1PHRASAL VERB 敲…的竹杠;对…漫天要价;坑骗 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. 敲…的竹杠;对…漫天要价;坑骗 [informal]
The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates. [VERB noun PREP.]
消费者联盟声称银行在坑骗客户,因为它们没有把从利率上节省下的钱拿来进行反馈。
The airlines have been accused of ripping off customers. [VERBPREP. noun]
1N-COUNT 要价过高的物品;质量次的东西;低劣货 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. 要价过高的物品;质量次的东西;低劣货 [informal]
If he thinks £5.40 a day for parking at Luton Airport is a rip-off, he should try Heathrow.
如果他觉得在卢顿机场停车一天收费5.40英镑太高的话,他应该在希思罗机场停车试试。
2N-COUNT 翻版;抄袭之作;仿制品 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. 翻版;抄袭之作;仿制品 [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]