| [/tʃiːp; tʃip/] adj (-er, -est) 用法:
1 (a) low in price; costing little money 廉价的; 花钱少的; 便宜的:
cheap tickets, fares 廉价票、 便宜的交通费 *
the cheap seats in a theatre 剧院的廉价座位 *
Cauliflowers are very cheap at the moment. 菜花现在很便宜.
(b) worth more than the cost; offering good value 合算的; 实惠的; 价钱好的:
3 is very cheap for a hardback book. 花3英镑买精装书很上算. 用法:
2 charging low prices 要价低的:
a cheap hairdresser, restaurant 要价低的理发师、 饭馆. 用法:
3 of poor quality; shoddy 品质低劣的; 质量差的:
cheap furniture, jewellery, shoes 劣质家具、 珠宝、 鞋 *
a cheap and nasty bottle of wine 一瓶质量恶劣的、 难喝的葡萄酒. 用法:
4 insincere; shallow(2) 不真诚的; 肤浅的:
cheap flattery 虚伪的奉承. 用法:
5 (of people, words or actions) not worthy of respect; despicable; contemptible （指人、 词语或行为）不值得尊敬的, 卑鄙的, 可耻的:
a cheap gibe, joke, remark, retort, etc 低级的嘲弄、 玩笑、 言语、 反驳等 *
That was a cheap trick to play on her. 那样捉弄她是可耻的. *
He's just a cheap crook. 他纯粹是个卑鄙的无赖. *
His treatment of her made her feel cheap. 他那样对待她, 她觉得很丢脸. 用法:
6 (esp US) excessively careful with one's money; mean; stingy 对钱过分仔细的; 吝啬的; 小气的. 用法:
7 (idm 习语) cheap/common as dirt => dirt. cheap at the price so well worth having that the price, however high it is, does not seem too much 无论价钱多麽高都值得:
The holiday will be very expensive but if it helps to make you fit and healthy again it will be cheap at the price. 度假要花很多钱, 但能助你恢复健康, 花钱再多也值得. ,hold sth `cheap (fml 文) consider sth to be of little value or importance 认为某事物无价值或不重要; 轻视. ,make oneself `cheap do sth which causes other people to respect one less 做出让人看不起的事. on the `cheap (infml) without paying the usual, or a fair, price 没有付通常的或公道的价钱; 便宜的:
buy, sell, get sth on the cheap 便宜地买、 卖、 得到某事物. cheap 2
adv (infml) 用法:
1 for a low price 廉价地:
get sth cheap 廉价买到某物 *
sell sth off cheap 廉价卖出某物. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) ,go `cheap (infml) be offered for sale at a low price 廉价卖:
The local shop has some radios going cheap. 本地商店有些廉价的收音机. |