cheap
adjective/tʃiːp/
/tʃiːp/
(comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)
Idioms - costing little money or less money than you expected
花钱少的；便宜的；廉价的 - cheap imports/flights
廉价进口商品／航班 - Their cheap prices have helped them pick up new customers.
他们价格低廉，帮助他们吸收到了新客户。 - They're offering incredibly cheap fares to Eastern Europe.
他们提供前往东欧的极其便宜的票价。 - Cycling is a cheap way to get around.
骑自行车是一种省钱的出行方式。 - A good education is not cheap.
好的教育可不便宜。 - Electricity is relatively cheap in Ireland.
爱尔兰的电力相对便宜。 - The device isn't exactly cheap at £500.
该设备售价 500 英镑，并不便宜。 - A falling dollar will boost the economy by making exports cheaper.
美元贬值将使出口更便宜，从而提振经济。 - a cheaper alternative/option
更便宜的替代品/选择 - Renewable energy is getting cheaper all the time.
可再生能源一直在变得越来越便宜。 - The cheapest rates are usually available online.
最便宜的价格通常可以在网上找到。 - These desperate people are used as a source of cheap labour (= workers who are paid very little, especially unfairly).
这些绝望的人被用作廉价劳动力的来源（=工资很低，尤其是不公平的工人）。 - cheap to do Game shows are cheap to produce.
游戏节目的制作成本低廉。 - it is cheap to do something Why go by train when it's so cheap to hop on a plane?
既然坐飞机这么便宜，为什么还要坐火车呢？
Synonyms cheapcheapcompetitive ▪ budget ▪ affordable ▪ reasonable ▪ inexpensiveThese words all describe a product or service that costs little money or less money than you expected.cheap costing little money or less money than you expected; charging low prices. Cheap can also be used in a disapproving way to suggest that something is of poor quality as well as low in price: a bottle of cheap perfume .competitive (of prices, goods or services) as cheap as or cheaper than those offered by other companies; able to offer goods or services at competitive prices.budget [only before noun] (used especially in advertising) cheap because it offers only a basic level of service.affordable cheap enough for most people to afford.reasonable (of prices) not too expensive.inexpensive (rather formal) cheap. Inexpensive is often used to mean that something is good value for its price. It is sometimes used instead of cheap, because cheap can suggest that something is of poor quality.Patternssee also dirt cheap opposite expensive- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/reasonable prices/fares/rates
- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/inexpensive products/services
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneya1, Shoppinga1- The market has been flooded with cheap imports.
市场里充斥着廉价进口货。 - The printer isn't exactly cheap at £200.
这台打印机售价 200 英镑，并不便宜。 - The town is full of immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour.
这座城里有很多外国移民，是廉价劳动力来源。 - The watch was suspiciously cheap; it was probably a fake.
这块手表便宜得让人怀疑，可能是假货。
- cheap imports/flights
- charging low prices
收费低廉的 - a cheap restaurant/hotel
收费低廉的餐馆／旅馆 - a cheap taxi firm
便宜的出租车公司 - (British English) We found a cheap and cheerful cafe (= one that is simple and charges low prices but is pleasant).
我们找到了一家价格低廉环境宜人的咖啡馆。
Extra Examples- It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap.
这家馆子不错，而且价格便宜得不得了。 - Italy was a very cheap country to visit in those days.
当时意大利是一个非常便宜的国家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be going
- buy something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- a cheap restaurant/hotel
- (disapproving) low in price and quality
价低质劣的 - cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
低价劣质香水／珠宝／鞋 - cheap plastic toys that break within seconds
容易损坏的廉价塑料玩具 - (British English) a cheap and nasty bottle of wine
一瓶便宜的劣质葡萄酒
Extra Examples- cheap and nasty products with brand names you've never heard of
品牌闻所未闻的廉价劣质产品 - The room was filled with the smell of cheap perfume.
房间里弥漫着廉价香水的味道。 - It was just a bottle of cheap perfume.
那只是一瓶廉价香水。 - The bag looks cheap and nasty.
这包看起来价廉质劣。 - The glasses are plain without looking cheap.
这眼镜朴素，但看起来并不粗劣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be going
- buy something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
- unpleasant or unkind and rather obvious
令人讨厌的；明显不友好的；不和善的 - I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
我讨厌他拿我开低级庸俗的玩笑。 - a comedian who is always looking for cheap laughs
一个总是寻找廉价笑声的喜剧演员 - to score a cheap political advantage
获得廉价的政治优势 - He couldn't resist taking a cheap shot at his political opponent.
他无法抗拒对他的政治对手进行恶意攻击。
- I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
- (disapproving) having a low status and therefore not deserving respect
卑微的；卑贱的；可鄙的 - He's just a cheap crook.
他简直是个卑鄙的骗子。 - His treatment of her made her feel cheap (= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself).
他那样对待她使她感到很丢脸。
- He's just a cheap crook.
- (North American English) (British English mean)(informal, disapproving) not liking to spend money
吝啬；小气 - Don't be so cheap!
别这么小气！
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- He's so cheap, he'd never fly to London in a million years.
他太便宜了，一百万年内他都不会飞到伦敦。 - She was just too cheap to buy a real present.
她就是太抠门儿了，舍不得买一件像样的礼物。 - He was so generous he made the other guests look cheap.
他是如此慷慨，以至于让其他客人显得很廉价。
- Don't be so cheap!
low price
poor quality
unkind
low status
not generous
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’.
Idioms
cheap at the price
(also cheap at twice the price)
(also British English, humorous cheap at half the price)
- so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much
价钱虽高但物有所值 - To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
购买所有推荐的设备是昂贵的，但作为对未来的投资，它的价格很便宜。
- To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
life is cheap
- (disapproving) used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly
把他人生死视同儿戏；视人性命如草芥；人命不值钱
on the cheap (usually disapproving)
- spending less money than you usually need to spend to do something
低廉地；廉价地 - a guide to decorating your house on the cheap
房屋廉价装潢指南 - to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap
以便宜的价格获得有价值的艺术品 - The school managed to get a couple of computers on the cheap.
学校设法弄到了几台便宜电脑。
- a guide to decorating your house on the cheap