| 词汇 | cheap |
| 释义 | cheap adjective uk /tʃiːp/ us /tʃiːp/ cheapadjective (LOW PRICE)A1 costing little money or less than is usual or expected: 便宜的，不贵的 I got a cheap flight at the last minute.我在最后一刻买到了一张便宜的机票。 Food is usually cheaper in supermarkets.超市里的食物通常要便宜些。 Children and the elderly are entitled to cheap train tickets.儿童和老人可以享受廉价火车票。 The system is simple and cheap to operate.这个计划实施起来简单又省钱。 cheap labour During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.在人们大批失业的时候，有大量廉价劳动力供雇主选用。 figurativeIn a war, human life becomes very cheap (= seems to be of little value).战争期间，人命变得很不值钱。 costing less money than expected cheapThe meal was cheaper than I expected. affordableThere's very little affordable housing around here. inexpensiveThey sell inexpensive children's clothes. reasonableI thought the food was very reasonable. dirt cheapMost of the books they sell are dirt cheap. If a shop or restaurant is cheap, it charges low prices: （商店或餐馆）收费低廉的 I go to the cheapest hairdresser's in town.我去城里收费最便宜的那家理发店理发。 cheap and cheerfulUK cheap but good or enjoyable: 价廉物美 There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.街角处有家饭店，那里的饭菜价廉物美。 on the cheapinformal If you get goods on the cheap, you get them for a low price: 便宜地，廉价地 There's a big store near here where you can buy designer clothes on the cheap. for cheapUSinformal for a low price: Do you like this? I got it for cheap. We bought a cheap package tour to Spain and stayed in a big hotel by the sea.我们参加了一个便宜的包价旅游团去了西班牙，住在一个靠海的大型宾馆里。 Bicycles are a cheap and efficient form of transport. I know a great restaurant where the drink's cheap and the food's great. It's only a cheap ring but it has great sentimental value for me. Costing little or no money affordable housing budget catchpenny chargeless comp costless dirt cheap economically economy pack mates' rate off-peak small change something something for nothingidiom super-cheap supersaver there's no such thing as a free lunchidiom ultra-cheap worthless worthlessly cheapadjective (LOW QUALITY)C1disapproving used to describe goods that are both low in quality and low in price: （商品）质次价廉的 I bought some cheap wine for cooking with.我买了些便宜的劣质葡萄酒烧菜用。 He bought some cheap shoes that fell apart after a couple of months.他买了双便宜鞋，两个月之后就全破了。 of bad quality badThe food wasn’t as bad as I’d expected. poorTheir efforts produced extremely poor results. low/poor/bad qualityTheir sausages are made with low-quality meat. mediocreThe striker has been dropped after a mediocre performance. inferiorThe copies are of inferior quality. cheap and nastyUK costing little and of very bad quality: 质劣价廉 They sold cheap and nasty watches at hugely inflated prices. Not of good quality am-dram appallingly atrocious atrociously awfulness cheapo cheesy hacky inadequacy inadequate inadequately janky shite skanky sort tawdrily tawdriness tawdry trinket wretched cheapadjective (UNGENEROUS)US(UKmean) unwilling to spend money: 小气的，吝啬的 He's so cheap he didn't even buy me a card for my birthday.他真小气，居然连张生日卡都没给我买。 Mean with money begrudge cheapskate cheeseparing chintzy frugal frugally miser miserliness miserly money grabber money-grubber money-grubbing penuriously pinchpenny scrooge skinflint stingily tightwad ungenerous ungenerously cheapadjective (UNKIND)disapproving unpleasant and unkind: 卑劣的;粗俗的 I wish you'd stop making cheap jokes about my friends.希望你别再对我的朋友们开那种低级玩笑了。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchancy trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably cheapadjective (TRYING TO ATTRACT)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.（穿着）不正经的，下贱的 Idiomscheap at half the price a cheap shot cheap adverb uk /tʃiːp/ us /tʃiːp/ for little money or for less than is usual: 便宜地，经济实惠地 I got some shoes cheap in the sale.我在大减价的时候买到了几双便宜鞋。 going cheap There were some chairs in the market going cheap (= they were not expensive).市场上有些椅子在廉价出售。 Costing little or no money affordable housing budget catchpenny chargeless comp costless dirt cheap economically economy pack mates' rate off-peak small change something something for nothingidiom super-cheap supersaver there's no such thing as a free lunchidiom ultra-cheap worthless worthlessly Idiomnot come cheap cheap | American Dictionarycheap adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/tʃip/ cheapadjective[-er/-est only] (COST)costing little money or less than is usual or expected: After World War II, the US had cheap labor, cheap energy, cheap raw materials, cheap housing, cheap food, and cheap transportation. Used computers are dirt cheap (= very cheap). If a place that sells goods or services is cheap, it charges low prices: a cheap department store Goods that are cheap are low in price but of poor quality: The cheap rug did not come clean. disapproving Someone who is cheap is unwilling to spend money: The boss is cheap – he’ll never buy a new truck if he can squeeze a few more miles out of the old one. cheapadjective[-er/-est only] (CHARACTER)considered to have a low moral character or value: She called him a cheap thug and a liar. cheap | Business Englishcheap adjective uk /tʃiːp/us costing little money or less than is usual or expected: I got a cheap flight at the last minute. Food is usually cheaper in supermarkets. During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from. See also inexpensive if a store, restaurant, etc. is cheap, it charges low prices: This is the cheapest office supplies store in the city. See also inexpensive low in quality and low in price: He bought some cheap shoes that fell apart after a couple of months. USdisapproving(UKmean) unwilling to spend money: He's so cheap we didn't get a pay raise this year. cheap and cheerfulUKinformal cheap, but good or enjoyable: There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food. cheap and nasty UKinformal costing little, and of bad quality: Spend a little more and avoid getting something that is just cheap and nasty. cheap adverb uk /tʃiːp/us for little money, or for less than is usual: buy/sell sth cheapI bought it cheap from an internet auction site. be going cheap to be for sale for less than you would normally expect to pay: Many mortgage deals are going cheap right now. not come cheap if you say that something does not come cheap, you mean that it is of good quality and is therefore expensive: If you want a qualified accountant, their services don't come cheap. on the cheapinformal if something is bought, done, or produced on the cheap, it is bought, etc. for less money than you would normally expect to pay, and is perhaps of poor quality: This site will help you to eat well on the cheap. Much of the refurbishment work has been done on the cheap - and it shows. |
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