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A no-frills product or service gives you the basic thing and almost nothing extra: no pretty box, no free gift, no extra comfort.
A no-frills product or service陽春的產品或服務 gives you the basic thing給你的只是最基本的東西 and almost nothing extra幾乎沒有其他額外的:no pretty box沒有漂亮的包裝盒 no free gift沒有贈品 no extra comfort沒有額外的舒適
Airlines, hotels, and shops use it a lot. A no-frills flight gets you there, but you pay for a drink and the cabin is plain.
Airlines, hotels, and shops航空公司、飯店、商店 use it a lot很常用這個詞 A no-frills flight陽春的航班 gets you there能載你到目的地 but you pay for a drink但飲料要另外付錢 and the cabin is plain機艙也很簡樸
The word is not always an insult. Some people want no-frills on purpose, because it is cheaper. Still, it does say the thing is not the highest quality — it is enough, not fancy.
The word is not always an insult這個詞不一定是罵人的話 Some people want no-frills on purpose有些人是故意要選陽春版 because it is cheaper因為比較便宜 Still不過 it does say the thing is not the highest quality它確實是在說這東西不是最高品質 — it is enough, not fancy只是夠用,不是講究
A frill is an extra bit, like lace on a dress, that makes something look nicer without changing what it does. Though actually, a no-frills company can still do the core job well; the word is about missing extras, not about being unsafe or badly made.
A frill裝飾邊(frill) is an extra bit是多出來的一小部分 like lace on a dress就像洋裝上的蕾絲 that makes something look nicer without changing what it does讓東西看起來更漂亮,但不改變它的功能 Though actually不過其實 a no-frills company can still do the core job well陽春的公司還是可以把核心的工作做好;the word is about missing extras這個詞說的是少了額外的東西 not about being unsafe or badly made不是說不安全或做得差
組成no + frills. A frill is an extra decorative piece; no-frills means none of those extras.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
no-frillsadj
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informalBasic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy.
- He rented a no-frills apartment and cooked his own meals.
- Another friend […] gathered a group to go to […] a no-frills comfort food restaurant, with a vast menu of classics sold at extraordinarily low prices: the only item in the 11-page menu over 1,000 forints was a bottle of sparkling wine, a reasonable 1,190 forints for 0.7 liters.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。