① price(價格)作主語時,表示“貴”用high,表示“賤”用low。
The price of apples is high. 蘋果價格高。
② 表示具體物品的“貴”用expensive(高價的,價格昂貴的)或dear(貴的),指因某物一時脫銷而使價格上漲到超過公平合理的標(biāo)準(zhǔn),“賤”用cheap。
In the middle of the summer,fresh oranges are expensive, but in the winter months,they are cheap. 仲夏時節(jié)的鮮橘很貴,但在冬季的幾個月卻很便宜。