Describing Price or Cost as Affordable, Inexpensive, Expensive, Cheap | Learn English Vocabulary

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther. 

大家好。我是埃丝特。

And in this video, we're going to talk about  how to describe the cost or price of something. 

在本视频中，

我们将讨论

如何描述某物的成本或价格。

Now, this is important to people  like me who like shopping, right. 

现在，这对于像我这样喜欢购物的人来说很重要

，对吧。

So, for example, I like  shopping especially for dresses. 

举例来说，

我特别喜欢购物，特别是买衣服。

So I might say the cost of  this dress is affordable. 

所以我可以说这件衣服的价格是可以承受的。

Okay. This dress is affordable. 

好的。

这件衣服价格实惠。

‘affordable’ means that this  dress is not too expensive. 

“买得起”是

指这件衣服不太贵。

I have enough money and I can pay for this dress. I have enough money. 

我有足够的钱

，我可以买这件衣服。

我有足够的钱。

I can buy this dress. So I would say this dress is affordable. 

我可以买这件衣服。

所以我想说，

这件衣服很实惠。

I can also say this dress is inexpensive. We all know what expensive is but we say  

我还可以说，

这件衣服很便宜。

我们都知道什么是昂贵，

但我们说便宜，

inexpensive so that's the opposite of expensive. 

所以这是昂贵的反义词。

‘affordable’ and ‘inexpensive’  have very similar meanings. 

“负担得起”和“便宜”的

含义非常相似。

Again, I have enough money to buy this. It's not too expensive. 

再说一遍，我有足够的钱买这个。

不太贵。

Then, we have ‘cheap’. This dress is cheap. 

然后，我们有“便宜”。

这件衣服很便宜。

Now, ‘cheap’ is similar, it means it's not  expensive, but it's a little bit more negative. 

现在，“便宜”也类似，

意思是不贵，

但有点消极。

If you say that something is cheap,  people may think that the quality  

如果你说某样东西便宜，

人们可能会认为质量不太好。

is not very good. It's not very nice. 

这不太好。

Okay. Now, let's look at the opposite. 

好的。

现在，让我们看看相反的情况。

The opposite of these words is ‘expensive’. This dress is expensive.

这些词的反义词是“昂贵”。

这件衣服很贵。

It costs a lot of money, and too much money. Maybe, I don't want to buy it. 

这要花很多钱，

而且要花太多钱。

也许吧，我不想买。

We can also say ‘overpriced’. This dress is overpriced. 

我们也可以说“价格过高”。

这件衣服太贵了。

That means the price is too high. 

这意味着价格太高了。

So, again, I don't want to buy this  dress, it's too expensive and overpriced. 

所以，再说一次，我不想买这件衣服，

它太贵了，价格过高。

Okay. Let's look at some more examples together. 

好的。

让我们一起看一些更多的例子。

Let's look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The hat was affordable because it was on sale.

这顶帽子很便宜，因为它正在打折。

The hat was affordable because it was on sale. 

这顶帽子很便宜，因为它正在打折。

Next. I wish this bag was more affordable. 

下一个。

我希望这个包能更便宜一些。

I wish this bag was more affordable. 

我希望这个包能更便宜一些。

Next. This computer is surprisingly inexpensive. 

下一个。

这台电脑出奇的便宜。

This computer is surprisingly inexpensive. 

这台电脑出奇的便宜。

Next.

下一个。

These shoes look beautiful, but they are too cheap. 

这双鞋看起来很漂亮，但是太便宜了。

These shoes look beautiful,  but they are too cheap. 

这双鞋看起来很漂亮，但是太便宜了。

Next. That jacket is too expensive. 

下一个。

那件夹克太贵了。

That jacket is too expensive. 

那件夹克太贵了。

Last. I cannot buy this overpriced bag. 

最后的。

我买不起这个价格过高的包。

I cannot buy this overpriced bag.

我买不起这个价格过高的包。

Okay, so in this video, we learned that when we want to describe the cost of something,

好的，

在这个视频中，我们了解到

，当我们想要描述某物的成本

as not too expensive,

（不太贵）时，

we say ‘affordable’.

我们会说“负担得起”。

Okay. Something is affordable if it's not too expensive. 

好的。

有些东西如果不是太贵的话是可以承受的。

If I can buy it with the money I have.

如果我能用我有的钱买它的话。

On the other hand, if something is not affordable,

另一方面，

如果某样东西买不起，

if the cost is very high,

如果成本非常高，

we  say ‘expensive’ or ‘overpriced’.

我们就会说“昂贵”或“定价过高”。

For me, I think some brands like  H&M and Forever 21 are affordable. 

对我来说，我认为像H&M 和Forever 21

这样的品牌 是可以承受的。

Some people don't think this way. They think it's cheap. 

有些人不这么认为。

他们认为这很便宜。

Sometimes, yes, some of the items can be cheap.

有时，是的，有些商品可能很便宜。

But for me, I like those brands because they are affordable.

但对我来说，我喜欢这些品牌，因为它们价格实惠。

Another store that I like in Korea,

我在韩国喜欢的另一家商店，

it's called Zara or Jara in Korea as they say.

他们说它在韩国叫Zara或Jara。

They have some items that are affordable and some items that are very expensive.

他们有一些价格实惠的商品

，也有一些非常昂贵的商品。

Too expensive for me to buy.

太贵了我买不起。

Okay, well, that's what I  wanted to share in this video. 

好吧，这就是我想在这个视频中分享的内容。

Thanks for watching. Bye.

感谢您的观看。

再见。