cheap
adj
(-er, -est)
1
(a) low in price; costing little money 廉價(jià)的; 花錢(qián)少的; 便宜的
cheap tickets, fares 廉價(jià)票、 便宜的交通費(fèi)
the cheap seats in a theatre 劇院的廉價(jià)座位
Cauliflowers are very cheap at the moment. 菜花現(xiàn)在很便宜.
(b) worth more than the cost; offering good value 合算的; 實(shí)惠的; 價(jià)錢(qián)好的
3 is very cheap for a hardback book. 花3英鎊買(mǎi)精裝書(shū)很上算.
2 charging low prices 要價(jià)低的
a cheap hairdresser, restaurant 要價(jià)低的理發(fā)師、 飯館.
3 of poor quality; shoddy 品質(zhì)低劣的; 質(zhì)量差的
cheap furniture, jewellery, shoes 劣質(zhì)家具、 珠寶、 鞋
a cheap and nasty bottle of wine 一瓶質(zhì)量惡劣的、 難喝的葡萄酒.
4 insincere; shallow(2) 不真誠(chéng)的; 膚淺的
cheap flattery 虛偽的奉承.
5 (of people, words or actions) not worthy of respect; despicable; contemptible (指人、 詞語(yǔ)或行為)不值得尊敬的, 卑鄙的, 可恥的
a cheap gibe, joke, remark, retort, etc 低級(jí)的嘲弄、 玩笑、 言語(yǔ)、 反駁等
That was a cheap trick to play on her. 那樣捉弄她是可恥的.
He's just a cheap crook. 他純粹是個(gè)卑鄙的無(wú)賴.
His treatment of her made her feel cheap. 他那樣對(duì)待她, 她覺(jué)得很丟臉.
6 (esp US) excessively careful with one's money; mean; stingy 對(duì)錢(qián)過(guò)分仔細(xì)的; 吝嗇的; 小氣的.
7 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) 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 無(wú)論價(jià)錢(qián)多麼高都值得
The holiday will be very expensive but if it helps to make you fit and healthy again it will be cheap at the price. 度假要花很多錢(qián), 但能助你恢復(fù)健康, 花錢(qián)再多也值得. ,hold sth `cheap (fml 文) consider sth to be of little value or importance 認(rèn)為某事物無(wú)價(jià)值或不重要; 輕視. ,make oneself `cheap do sth which causes other people to respect one less 做出讓人看不起的事. on the `cheap (infml 口) without paying the usual, or a fair, price 沒(méi)有付通常的或公道的價(jià)錢(qián); 便宜的
buy, sell, get sth on the cheap 便宜地買(mǎi)、 賣(mài)、 得到某事物. cheap, adv (infml 口)
1 for a low price 廉價(jià)地: get sth cheap 廉價(jià)買(mǎi)到某物
sell sth off cheap 廉價(jià)賣(mài)出某物.
2 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) ,go `cheap (infml 口) be offered for sale at a low price 廉價(jià)賣(mài)
The local shop has some radios going cheap. 本地商店有些廉價(jià)的收音機(jī).