rip someone off 宰客，敲竹杠

Hey, don't try to rip me off. I know what this is worth.

別想宰我，我知道它值多少。

The shop tried to rip me off, but I taught them a good lesson.

那個商店企圖敲我竹杠，結(jié)果讓我教訓(xùn)了一頓。

【rip off】V. If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too muchmoney for something or by selling you something that is broken or damaged. 宰人; 坑人

1. The bigger, more reputable online casinos are not going to rip you off.

規(guī)模更大、聲譽更好的網(wǎng)上賭場不會宰你。

That store is known for ripping off the customers.

那家百貨店以敲詐顧客而聞名。

2. 扯掉;撕掉;猛地脫掉：

He ripped off his overcoat.

他突然脫掉大衣。

She ripped off the mask of the hypocrite mercilessly.

她毫不留情地剝掉這個偽君子的畫皮。

3. 偷竊;搶劫：

Someone ripped off my wallet.

有人偷了我的錢夾子。

They went so far as to rip off banks in broad daylight.

他們居然在光天化日之下?lián)尳巽y行。

【rip-off】 n. 偷竊;索要高價

If you say that something that you bought was a 【rip-off】, you mean that you were chargedtoo much money or that it was of very poor quality. 宰人貨

The service charge is a rip-off, but I'm willing to pay if I'm guaranteed a seat.

這項服務(wù)費是宰人的，但要是能保證我有座位我就愿意付錢。

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