cheap /tʃiːp/ CET4 TEM4 ( cheaper, cheapest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected. 便宜的

  例：

  I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough.

  如果我能找到一个足够便宜的地方，我打算住在校外。

  例：

  Operating costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel.

  经营成本在下降是因为燃料更便宜了。

• 2. 

  cheaply ADV 便宜地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant.

  它将以比核电厂更低廉的成本生产电力。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor. 价廉质劣的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Don't resort to cheap imitations; save up for the real thing.

  不要买价廉质劣的赝品，把钱存起来买真货。

• 4. 

  ADJ 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. 损人利己的 [ADJ n] [表不满]

  例：

  These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.

  这些测试难免会被政客们利用以炮制损人利己的政治观点。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. 小气的 [美国英语]

  例：

  Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap.

  哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一次，别小气嘛。