rip somebody/something ↔ off

Examples from the Corpus

rip off• Dealers may like people to take E, but this doesn't stop them ripping the users off.• It occurred to Hicks that there would be absolutely nothing dishonorable in ripping him off.• Most men I know would be ripping my clothes off by now.• I felt him rip the tape off my hands, but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock.• When you rip the cloth off the umbrella, is the umbrella still an umbrella?• The husband tried to seize a portrait of her, an oil painting, rip it right off the wall.• I crushed up the cockroach in my clothes and practically ripped my blouse off, there in open sunlight.• But the waves surging across the raft had ripped the lids off three of the four tubs.

ˈrip-off noun [countableC]

1 informalEXPENSIVE something that is unreasonably expensive 索价过高的物品

The meal was a rip-off and the service was appalling.

这顿饭贵得离谱，服务也糟透了。

2 music, art, films etc that are rip-offs copy something else without admitting that they are copies 抄袭之作

rip-off of

a rip-off of a hit movie

一部热门电影的翻拍作品

→ rip off at rip1

Examples from the Corpus

rip-off• Would a flat tax save taxpayers money and time, or is it a rip-off that would help only the rich?• It was an electronic piano keyboard, a rip-off of the Yamaha instrument that was a big Christmas seller in the States.• It's still a rip-off and anyway, what does he think it will pay for?• We shouldn't have gone there - it was such a rip-off.• Makes this other offer of a chance to win $ 100 look like a cheap rip-off.• Last year, 114 cases with 236 victims and more than $ 18 million in estimated rip-offs led to 11 criminal convictions.• This band is nothing but a Pearl Jam rip-off, with no original sound of its own.• Other rip-offs in the past have centred on everything from gold bullion to currency trading.• Unless there are safeguards in the Bill, there will be asset stripping and property rip-offs on a grand scale.• I've seen the movie, plus all the rip-offs and sequels.

From Longman Business Dictionary

rip somebody → off phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] informal

to charge someone too much money for something, or sell someone a product that is faulty

We all hate being ripped off.

→ rip

rip-offˈrip-off noun [countableC] informal

1something that is unreasonably expensive

The survey found that most dieters thought diet programs were a big rip-off.

2something that is a copy of something else

The high street stores are selling cheap rip-offs of his designs.

词汇	rip somebody/something ↔ off
释义	rip somebody/something ↔ off Examples from the Corpus rip off• Dealers may like people to take E, but this doesn't stop them ripping the users off.• It occurred to Hicks that there would be absolutely nothing dishonorable in ripping him off.• Most men I know would be ripping my clothes off by now.• I felt him rip the tape off my hands, but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock.• When you rip the cloth off the umbrella, is the umbrella still an umbrella?• The husband tried to seize a portrait of her, an oil painting, rip it right off the wall.• I crushed up the cockroach in my clothes and practically ripped my blouse off, there in open sunlight.• But the waves surging across the raft had ripped the lids off three of the four tubs. ˈrip-off noun [countableC] 1 informalEXPENSIVE something that is unreasonably expensive 索价过高的物品 The meal was a rip-off and the service was appalling. 这顿饭贵得离谱，服务也糟透了。 2 music, art, films etc that are rip-offs copy something else without admitting that they are copies 抄袭之作 rip-off of a rip-off of a hit movie 一部热门电影的翻拍作品 → rip off at rip1 Examples from the Corpus rip-off• Would a flat tax save taxpayers money and time, or is it a rip-off that would help only the rich?• It was an electronic piano keyboard, a rip-off of the Yamaha instrument that was a big Christmas seller in the States.• It's still a rip-off and anyway, what does he think it will pay for?• We shouldn't have gone there - it was such a rip-off.• Makes this other offer of a chance to win $ 100 look like a cheap rip-off.• Last year, 114 cases with 236 victims and more than $ 18 million in estimated rip-offs led to 11 criminal convictions.• This band is nothing but a Pearl Jam rip-off, with no original sound of its own.• Other rip-offs in the past have centred on everything from gold bullion to currency trading.• Unless there are safeguards in the Bill, there will be asset stripping and property rip-offs on a grand scale.• I've seen the movie, plus all the rip-offs and sequels. From Longman Business Dictionary rip somebody → off phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] informal to charge someone too much money for something, or sell someone a product that is faulty We all hate being ripped off. → rip rip-offˈrip-off noun [countableC] informal 1something that is unreasonably expensive The survey found that most dieters thought diet programs were a big rip-off. 2something that is a copy of something else The high street stores are selling cheap rip-offs of his designs.
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