茶話會第2期:各式各樣的"敲竹槓",你都會嗎?
rip somebody off:to cheat somebody, by making them pay too much, by selling them something of poor quality, etc. 敲詐;訛詐
Tourists complain of being ripped off by local cab drivers. 遊客們抱怨被當地的出租車司機敲了竹槓.
soak:to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or Prices 向(某人)敲竹槓;宰(某人);向(某人)徵收重稅
He was accused of soaking his clients. 他被指控向客戶敲竹槓.
gouge:to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to raise prices unfairly 敲(某人)的竹槓;詐騙錢財;漫天要價
Price gouging is widespread. 漫天要價的情況普遍存在.
cost sb an arm and a leg:to cost sb a lot of money (使)花一大筆錢
This ring cost me an arm and a leg.
我爲這戒指花了一大筆錢.
Cost an arm and a leg表示"耗資不菲,付出過高代價",這僅僅是一個簡單的比喻而已,用失去人體四肢中的"兩肢"來比喻"付出昂貴代價".
overcharge:to make somebody pay too much for something 多收(某人的)錢 verb ~ (sb) (for sth)
Make sure they don't overcharge you for the drinks. 注意別讓他們多收飲料費.
We were overcharged by ￡5. 我們讓人家多收了 5 英鎊.
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n. 圓鑿，溝，以圓鑿刨 v. 用圓鑿子削除，挖出，欺騙
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vt. 獲得，得到
vi. 通用，流行，存在
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adj. 分佈(或散佈)廣的，普遍的
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vi. 抱怨，悲嘆，控訴
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n. 品質，特質，才能
adj. 高品質的
