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cheap

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近义词inexpensive

反义词

adj. 便宜的；小气的；不值钱的
adv. 便宜地

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词态变化

比较级: cheaper;最高级: cheapest;名词: cheapness;

中文词源

cheap 便宜的

来自拉丁词caupo, 小商人，叫卖者，后来词义贬义化。其原词义见Copenhagen, chapman.

英英释意

1. relatively low in price or charging low prices;: "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

2. tastelessly showy;: "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

3. of very poor quality

4. embarrassingly stingy

英文词源

cheap: cheap: [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were German kaufen ‘buy’, Old English cēapian ‘trade’ (the possible source of chop, as in ‘chop and change’), and the Old English noun cēap ‘trade’.

In Middle English times this came to be used in such phrases as good chepe, meaning ‘good bargain’, and by the 16th century an adjectival sense ‘inexpensive’ had developed. The original sense ‘trade’ is preserved in the personal name Chapman, which until the 19th century was an ordinary noun meaning ‘trader’ (it is the source of chap ‘fellow’).
=> chap, chop
cheap (adj.): "low in price, that may be bought at small cost," c. 1500, ultimately from Old English noun ceap "traffic, a purchase," from ceapian (v.) "trade," probably from an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caupo "petty tradesman, huckster" (see chapman).

The sense evolution is from the noun meaning "a barter, a purchase" to "a purchase as rated by the buyer," hence adjectival meaning "inexpensive," the main modern sense, via Middle English phrases such as god chep "favorable bargain" (12c., a translation of French a bon marché).

Sense of "lightly esteemed, common" is from 1590s (compare similar evolution of Latin vilis). The meaning "low in price" was represented in Old English by undeor, literally "un-dear" (but deop ceap, literally "deep cheap," meant "high price").

The word also was used in Old English for "market" (as in ceapdæg "market day"), a sense surviving in place names Cheapside, East Cheap, etc. Related: Cheaply. Expression on the cheap is first attested 1888. Cheap shot originally was U.S. football jargon for a head-on tackle; extended sense "unfair hit" in politics, etc. is by 1970. German billig "cheap" is from Middle Low German billik, originally "fair, just," with a sense evolution via billiger preis "fair price," etc.

同义词辨析

low, mean, cheap, shabby

这些形容词均有"卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的"之意。

low：指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。

mean：暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。

cheap：侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。

shabby：指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。

考试真题

They prefer cheap toilet paper to recycled toilet paper.

Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

So they’re cheap almost everywhere.

The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.

Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil.

Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy.

Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities.

By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale.

I found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents.

It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop.

The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper.

Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar panels over the next five years, with the goal of providing cheap, renewable energy to five million people.

Let's say, Spain, or anywhere cheap would be fine.

Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy.

The panels are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.

Unless renewables become cheap enough that substantial carbon deposits are left underground for a very long time, if not forever, the planet will likely be exposed to potentially catastrophic climate risks.

Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.

Some are turning to the Internet, which is cheaper and offers concrete measurements like click-through rates— especially important at a time when marketing budgets are tight.

Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if everyone used the cheaper drug, Avastin, instead of the costlier one, Lucentis.

As a former high school teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year.

He uses cheap guitars that won't stay in shape or in tune.

It's not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are.

To import more cheap goods from developing countries.

To move their companies to where labor is cheaper.

Such programs can be expensive, of course, but cheap compared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.

Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets

Well, for three days, you would have to have it under the unlimited mileage conditions, which will work out cheaper for Manchester anyway.

"These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them," said Rusczyk.

Thus, while printing enormously increased access to books by making cheap, high-volume production possible, it also reduced choice.

A t-shirt like this is much cheaper on the Internet.

As they left student life behind, many had a last drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and moved out of small apartments into high buildings.

Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice of taking public transport, which is cheaper than driving.

Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing.

Let me see what the cheapest two-bedroom apartment is.

Many westerners who/that come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap it can be to eat out.

Running is cheap, easy and it's always energetic.

See, your computer has broken down again! It doesn't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of computer just to save a few dollars.

The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a never-ending interstate highway system.

There recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than today’s live performances; moreover, they can be “consumed” at a time and place of the listener’s choosing.

It can't when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius.

词组搭配

cheap and cheerful

(Brit.)simple and inexpensive but not unattractive

(英)价廉物美的

cheap and nasty

(Brit.)low cost and bad quality

(英)便宜但劣质的

cheap at the price

well worth having, regardless of the cost

物超所值的

as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price.
作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。

cheap at twice the price

Extremely inexpensive.

极廉价地

on the cheap

By inexpensive means; cheaply

通过不昂贵的方式；便宜地

traveled to Europe on the cheap.
极经济地到欧洲旅游

实用场景例句

cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes: 低价劣质香水 / 珠宝 / 鞋

I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.: 我讨厌他拿我开低级庸俗的玩笑。

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。

Don't be so cheap!: 别这么小气！

a guide to decorating your house on the cheap: 房屋廉价装潢指南

I got this dress cheap in a sale.: 这件衣服是我在大减价时便宜买的。

Violins like this don't come cheap.: 像这样的小提琴不会便宜。

cheap fares: 便宜的交通费

Personal computers are cheap and getting cheaper.: 个人电脑现在价格便宜，以后还会越来越便宜。

Cycling is a cheap way to get around.: 骑自行车是一种省钱的旅游方式。

The printer isn't exactly cheap at £200.: 这打印机价格为200英镑并不是很便宜。

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

a cheap restaurant/hotel: 收费低廉的餐馆 / 旅馆

(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。

(British English)a cheap and nasty bottle of wine: 一瓶便宜的劣质葡萄酒

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。

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。

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

...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

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。

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。

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。