单词 | rip off |
释义 | rip off 1. phrasal verb If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too much money for something or by selling you something that is broken or damaged. [informal] The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The airlines have been accused of ripping off customers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. See also rip-off See full dictionary entry for rip rip-off Word forms: rip-offs 1. countable noun If you say that something that you bought was a rip-off, you mean that you were charged too much money or that it was of very poor quality. [informal] He adds 50 grand to the price of any property with a sniff of a Thames view. Yes, it's a rip-off. 2. countable noun If you say that something is a rip-off of something else, you mean that it is a copy of that thing and has no original features of its own. [informal] In a rip-off of the hit movie Green Card, Billy marries one of his students so he can stay in the country. [+ of] Translations: Chinese: 敲...竹杠 Japanese: 法外な値をふっかける |
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