Word · Frequency #8583
cheaply
便宜地
in a cheap manner or with little expenditure of money
- 1.
In a cheap manner; without expending much money.
以便宜的方式；不花很多钱
- 2.
For a low score.
得分低
以便宜的方式；不花很多钱；得分低
In use
I bought this shirt cheaply at a flea market.
The hotel room was furnished cheaply, but it was clean.
She managed to travel cheaply by staying in hostels.
buy/get sth cheaply
I bought this laptop cheaply at a garage sale.
我在车库甩卖中便宜地买了这台笔记本电脑。
sell sth cheaply
The store is selling off its stock cheaply.
这家商店正在廉价出售库存。
be cheaply made
指质量差，通常含贬义。
These shoes are cheaply made and fall apart quickly.
这些鞋子做工廉价，很快就坏了。
Common mistakes
I bought it cheap.I bought it cheaply.
这里需要用副词 'cheaply' 来修饰动词 'bought'，而不要用形容词 'cheap'。
She wore a cheaply dress.She wore a cheap dress.
修饰名词 'dress' 需要用形容词 'cheap'，而不是副词 'cheaply'。
Connections
Collocations
- buy cheaply
- 便宜地购买
- You can buy cheaply at the flea market.你可以在跳蚤市场便宜地购买。
- sell cheaply
- 便宜地出售
- The store is selling off its stock cheaply.这家店正在廉价出售库存。
- travel cheaply
- 便宜地旅行
- We managed to travel cheaply by staying in hostels.我们通过住青年旅社便宜地旅行。
- made cheaply
- 廉价制造
- These toys are made cheaply and break easily.这些玩具制造廉价，容易坏。
- live cheaply
- 生活节俭
- They live cheaply in a small apartment.他们在一个小公寓里生活节俭。
- dress cheaply
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Cheaply = cheap + ly，想象用很便宜的价格买薯片（chip），便宜地付钱。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：购物、消费、日常对话 通常用于日常对话或非正式写作，表示以较低价格完成某事，属于中性偏日常的副词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the common adverb suffix -ly, pronounced /li/. However, they do not rhyme with 'cheaply' because their stressed vowels and following consonants differ. For example, 'cheaply' (/ˈtʃipli/) has stress on /ɪ/ followed by /p/, while these have other vowels. Words like 'deeply' (/ˈdiːpli/) resemble the spelling but have a different vowel sound.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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