EPISODE · Nov 16, 2021 · 3 MIN
老外说“You're cheap”不是“你真便宜”
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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!01You'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: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。02“小气鬼”的常见表达①cheapskate例: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。②cheap Charlie例:Buy us a round of drinks, don't be a cheap Charlie!请我们喝酒啊!别当小气鬼咯!③miser例:It is said that he's a miser. 据说他是一个小气鬼。④stingy person例:He is a very stingy person.他是个很小气的人。⑤penny pincher例: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。03"物美价廉"与“价廉物劣”①cheap and cheerful物美价廉的例: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。②cheap and nasty价廉物劣的例: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。04Talk is cheapTalk is cheap 不是“聊天很便宜”而是“光说没有用”例:Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words。光说没有用,行胜于言。
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