cheap这个词我们简直再熟悉不过了,但是cheap使用不当也会让人尴尬,比如用来形容人的时候cheap就没有那么nice了。今天的日常英语口语专门和大家聊聊怎么正确使用cheap。
一、cheap真的可以用来形容人1. 卑微的;卑贱的;可鄙的
eg: Her absolute obedience in front of him made her very cheap.
她在他面前的无条件服从让她很卑微。
2. 小气的;抠门儿的
eg: I can’t stand him. He is so cheap.
我受不了他了,他太小气了。
3. 价低质劣的
eg: The room is full of the smell of cheap perfume.
房间里充满了劣质香水的气味。
4. 令人讨厌的;明显不友好的;不和善的
eg: He was making fun of you with this cheap joke.
他在用这个低级的玩笑取笑你。
5. 花钱少的;便宜的;廉价的
eg: The jacket here is much cheaper than the one in that shop.
这里的夹克比那家店里便宜多了。
二、cheap常见的短语都在这里了1. cheap and nasty 质量低的,虚有其表的
eg: Where have you got this cheap and nasty wine?
这些劣质的红酒你从哪里弄来的?
2. cheap at the price 价钱虽高但还合算
eg: They all thought the house is cheap at the price.
他们都认为这个房子价格虽高但是还算合理。
3. life is cheap 视人性命如草芥;人命不值钱
eg: They lived in a country where life was cheap.
他们生活在一个视人命如草芥的国家里。
4. cheap skate 小气鬼、铁公鸡
eg: He was despised because he is a cheap skate.
他被鄙视了,因为他是个小气鬼。
5. cheap date 很省钱的约会对象
eg: I’m a cheap date, and I don’t like splurge on dating.
我是个省钱的约会对象,我不喜欢在约会上挥霍。
三、“小气鬼”的英语可以怎么说?1. penny pincher
pinch本身是“捏住”的意思,penny pincher从字面上看是“一分钱都要捏住”,这也是非常吝啬了。
eg: He got the name of penny pincher many years ago.
他很多年前就有吝啬鬼的名号了。
2. skinflint [ˈskɪnflɪnt] 小气鬼,一毛不
拔的人eg: Never have we seen a skinflint like him.
我们从没有见过像他这样的吝啬鬼。
3. niggard ['nɪgəd] 吝啬鬼
eg: The niggard was unwilling to contribute to them.
这个吝啬鬼不愿意捐钱给他们。
4. miser [ˈmaɪzə(r)] 小气鬼,守财奴
eg: The girl found that she had married a miser.
这个女孩发现她嫁给了一个守财奴。
5. scrooge [skru:dʒ] 吝啬鬼,守财奴,贪得无厌之徒
eg: The word scrooge is from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.