英语词汇：你会各种各样的英语“敲竹杠”吗

 　　Rip somebody off: to cheat somebody, by making them pay too much, by selling them something of poor quality, etc. 敲诈;讹诈Tourists complain of being ripped off by local cab drivers. 游客们抱怨被当地的出租车司机敲了竹杠.

　　Soak: to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices 向(某人)敲竹杠;宰(某人);向(某人)征收重税He was accused of soaking his clients. 他被指控向客户敲竹杠.

　　Gouge¹: to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to raise prices unfairly 敲(某人)的竹杠;诈骗钱财;漫天要价Price gouging² is widespread. 漫天要价的情况普遍存在.

　　cost sb an arm and a leg:to cost sb a lot of money (使)花一大笔钱This ring cost me an arm and a leg.

　　我为这戒指花了一大笔钱.

　　Cost an arm and a leg表示"耗资不菲,付出过高代价",这仅仅是一个简单的比喻而已,用失去人体四肢中的"两肢"来比喻"付出昂贵代价".

　　overcharge: to make somebody pay too much for something 多收(某人的)钱 verb ~ (sb) (for sth)Make sure they don't overcharge you for the drinks. 注意别让他们多收饮料费.

　　We were overcharged by ￡5. 我们让人家多收了5 英镑.

 

1 gouge   

v.凿；挖出；n.半圆凿；凿孔；欺诈

参考例句：

• To make a Halloween lantern,you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.要做一个万圣节灯笼，你先得挖空这个南瓜。
• In the Middle Ages,a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。

2 gouging   

n.刨削[槽]v.凿( gouge的现在分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
• If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网