【第96期】歪果仁說(shuō) You're cheap 可不是“你真便宜”！

2020-12-02 23:29:3902:27 33

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You're cheap是什么意思呢？
莫非是“你很便宜”？才沒這么簡(jiǎn)單！
cheap 這個(gè)詞一般都用來(lái)形容物品“便宜的”，除此之外，還可以用來(lái)形容人，但這時(shí)候，cheap 可不是說(shuō)人便宜，而是形容某人“小氣的，吝嗇的”
所以如果某個(gè)人很摳門兒，是個(gè)小氣鬼，
你就可以說(shuō)：
You're so cheap.
你真小氣！
當(dāng)我們想要說(shuō)一個(gè)人“小氣鬼，摳門兒”，
就可以說(shuō)：sb. is cheap
He's so cheap he didn't even buy me a card for my birthday.
他真小氣，居然連張生日卡都沒給我買。
My boyfriend is handsome but cheap. All the gifts from him come from the dollar store.
我男朋友很帥，但很摳門！他送給我的所有禮物都是來(lái)自“一元店”。

分享一些關(guān)于 cheap 的地道表達(dá)：
cheapskate其本意是：守財(cái)奴，小氣鬼，吝嗇鬼
My dad's such a cheapskate that he cuts his hair himself.
我爸爸真是個(gè)吝嗇鬼，連他的頭發(fā)都自己剪。

talk is cheap：it is easier to talk about doing something than to actually do that thing.
其實(shí)就是我們中文里常說(shuō)的“說(shuō)起來(lái)容易做起來(lái)難”，光說(shuō)沒用，空話
Someone's good idea can help you, but you reach a place now where you realize that talk is cheap.
某人的好主意能幫你，但是現(xiàn)在你所處的境地光說(shuō)說(shuō)是沒用的。

dress cheap：是指“穿的不正經(jīng)”，
一般用于好朋友之間的調(diào)侃，
陌生人或不太熟悉的人之間最好不要用。
Why did you dress so cheap today? Who will you meet?
今天穿得這么不正經(jīng)干嘛，見誰(shuí)去？