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What a bargain!
真便宜！
| 對話 Jenny: Look what I've got. 珍妮:看我手上這東西。 Fay: Wow, that's the snazziest looking handbag I've ever seen .Where did you get it? 費伊:哦，我從沒見過這樣漂亮時髦的手提包。你在哪裡買的？ Jenny: I got it in Paris on my last trip. 珍妮:我上次去巴黎時買的。 Fay: I bet it cost a fortune? 費伊:我想，一定十分昂貴吧？ Jenny: No it didn't, I got it for half price because the shop was having a clearance sale. 珍妮:不貴，不貴。當時公司舉行清倉大拍賣，這手提包是半價買的。 Fay: What a bargain! You'll have to take me with you next time. 費伊:真便宜！下次你去巴黎，可得找我一起去。 |
| 多學一點點
真便宜！ Bargain 除了解作「交易」，還可解作「便宜」或「便宜貨」，所以費伊認為珍妮的手提包買得便宜，就說：What a bargain!「她專買便宜貨」可譯做 She always shops for bargains。 Bargain還可作形容詞，例如：The closing-down sale attracted a host of bargain hunters（停業大拍賣，吸引了大批要買便宜貨的顧客）。這裡所說「便宜」可沒有「質劣」的意思。此外，俗語往往以buy（買）、steal（偷）二字作名詞，指「便宜」或「便宜貨」。 除非說明是a bad buy（買得不合算），否則a buy是指a good buy（買得合算）， 例如：(1) "I got this antique vase for only $300." "What a buy/steal!"（「我只花三百元，就買到了這個古董花瓶。」「真便宜！」 (2) At $300, the chair was a bad buy. You could easily get it for $200 elsewhere（花三百元買這張椅子，太貴了。在別處二百元就可以買到）。 Value是「價值」，good value或(good) value for (one's) money也有「便宜」的意思， 例如：(1) You got the handbag for half price? That's good value!（你以半價買到這隻手提包？那真便宜！） (2) Trying to stay within a tight budget, she has to look for value for money when shopping（她可以支配的錢很少，為免超支，買東西得揀便宜的買）。 Good value的反義詞是poor value，例如：If you paid $150 for this pair of shoes, you got poor value (for money)（假如你以一百五十元買這雙鞋，那真是不值）。 |