005、cheap K.K: [ ] IPA: [ ]
adj. 便宜的,低級(jí)的,俗氣的 ★★
Everything is cheap at that supermarket.
那家超市的東西都很便宜。
Her dress looked cheap.
她的裙子看來(lái)很俗氣。
【額外成就感】
☆ A: My boyfriend is too cheap. He never buys me anything.
我男朋友太差勁了。他從來(lái)不給我買(mǎi)東西。
B: Money can’t buy love. You know what I’m saying?
錢(qián)買(mǎi)不來(lái)愛(ài)情。你懂我的意思吧?
☆ A: This car is dirt cheap.
這輛車(chē)真是太便宜了。
B: I still can’t afford it.
我還是買(mǎi)不起。
☆ A: Let’s go shopping. It’s the end of the season. All the stores are having big sales. Everything is dirt cheap.
讓我們?nèi)ベ?gòu)物吧。到了季末,所有的商店都在大減價(jià),樣樣?xùn)|西都非常便宜。
B: But I don’t have any money.
但我沒(méi)錢(qián)。
【瘋狂注釋】dirt cheap的意思是“很便宜;便宜得很”!很多中國(guó)的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者誤以為是“dirty and cheap”,鬧了很多笑話!
Kim’s Note: This is a favorite word of Americans. It is often used as a one-word sentence. 這是美國(guó)人很喜歡用的一個(gè)詞,經(jīng)常一個(gè)字出現(xiàn)在句子里。
☆ A: What did you think of that new restaurant?
你認(rèn)為那家新飯店怎么樣?
B: Cheap!
太差勁了!
P.S. Be sure to pronounce this word well. You need to exaggerate the long vowel sound. If you don’t, people will be confused and think you are talking about a popular American snack, potato chips. 當(dāng)心這個(gè)單詞發(fā)音要準(zhǔn)確,你得夸張其中的長(zhǎng)元音。要不然,人們就會(huì)迷惑,以為你想要美國(guó)人愛(ài)吃的小吃——炸薯?xiàng)l!