the cheapness of sth
cheapness 在这里指“廉价而俗气的质感”,不是单纯的价格低。
The cheapness of the furniture spoiled the room.
家具的廉价俗气毁了整个房间。
廉价俗气;粗俗低劣
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
廉价俗气;粗俗低劣
cheapness
The cheapness of the furniture spoiled the room.
家具的廉价俗气毁了整个房间。
此义指因廉价而显得俗气,不是‘价格便宜’的意思。
吝啬,小气的状态或性格特点。
The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
价格低廉或制作粗劣的状态或特性。
The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
The cheapness of the decorations made the whole event feel low-class.
装饰品的廉价俗气让整个活动显得低级。
She disliked the cheapness of the plastic jewelry he gave her.
她不喜欢他送的塑料首饰的廉价俗气。
His colleagues often joked about the cheapness of his office furniture, which looked both worn and tasteless.
同事们常拿他办公室里廉价俗气的家具开玩笑,那些家具又旧又没品位。
cheapness 在这里指“廉价而俗气的质感”,不是单纯的价格低。
The cheapness of the furniture spoiled the room.
家具的廉价俗气毁了整个房间。
这种句型用于谈论事物带有的某种令人不快的俗气感。
There is a certain cheapness about the design.
这个设计有一种说不出的廉价俗气。
Not this
The cheap of the material made the product look bad.
Use this
The cheapness of the material made the product look bad.
“cheap” 是形容词,不能直接用在 “the ... of” 的名词性结构中;这里需要名词形式 “cheapness”,表示“廉价而俗气的性质”。
Not this
I bought some cheapness at the market.
Use this
I bought some cheap things at the market.
“cheapness” 是抽象名词,指“廉价俗气/低劣”,不能指具体的“便宜货”;要表达具体商品时应用 “cheap things” 或 “bargains”。
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十足的粗俗低劣
The sheer cheapness of the print made the whole design look tacky.
这幅印刷品十足的粗俗低劣让整个设计看起来很俗气。
一种廉价俗气的感觉
The plastic flowers added an aura of cheapness to the restaurant.
塑料花给这家餐厅增添了一种廉价俗气的感觉。
粗俗的廉价感
Her perfume gave off a vulgar cheapness that was hard to ignore.
她的香水散发出一股难以忽视的粗俗廉价感。
品味低俗
The cheapness of taste in the decorations surprised the guests.
装饰品品味低俗,令客人们感到惊讶。
Use cheapness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆:cheap(便宜)加上名词后缀-ness,就是“便宜俗气”这种性质。
语域:formal 常见场景:literary criticism、art criticism、formal essays 该义项表示因廉价而显得粗俗、缺乏品味,通常见于文学或艺术评论等正式书面语境。
steepness /ˈstiːpnəs/ 和 deepness /ˈdiːpnəs/ 与 cheapness 完全押韵;cheap /tʃiːp/、cheapen /ˈtʃiːpən/、happiness /ˈhæpinəs/、kindness /ˈkaɪndnəs/ 只是拼写相近,读音并不押韵。
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