inexpensive, cheap

low, mean, cheap, shabby

形容詞 cheap:

1. relatively low in price or charging low prices
   同義詞：inexpensive
2. tastelessly showy
   同義詞：brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
3. of very poor quality; flimsy
   同義詞：bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
4. embarrassingly stingy
   同義詞：chinchy, chintzy

1. Rooms in cheap hotels are often dingy.
   在低級旅館中全是又黑又臟的房間。
2. Poultry is rather cheap now.
   現(xiàn)在的禽肉相當(dāng)便宜。
3. You're surely not asking 40 for this book?' Yes it's cheap at the price!'
   ｀這本書你絕不會要價(jià)40英鎊吧?＇｀是40英鎊--物有所值啊!＇
4. The local shop has some radios going cheap.
   本地商店有些廉價(jià)的收音機(jī)。
5. He's making himself cheap by his unpleasant behaviour.
   他那令人討厭的行為有損他自己的身份。
6. Her shoes look cheap.
   她的那雙鞋看上去很便宜。
7. I hate this kind of cheap emotion.
   我討厭這種膚淺的感情。

cheap

adj.（形容詞）
cheap.er,cheap.est

Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.
不昂貴的：價(jià)格相對較低的；不昂貴或者相對不昂貴的
Charging low prices:
收費(fèi)低廉的：
例句：
a cheap restaurant.
收費(fèi)低廉的飯館

Obtainable at a low rate of interest. Used especially of money.
可低息獲得的。尤指款項(xiàng)
Devalued, as in buying power:
貶值的：貶值的，尤其用在購買能力上：
例句：
cheap dollars.
貶值了的美元

Achieved with little effort:
不費(fèi)力就得到的：
例句：
a cheap victory; cheap laughs.
垂手而得的勝利；很容易就逗人發(fā)笑

Of or considered of small value:
沒有價(jià)值的：沒有價(jià)值或被認(rèn)為沒有價(jià)值的：
例句：
in wartime, when life was cheap.
戰(zhàn)時(shí)是一個(gè)視生命如糞土的時(shí)期

Of poor quality; inferior:
劣質(zhì)的；低劣的：
例句：
a cheap toy.
粗劣的玩具

Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible:
不值得尊敬的；粗鄙的或可鄙的：
例句：
a cheap gangster.
可鄙的強(qiáng)盜

Stingy; miserly.
吝嗇的；小氣的
adv.（副詞）
cheaper,cheapest
Inexpensively:
便宜地：
例句：
got the new car cheap.
很便宜地買下一部新車

<習(xí)慣用語>cheap at twice the price
Extremely inexpensive.
極廉價(jià)地
on the cheap
By inexpensive means; cheaply:
通過不昂貴的方式；便宜地：
例句：
traveled to Europe on the cheap.
極經(jīng)濟(jì)地到歐洲旅游

來源：
From Middle English (god) chep [(good) price, purchase, bargain]
源自 中古英語 (god) chep [（好的）價(jià)格，買賣，交易]
from Old English côap [trade]
源自 古英語 côap [貿(mào)易]
from Latin caupô [shopkeeper]
源自 拉丁語 caupô [店主人]

【引伸】
cheap.ly
adv.（副詞）
cheap.ness
n.（名詞）