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Something overpriced costs more money than it should — more than it is worth, or more than similar things nearby. We say it of food, clothes, flats, tickets, almost anything you buy.
Something overpricedoverpriced的東西costs要價more money than it should比應該的價格還貴— more than it is worth——比它的價值還貴, or或more than similar things nearby比附近類似的東西還貴。We say it of我們會這樣形容food, clothes, flats, tickets食物、衣服、公寓、票, almost anything you buy幾乎任何你買的東西。
It is a ’s complaint, a little sharper than simply “expensive.” A handmade coat can be expensive and still fair; an overpriced bottle of water is the same water with a swollen number.
It is這是a shopper’s complaint一種消費者的抱怨, a little sharper than simply比單純說“expensive.”「expensive」(貴)還要尖銳一點。A handmade coat一件手工外套can be expensive可以很貴and still be fair卻還算合理; an overpriced bottle of water一瓶overpriced的水is the same water是一樣的水with a swollen number卻標了一個灌水的價錢。
Though actually, “should” is again a feeling: what is fair in a tourist street is not what is fair in a night market.
Though actually不過實際上, “should”「應該」這個標準is again a feeling又是一種感覺: what is fair什麼算合理in a tourist street在觀光街上is not跟...不一樣what is fair什麼算合理in a night market在夜市裡。
The verb is overprice, but English speakers mostly use the adjective: it is overpriced. The quiet opposite is underpriced — cheaper than it should be, which sellers fear and buyers love.
The verb動詞形is overprice是overprice, but但English speakers英文使用者mostly use大多用the adjective形容詞: it is overpriced就說it is overpriced。The quiet opposite悄悄的反義詞is underpriced是underpriced— cheaper than it should be——比應該的價格還便宜, which這是sellers fear賣家害怕and而buyers love買家喜歡的事。
組成over- (too much) + priced (given a price).
同家族的字
- pricethe cost of something
- overpricethe verb; overpriced is the usual form you will hear
- underpricedthe opposite: cheaper than it should be
原始詞典資料2 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。
overpricedadj
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Priced higher than its real worth.
- The overpriced items would not sell.
- I have 20 minutes to grab a coffee (from cheaper Greggs, rather than overpriced Starbucks or Costa), then join the 1113 to Lowestoft.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。