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cheap/tʃi:p/ adj. & adv.●adj. 1 low in price; worth more than its cost 廉价的，便宜的；合算的 a cheap holiday 花钱少的假日; cheap labour 廉价劳动 2 charging low prices; offering good value 要价低的；实惠的 a cheap restaurant 价格低廉的饭馆 3 of poor quality; inferior 劣质的；低劣的 cheap housing 劣质住房 4a costing little effort or acquired by discreditable means and hence of little worth 不费力气的，用不正当手段得到的，无价值的 cheap popularity 平庸的声望; a cheap joke 低级的玩笑 b contemptible; despicable 卑鄙的；可鄙的 a cheap criminal 可鄙的罪犯 5 N. Amer. colloq. stingy [北美口]吝啬的，小气的 ●adv. cheaply 廉价地，便宜地 got it cheap 买得便宜 □ cheap and cheerful Brit. inexpensive but not unattractive [英]价廉物美 □ cheap and nasty Brit. of low cost and bad quality [英]价格便宜但质量低劣 □ dirt cheap very cheap 非常便宜 □ feel cheap feel ashamed or contemptible 感到惭愧；感到可鄙 □ on the cheap cheaply 便宜地 □ cheapish adj.□ cheaply adv.□ cheapness n.[obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘barter’, ultimately from Latin caupo ‘innkeeper’] |