介绍:
rip off
1. phrasal verb
If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too much money for something or by selling you something that is broken or damaged.
[informal]
The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
The airlines have been accused of ripping off customers. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. See also rip-off
A ripoff (or rip-off) is a bad financial transaction. Usually it refers to an incident in which a person is overcharged for something, or receives goods or services not of the standard expected for the price. A ripoff is usually distinguished from a scam in that a scam involves wrongdoing such as fraud; a ripoff may be considered excessive, but not illegal.
rip1
rɪp/
verb
verb: rip; 3rd person present: rips; past tense: ripped; past participle: ripped; gerund or present participle: ripping
1.
tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone.
Jack the Ripper is the best-known name for an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
