shareholders may be buying back the loans on the cheap. My generation has become used to living on the cheap - expensive housing, education and cost of living has seen to this. But can I do this on the cheap, or does it cost a lot of money to put this together? So, it's a case of doing things on the cheap, like hiring a van. We have dramatically expanded higher education on the cheap. That the key question remains: why, other than a desire to do the job on the cheap, is the gas not to be processed offshore? Horror movies are often done on the cheap and require no big-name stars and even benefit from a lack of production values. Seven fuel cheats were counting the cost of trying to do their driving on the cheap. Origin Late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’. adj.1 phr.
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