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“You're cheap”?
你真便宜?
这是什么话?
难道这是面试时薪水说低了,面试官说的?
才没这么简单!
1
You're cheap是在"骂人"
除了“便宜”
cheap的常见意思还有“小气的、抠门的”
所以
You're cheap
你真抠门/小气
例句:
I never been with a man that cheap in my life.
我这辈子都没跟那么小气的人约会过。
Trust me, just don't lend money to Jack. He's cheap and he'll never pay you back.
相信我别把钱借给杰克,他太抠了肯定不还你。
2
“小气鬼”的常见表达
cheapskate
I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
我一点也不惊讶,他是有名的小气鬼。
cheap Charlie
Buy us a round of drinks, don't be a cheap Charlie!
请我们喝酒啊!别当小气鬼咯!
miser
It is said that he's a miser.
据说他是一个小气鬼。
stingy person
He is a very stingy person.
他是个很小气的人。
penny pincher
Tom is such penny pincher, and none likes to be with him.
汤姆是一个小气鬼,所以没有人喜欢和他在一块。
3
"物美价廉"与“价廉物劣”
cheap and cheerful
物美价廉的
例句:
She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.
她喜欢买一些物美价廉的礼物。
There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.
街角处有家饭店,那里的饭菜物美价廉。
cheap and nasty
价廉物劣的
例句:
Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.
这家店的所有东西都价廉物劣,不要买。
The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.
我们住的酒店价廉物劣,我不推荐。
4
Talk is cheap
Talk is cheap 不是“聊天很便宜”
而是“光说没有用”
例句:
Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words。
光说没有用,行胜于言。
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