cheap
adjective /tʃiːp/
/tʃiːp/
(comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)
Idioms - costing little money or less money than you expected
花钱少的；便宜的；廉价的 - cheap imports/flights
便宜的进口/航班 - Their cheap prices have helped them pick up new customers.
他们低廉的价格帮助他们吸引了新客户。 - They're offering incredibly cheap fares to Eastern Europe.
他们提供非常便宜的去东欧的机票。 - Cycling is a cheap way to get around.
骑自行车是一种省钱的出行方式。 - A good education is not cheap.
好的教育可不便宜。 - Electricity is relatively cheap in Ireland.
爱尔兰的电力相对便宜。 - The device isn't exactly cheap at £500.
500英镑的价格并不便宜。 - A falling dollar will boost the economy by making exports cheaper.
美元贬值将通过降低出口价格来提振经济。 - a cheaper alternative/option
更便宜的选择 - Renewable energy is getting cheaper all the time.
可再生能源越来越便宜了。 - The cheapest rates are usually available online.
最便宜的价格通常在网上可以买到。 - immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour (= workers who are paid very little, especially unfairly)
作为廉价劳动力来源的移民工人 - cheap to do Game shows are cheap to produce.
游戏节目制作成本低廉。 - it is cheap to do something Why go by train when it's so cheap to hop on a plane?
跳上飞机这么便宜，为什么还要坐火车？
Synonyms cheapcheapsee also dirt cheap opposite expensive- competitive
- budget
- affordable
- reasonable
- inexpensive
- cheap costing little money or less money than you expected; charging low prices.
指花钱少、便宜、收费低廉 - competitive (of prices, goods or services) as cheap as or cheaper than those offered by other companies; able to offer goods or services at competitive prices.
指价格、产品或服务收费方面具有竞争力 - budget [only before noun] (used especially in advertising) cheap because it offers only a basic level of service.
（尤用于广告）指仅提供基本服务因而价格低廉 - affordable cheap enough for most people to afford.
指多数人买得起或负担得来的 - reasonable (of prices) not too expensive.
指价格不太高、公道的 - inexpensive (rather formal) cheap.
指不昂贵
- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/reasonable prices/fares/rates
- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/inexpensive products/services
Topics Moneya1, Shoppinga1- The market has been flooded with cheap imports.
市场里充斥着廉价进口货。 - The printer isn't exactly cheap at £200.
价格为 200 英镑的打印机并不是很便宜。 - The town is full of immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour.
这座城里有很多外国移民，是廉价劳动力来源。 - The watch was suspiciously cheap; it was probably a fake.
这块手表便宜得让人怀疑，可能是假货。
- cheap imports/flights
- charging low prices
收费低廉的 - a cheap restaurant/hotel
收费低廉的餐馆／旅馆 - a cheap taxi firm
廉价出租车公司 - (British English) We found a cheap and cheerful cafe (= one that is simple and charges low prices but is pleasant).
我们找到了一家价格低廉环境宜人的咖啡馆。
- It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap.
这家馆子不错，而且价格便宜得不得了。 - Italy was a very cheap country to visit in those days.
在那些日子里，意大利是一个非常便宜的国家。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be going
- buy something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a cheap restaurant/hotel
- (disapproving) low in price and quality
价低质劣的 - cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
低价劣质香水／珠宝／鞋 - cheap plastic toys that break within seconds
几秒钟内就会坏掉的廉价塑料玩具 - (British English) a cheap and nasty bottle of wine
一瓶便宜的劣质葡萄酒
- cheap and nasty products with brand names you've never heard of
品牌闻所未闻的廉价劣质产品 - We brought a few cheap and nasty bottles of wine home from holiday.
我们度假时带了几瓶便宜又恶心的葡萄酒回家。 - The room was filled with the smell of cheap perfume.
房间里弥漫着廉价香水的味道。 - It was just a bottle of cheap perfume.
那只是一瓶廉价香水。 - The bag looks cheap and nasty.
这包看起来价廉质劣。 - The glasses are plain without looking cheap.
这眼镜朴素，但看起来并不粗劣。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be going
- buy something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
- unpleasant or unkind and rather obvious
令人讨厌的；明显不友好的；不和善的 - I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
我讨厌他拿我开低级庸俗的玩笑。 - a comedian who is always looking for cheap laughs
一个总是寻找廉价笑料的喜剧演员 - to score a cheap political advantage
获得廉价的政治优势 - He couldn't resist taking a cheap shot at his political opponent.
他忍不住向他的政治对手开了一枪。
- I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
- (disapproving) having a low status and therefore not deserving respect
卑微的；卑贱的；可鄙的 - He's just a cheap crook.
他简直是个卑鄙的骗子。 - His treatment of her made her feel cheap (= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself).
他那样对待她使她感到很丢脸。
- He's just a cheap crook.
- (North American English) (British English mean)(informal, disapproving) not liking to spend money
小气的；抠门儿的 - Don't be so cheap!
别这么小气！
Topics Moneyc1- He's so cheap, he'd never fly to London in a million years.
他太小气了，一百万年都不会飞到伦敦去。 - She was just too cheap to buy a real present.
她就是太抠门儿了，舍不得买一件像样的礼物。 - He was so generous he made the other guests look cheap.
他太慷慨了，以至于让其他客人看起来很廉价。
- Don't be so cheap!
low price低价
poor quality劣质
unkind不友好
low status地位低下
not generous不大方
词源late 15th cent.: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’.
Idioms
cheap at the price
(also cheap at twice the price)
(also British English, humorous cheap at half the price)
- so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much
价钱虽高但还合算 - To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
购买所有推荐的设备是昂贵的，但作为对未来的投资，它的价格是便宜的。
- To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
life is cheap
- (disapproving) used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly
把他人生死视同儿戏；视人性命如草芥；人命不值钱
on the cheap (usually disapproving)
- spending less money than you usually need to spend to do something
低廉地；廉价地 - a guide to decorating your house on the cheap
房屋廉价装潢指南 - to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap
廉价获得有价值的艺术品 - The school managed to get a couple of computers on the cheap.
学校设法弄到了几台便宜电脑。
- a guide to decorating your house on the cheap