cheaper
英 [ˈtʃiːpə]
美 [ˈtʃipər]
adv.  低价地; 廉价地; 便宜地
adj.  花钱少的; 便宜的; 廉价的; 收费低廉的; 价低质劣的
cheap的比较级
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 便宜的;不贵的
 Goods or services that arecheapcost less money than usual or than you expected.- 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。
- Running costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel...
 燃料价格下来了,运营费用也会跟着下降。
- They served breakfast all day and sold it cheap.
 他们全天供应早餐,而且价钱公道。
 
- I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough...
- ADJ 不值钱的;质次价低的
 If you describe goods ascheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor.- 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
 
- Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing.
- ADJ (劳动力)廉价的
 If you describe the cost of someone's work ascheap, you disapprove of the way people are taking advantage of a situation to pay someone less than they should for the work that they do.- ...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
 
- ...unscrupulous employers who treat children as a cheap source of labour.
- ADJ (言行)讨便宜的,刻薄的,不怀好意的
 If you describe someone's remarks or actions ascheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else.- 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。
 
- These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.
- ADJ 吝啬的;小气的
 If you describe someone ascheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money.- 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。
 
- Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap.
- PHRASE 人命不值钱;人命如草芥
 You uselife is cheaporlife has become cheapto refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.- 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。
 
- We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.
- PHRASE 便宜第一;节省地
 If someone does or buys somethingon the cheap, they spend less money than they should because they are more concerned with what it costs than with its quality.- 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。
 
- Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.
双语例句
- It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site.
 建筑工在现场干活时,让他额外做工的话工钱会便宜一些。
- Supermarket lines are often cheaper than branded goods.
 超市的商品常常比品牌货便宜。
- The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports
 业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
- It will actually be cheaper to leave the machine encased in concrete to one side of the tunnel, than to take it apart and bring it back to Britain
 事实上,将机器用混凝土封存在隧道一侧比将其拆开运回英国更加便宜。
- They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
 他们鼓励医生给患者开较便宜的非专利药,而不是价格更高的品牌药。
- It's cheaper by bus, but the train is a lot quicker, so it's as broad as it's long.
 乘公共汽车便宜,但坐火车快得多,所以各有优点。
- Futurists agree that these trends will grow as telecommunications networks become cheaper and more efficient.
 未来学家一致认为,随着电信网络资费的降低和效率的提高,这些趋势将会越来越明显。
- It's cheaper to buy these things in batches than in pieces.
 这东西成总儿买便宜,零买贵。
- Coal is actually cheaper than gas
 煤实际上比煤气便宜。
- It's much cheaper than here in Britain.
 比英国这里便宜多了。
