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cheaptFi:padj-er, -est costing little money or less than is usual or expected便宜的The suits in the sale are really cheap --they're reduced from ￡200 to ￡95.这次减价出售的套装真的很便宜----它们从200英镑减到了95英镑。If there's four of us in the car, it'll be cheaper to drive than to go by train.如果车里有我们四个人，那么开车去比坐火车去便宜。"How much was your flight?""I got it at the last moment, so it was dirt cheap (=it cost very little money)."“你乘飞机化了多少钱？”“我是最后一刻买到票的，所以便宜透顶。”Children and the elderly are entitled to cheap train tickets.儿童和老人能买廉价火车票。The scheme is simple and cheap to operate. [+ to infinitive]这个计划很简单，执行起来花费也少。If a shop or restaurant is cheap, it charges low prices.收费低廉的I get my hair cut at the cheapest hairdresser's in town.我在城里收费最低的一家理发店剪的头发。(disapproving) A cheap service is one which people get for less money than they should because they are taking unfair advantage of people or of a situation.廉价的During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.在人们大批失业期间，有大量的廉价劳动力供雇主挑选。If someone says that a person's life is cheap, they mean that it is unimportant and of little value.生命不重要，无价值In a war, human life becomes very cheap.在战争中，人的生命变得微不足道。(disapproving) Goods that are cheap are both low in quality and low in price.（商品）价低质劣的"Is that a bottle of good wine that you're using to cook with?""No, it's only cheap wine."“你用来烧菜的那瓶酒是好酒吗？”“不，只是一瓶便宜的劣酒。”I bought a pair of cheap shoes which fell apart after two weeks.我买了双便宜的鞋子，两个星期后就全破了。(infml disapproving) If someone is cheap, they are unwilling to spend money.吝啬，小气的He's so cheap he didn't even buy me a card for my birthday.他真小气，我生日都没给我买张贺卡。(disapproving) If 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.穿得不正经Her mother told her she wasn't allowed to go out wearing a tight skirt and lots of make-up because it made her look cheap.她母亲告诉她不许她穿着紧身裙、化很浓的妆出去，因为这样会使她看上去不正经。(disapproving) Cheap behaviour or humour is unpleasant and unkind.令人不快的行为或幽默I wish you'd stop making cheap jokes about my friends.我希望你别再对我的朋友们开令人不快的玩笑了。(Br) There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food (=cheap but enjoyable food).街角处有家饭店，出售价廉物美的饭菜。(Br and Aus) Something that is cheap and nasty costs little to buy and is of very bad quality.蹩脚的便宜货(infml) If you say that something is cheap at half the price, you mean that it is very good value and the price does not seem expensive.价廉物美的If someone or something makes you feel cheap, it makes you feel ashamed or embarrassed.让人感到羞辱，惭愧The way he just left me alone at the disco made me feel so cheap.他这样把我一个人留在迪斯科舞厅让我感到非常羞辱。(infml) If you get goods on the cheap, you obtain them for a low price, often from someone you know who works in the company or business that produces them.（开后门）买到便宜货He did a deal with a man he knew in the car trade and got his new car on the cheap.他和一个他认识的从事汽车行业的人做了笔交易，很便宜地买到了他的新车。Cheap rate is the amount charged for a service which is lower than usual because there is not so much demand for the service at that time.(服务行业)减价以期促销Cheap rate for overseas telephone calls is from 8p.m to 8a.m.打国际长途电话的减价时间是从晚上8点到早上8点。
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