| 词汇 | cut-rate |
| 释义 | cut-rate adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌkʌtˈreɪt/ us /ˌkʌtˈreɪt/ charged at a lower rate than usual: 减价的，打折的;低价的 We get cut-rate electricity for six hours each night.每天晚上我们有6小时的优惠用电时间。 Synonym cut-priceUK 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. Costing little or no money affordable housing budget catchpenny chargeless cheap comp costless dirt cheap economically 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 cut-rate | American Dictionarycut-rate adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈkʌtˌreɪt/ available at a lower price than usual: cut-rate merchandise cut-rate | Business Englishcut-rate adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈkʌtreɪt/us → cut-price Examples of cut-ratecut-rate What about all these new classes of traffic to be brought in by this cut-rate fare? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the cut rates that we are paying by means of our combined licence, what right have we to expect anything but a cut-rate service? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It wants to retain these agencies but at a cut-rate price of only about £600 or £700 a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So the licensing system could make the problem worse by making the cut-rate gangs' labour and product more attractive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No longer were the cut-rate advance-purchase fares well-below the major carriers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To meet new cut-rate competition, the plant was streamlined in an effort to reduce costs and increase efficiency. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This led to his idea of a store specializing in fixed-price, cut-rate merchandise. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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