兩者均可表示“便宜地”、“廉價(jià)地”,但前者主要與表示“買”(如buy,get,pick up等)或“賣”(如sell)之類的動(dòng)詞連用,且置于其后;后者用法較廣,可置于動(dòng)詞之前或之后.如：
He sold it cheap [cheaply].他賣得很便宜
The radio was cheaply bought [was bought cheap].這收音機(jī)買得很便宜.
The room was cheaply furnished.屋里配置了便宜的家具.
The bus takes you there cheaply.坐公共汽車去便宜.
We mustn’t sell our goods so cheaply.我們的貨不應(yīng)該這樣便宜地賣.
I got them quite cheaply.它們我買得很便宜.
There you can play golf comparatively cheaply.在那里打高爾夫球比較便宜.
They told us where to shop cheaply.他們告訴我們在哪里買東西便宜.
Such vaccine can be mass-produced cheaply.這種疫苗可以便宜地大批生產(chǎn).