005、cheap K.K: [ ] IPA: [ ]
adj. 便宜的,低級的,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。他從來不給我買東西。
B: Money can’t buy love. You know what I’m saying?
錢買不來愛情。你懂我的意思吧?
☆ A: This car is dirt cheap.
這輛車真是太便宜了。
B: I still can’t afford it.
我還是買不起。
☆ 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)ベ徫锇伞5搅思灸?,所有的商店都在大減價,樣樣?xùn)|西都非常便宜。
B: But I don’t have any money.
但我沒錢。
【瘋狂注釋】dirt cheap的意思是“很便宜;便宜得很”!很多中國的英語學(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. 這是美國人很喜歡用的一個詞,經(jīng)常一個字出現(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)心這個單詞發(fā)音要準(zhǔn)確,你得夸張其中的長元音。要不然,人們就會迷惑,以為你想要美國人愛吃的小吃——炸薯條!