单词 | cheap |
释义 | cheap¹ 1.(inexpensive)廉价的;便宜的 a cheap T-shirt便宜的T恤衫 Clothing manufacturers took ideas from Paris and made cheap copies.服装生产商们借用巴黎的点子生产廉价仿制品。 I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough.如果能找到足够便宜的地方, 我就准备住在校外。 These unscrupulous employers treat children as a cheap source of labour.这些不择手段的雇主把孩子当作廉价劳力的来源。 Replace champagne with a cheaper alternative.把香槟换成便宜一些的酒。 to be cheap便宜 Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up.烟雾报警器价格便宜, 容易安装。 to be cheap to run car, appliance +运行成本低 A solid fuel cooker is cheap to run.固体燃料灶的使用成本很低。 2.+ shop, restaurant, hotel收费低廉的 a cheap hairdresser收费低的美发师 3.(reduced)减价的;降价的 cheap tickets降价票 cheap fares优惠票价 You get a cheap rate, but you've got to produce your travel pass.你可以买优惠票, 但是得出示乘车证。 4.(poor quality)劣质的;低劣的 Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing.别买劣质的仿制品, 省下钱来买真货。 5.<贬>(easy)+ joke, remark, point卑鄙的;可鄙的;卑劣的;粗鄙的 He made cheap jokes at their expense.他开了刻薄的玩笑嘲笑他们。 a cheap jibe about Donovan's increasing loss of hair对多诺万日益严重的脱发进行的卑劣嘲弄 These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.这些测验将不可避免地被政客们用来发表一些卑劣的政见。 6.(ashamed)惭愧的;羞耻的;害臊的;不好意思的 But I was still angry because he had made me feel so cheap.但我还是很生气, 因为他令我感到十分难为情。 7.(worthless)无价值的;无用的 Promises are cheap.承诺就是空头支票。 8.<美,非正式>(stingy)小气的;吝啬的 Oh, please, Dad, just this once; don't be cheap.噢, 爸爸, 求求你了, 就这一次, 别那么小气。 9.(vulgar)庸俗的;粗俗的;低级的 They tried to win headlines with cheap displays of nudity.他们企图靠低俗的裸体展示来赢得媒体关注。 idiom cheap² ◆cheap as chipsSeechip¹ ◆dirt cheap<非正式>非常便宜;贱价的 ◆life is cheap人命如草芥 We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.我们到头来会生活在一个视人命如草芥的社会里。 廉价地;便宜地 to buy sth cheap某物买得很便宜 to sell sth cheap廉价卖掉某物 They served breakfast all day and sold it cheap.他们全天供应早餐而且卖得很便宜。 cheap³idiom cheap⁴ ◆on the cheap<英,非正式>便宜地 We are trying to get a health service on the cheap.我们试图得到费用低廉的公共医疗卫生服务。 It was tatty and had been decorated on the cheap.地方破旧, 装饰简陋。 ◆to do sth on the cheap偷工减料 Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.大多数现代的房产都建得很糟, 而且也都不可避免地偷工减料了。 Phrasal Verbcheap out |
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