cheap

UK:  [tʃiːp]

US:  [tʃip]

比较级：cheaper  最高级：cheapest  

adj.

1.廉价的,便宜的,贱

2.廉价,价廉的,便宜,经济,所花费用要比…少

3.下流,下贱的,低三下四的

4.粗劣的;恶俗的,低劣的,可鄙的;虚伪的

5.(商店等)索价低的;〔英国〕大减价的

6.拙劣的,劣质

7.(钱)贬了值的;有折扣的

8.〔俚语〕身体虚弱的;垂头丧气的

9.轻薄,轻浮的

10.庸俗,俗气;靡靡

adv.

1.廉价,低廉

1 . But Horizontal scalability isn't cheap either. The application has to be built ground up to run on multiple servers as a single application.
但是，横向扩展也不便宜，因为它需要应用程序进行重新设计，以运行在多个服务器之上，但是对外要表现为一个单一的应用程序。

2 . It would be an inexpensive (cheap enough to lose), always-on device with deep, hi-res color, e-ink, and a touchscreen.
它很便宜（便宜到弄丢了也不心疼），能呈现高分辨率色彩，带有电子墨水显示和一个触摸屏。

3 . It had to be cheap, have no English menu, perhaps in a run-down neighborhood and serve local dishes spiced for local tastes.
它一定要便宜，没有英语菜单，或许位于一个破破烂烂的街区，供应本地食物，按照本地人的口味调味。

4 . And, remember, this is all supposed to be in an age of lean startups that can globalize on the cheap. . .
要知道，这都是假定处于精实创业（leanstartup）的时代，即能以低成本实现全球化……

5 . For such investors, corporate bonds may not be all that cheap once all the costs have been taken into account.
对这类投资者，一旦把所有的费用都考虑进去，公司债券可能就不那么便宜了。