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

IELTS

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.
  1. 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。
  2. Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up...
     烟雾报警器既不贵又易于安装。
  3. 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。
  4. They served breakfast all day and sold it cheap.
     他们全天供应早餐，而且价钱公道。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a tight suit made of some cheap material.
     用廉价面料做的紧身套装
• 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.
  1. ...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
• 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.
  1. 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。
• ADJ 吝啬的;小气的
  If you describe someone ascheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• This dress is really cheaper by comparison.
  比较起来，这件衣服确实便宜。
• Coal is actually cheaper than gas
  煤实际上比煤气便宜。
• Manufacturers are working on a new generation of cheaper digital radios.
  制造商正在研制价格更便宜的新一代数字收音机。
• Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living standards of ordinary people
  更低廉的房价可大大改善老百姓的生活水平。
• 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。
• Things are usually cheaper if you buy them in bulk.
  如果你整批买这些东西的话是较便宜的。
• 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。
• Washing powder works out cheaper if you buy the jumbo size.
  如果你买大袋洗衣粉，价钱会更便宜。
• 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。
• 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。