bargain

bargain — 名詞

1. an item you buy for much less money than it is normally worth, so you feel you g

1.名詞B1
釋義

便宜貨

以遠低於正常價格買到的物品

an item you buy for much less money than it is normally worth, so you feel you got a very good deal.

例句

Ines found a leather jacket for ten dollars at the church sale — what a bargain!

Ines 在教堂義賣會用十美元買到一件皮夾克，真是太划算了！

exclamation: 'what a bargain!'

The blue sofa was a real bargain because the store was closing down.

因為店家要結束營業，那張藍色沙發真的是便宜貨。

collocation: 'a real bargain'

同義詞
  • deal

    broader and more informal — any good purchase, not always cheap

  • steal

    informal; emphasises the price was almost unfairly low

  • good buy

    neutral phrase; less emphatic than bargain

反義詞
  • rip-off

    informal; the opposite — paying far more than the item is worth

文法句型

a bargain

a real/great bargain

a bargain at [price]

用法筆記

Often appears in the exclamation 'What a bargain!' and with adjectives like 'real', 'great', or 'absolute'. The speaker is praising the low price relative to the item's quality, not just stating it was cheap.

常見錯誤

❌I bought it in a bargain price.
✅I bought it at a bargain price.
💡use 'at', not 'in', with bargain price.
❌This shop has many bargain.
✅This shop has many bargains.
💡bargain is countable, so use the plural form.

2. an agreement in which two sides each promise to give or do something for the oth

2.名詞B2
釋義

協議；約定

雙方互相承諾交換條件的約定

an agreement in which two sides each promise to give or do something for the other.

例句

Diego made a bargain with his sister: she walks the dog, he cleans the kitchen.

Diego 跟妹妹約定好：她遛狗，他清廚房。

pattern: make a bargain with [person]

The two countries struck a bargain to share fishing rights along the coast.

兩國達成了沿岸漁權共享的協議。

collocation: 'strike a bargain'

同義詞
  • agreement

    more general and more formal; covers any mutual decision

  • deal

    very common; often interchangeable but more informal

  • pact

    more serious or formal; often between groups or nations

文法句型

make/strike a bargain

a bargain with someone

keep one's side of the bargain

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about a mutual agreement, not a low-priced item. Frequently appears as 'make / strike / reach a bargain' and in the fixed phrase 'keep your side of the bargain'.

常見錯誤

❌They did a bargain to share the costs.
✅They made a bargain to share the costs.
💡use 'make' or 'strike', not 'do', with this sense.

bargain — 動詞

bargain — 形容詞