rip-off的意思

rip-off

英式音标['rɪpɔf]

基本解释

n. 偷窃；索要高价

英文词源

rip-off (n.): "an act of fraud, a swindle," 1969, from verbal phrase rip off "to steal or rob" (c. 1967) in U.S. black slang, from rip (v.) + off (adv.). Rip was prison slang for "to steal" since 1904, and was also used in this sense in 12c. Meaning "an exploitative imitation, a plagiarism" is from 1971. Related: Ripped-off.

实用例句

1. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.: 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。

2. "Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.: “呀——”卡拉放开喉咙，发出女武神瓦尔基里一般的嘶喊声。

3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.: 当我们被推向相反的方向时，我感觉横幅被撕裂了。

4. If we wrote I think he would rip up the letter.: 如果我们写信的话，我想他会把信撕得粉碎。

5. Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.: 第二天，斯通小姐决定将撕破的地方缝好。

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