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cheap adj.便宜的；廉价的 (1) 她的那双鞋看上去很便宜。(2) 我要买些便宜的东西。(3) 大量廉价进口商品涌入商店。(4) 这是些廉价而花哨的衣服。(5) 这张照片是用一架廉价照相机拍摄的。 When prices are low, they're cheap: that's a good thing. However, this word is often an insult. Hitting someone who isn't looking is a cheap shot. Things that aren't very well made and use low-quality materials are cheap. When someone — especially a woman — is dressed in a trashy way, people say "You look cheap!" And if you have a stingy Uncle Scrooge in your family, you can call him cheap or even a cheapskate.

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英 [tʃiːp] 美 [tʃiːp] (1) Her shoes look cheap.(2) I am going to buy something cheap.(3) A flood of cheap imports has come into the shops.(4) These are cheap and gaudy clothes.(5) This photograph is taken with a cheap camera. Something cheap doesn't cost much money. But watch out, because cheap things are also often cheaply made. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]便宜的；不贵的 Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.   [v-link ADJ]I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough...要是能找到足够便宜的地方，我就不在校园里住了。Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up...烟雾报警器既不贵又易于安装。Running costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel...燃料价格下来了，运营费用也会跟着下降。They served breakfast all day and sold it cheap.他们全天供应早餐，而且价钱公道。cheaplyIt will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant.它的发电成本要比核电站低。cheapnessThe cheapness and simplicity of the design makes it ideal for our task.这个设计既便宜又朴素，非常适合我们的任务要求。2[ADJ 形容词]不值钱的；质次价低的 If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor.   [ADJ n]Don't resort to cheap copies； save up for the real thing.别买廉价的仿冒品，攒点钱买正品吧。...a tight suit made of some cheap material.用廉价面料做的紧身套装3[ADJ 形容词]（劳动力）廉价的 If you describe the cost of someone's work as cheap, you disapprove of the way people are taking advantage of a situation to pay someone less than they should for the work that they do.   [ADJ n]  [disapproval]...unscrupulous employers who treat children as a cheap source of labour.把儿童当廉价劳动力使用的黑心雇主4[ADJ 形容词](言行)讨便宜的，刻薄的，不怀好意的 If you describe someone's remarks or actions as cheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else.   [ADJ n]  [disapproval]These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.这些测试必然会被政客们不失时机地拿去大做政治文章。5[ADJ 形容词]吝啬的；小气的 If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money.   [usu v-link ADJ]  [disapproval]  [AM 美]Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap.哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一回，别抠门儿了。6[PHRASE 短语]人命不值钱；人命如草芥 You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.   [V inflects]We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。7[PHRASE 短语]便宜第一；节省地 If someone does or buys something on the cheap, they spend less money than they should because they are more concerned with what it costs than with its quality.   [PHR after v]  [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。

英语单词	cheap
英美音标	英 [tʃiːp] 美 [tʃiːp]
中文释义	adj.便宜的；廉价的
英语例句	(1) Her shoes look cheap. (2) I am going to buy something cheap. (3) A flood of cheap imports has come into the shops. (4) These are cheap and gaudy clothes. (5) This photograph is taken with a cheap camera.
中文例句	(1) 她的那双鞋看上去很便宜。 (2) 我要买些便宜的东西。 (3) 大量廉价进口商品涌入商店。 (4) 这是些廉价而花哨的衣服。 (5) 这张照片是用一架廉价照相机拍摄的。
vocabulary简明	Something cheap doesn't cost much money. But watch out, because cheap things are also often cheaply made.
vocabulary扩展	When prices are low, they're cheap: that's a good thing. However, this word is often an insult. Hitting someone who isn't looking is a cheap shot. Things that aren't very well made and use low-quality materials are cheap. When someone — especially a woman — is dressed in a trashy way, people say "You look cheap!" And if you have a stingy Uncle Scrooge in your family, you can call him cheap or even a cheapskate.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]便宜的；不贵的 Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected. [v-link ADJ] I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough... 要是能找到足够便宜的地方，我就不在校园里住了。 Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up... 烟雾报警器既不贵又易于安装。 Running costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel... 燃料价格下来了，运营费用也会跟着下降。 They served breakfast all day and sold it cheap. 他们全天供应早餐，而且价钱公道。 cheaply It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant. 它的发电成本要比核电站低。 cheapness The cheapness and simplicity of the design makes it ideal for our task. 这个设计既便宜又朴素，非常适合我们的任务要求。 2 [ADJ 形容词]不值钱的；质次价低的 If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor. [ADJ n] Don't resort to cheap copies； save up for the real thing. 别买廉价的仿冒品，攒点钱买正品吧。 ...a tight suit made of some cheap material. 用廉价面料做的紧身套装 3 [ADJ 形容词]（劳动力）廉价的 If you describe the cost of someone's work as cheap, you disapprove of the way people are taking advantage of a situation to pay someone less than they should for the work that they do. [ADJ n] [disapproval] ...unscrupulous employers who treat children as a cheap source of labour. 把儿童当廉价劳动力使用的黑心雇主 4 [ADJ 形容词](言行)讨便宜的，刻薄的，不怀好意的 If you describe someone's remarks or actions as cheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else. [ADJ n] [disapproval] These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points. 这些测试必然会被政客们不失时机地拿去大做政治文章。 5 [ADJ 形容词]吝啬的；小气的 If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. [usu v-link ADJ] [disapproval] [AM 美] Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap. 哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一回，别抠门儿了。 6 [PHRASE 短语]人命不值钱；人命如草芥 You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying. [V inflects] We will end up living in a society where life is cheap. 我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。 7 [PHRASE 短语]便宜第一；节省地 If someone does or buys something on the cheap, they spend less money than they should because they are more concerned with what it costs than with its quality. [PHR after v] [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap. 现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。

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