cheap

1. ADJ Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected. 便宜的

I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough. 如果我能找到一个足够便宜的地方，我打算住在校外。

Operating costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel. 经营成本在下降是因为燃料更便宜了。

2. cheaplyADV 便宜地[ADV after v]

It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant. 它将以比核电厂更低廉的成本生产电力。

3. ADJ If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor. 价廉质劣的[ADJ n]

Don't resort to cheap imitations; save up for the real thing. 不要买价廉质劣的赝品，把钱存起来买真货。

4. ADJ If you describe someone's remarks or actions as cheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else. 损人利己的[ADJ n] [表不满]

These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points. 这些测试难免会被政客们利用以炮制损人利己的政治观点。

5. ADJ If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. 小气的[美国英语]

Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap. 哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一次，别小气嘛。