on the cheap

It was a typical BarCap bet - that the subprime problems would be short-lived and that it was picking up assets on the cheap.

这是典型的巴克莱资本式押注：次贷问题将是短暂的，而它在廉价收购资产。

And, remember, this is all supposed to be in an age of lean startups that can globalize on the cheap. . .

要知道，这都是假定处于精实创业（leanstartup）的时代，即能以低成本实现全球化……

It's a gamble. The hedge funds are mostly new to Hollywood. They've been warned against trying to run a studio on the cheap.

这是一次赌博。这些对冲基金多数都是刚刚接触好莱坞。已经有人劝过它们，不要用低成本来运作一家电影制作公司。

This could fuel concerns that the two parties are trying to snap up an undervalued asset on the cheap.

这有可能引发人们的担忧，即他们两家联手趁市场低迷时捞到价值低估的资产。

He got it on the cheap. It is not surprising that it broke down only a week later.

他买的是便宜货，所以一个星期就坏了，一点不奇怪。

The contrast makes it appear as if public-sector pensions can be delivered on the cheap.

这样的对比使得公共部门的养老金债务看上去很容易解决。

So Roche may be trying to grab Avastin on the cheap by swooping before those results come out.

因此罗氏公司也许想抢在实验结果正式公布之前，先用低价将阿瓦斯丁收入囊中。

For a year or more, though, operators are likely to find ways to cope on the cheap.

不过，在未来一年乃至更长一段的时间内，运营商可能会寻找便宜的凑合方式。

The chief of these was that Mr Bush wanted Arab democracy on the cheap.

最首要的，便是布什希望少费工夫就能赢得阿拉伯的民主。

It had been redone on the cheap in the late 1970s, and the space was not used well.

它一直重做了70年代末便宜，空间没有很好地利用。

Liverpool have warned Juventus they will not allow Alberto Aquilani to leave on the cheap.

利物浦最近警告尤文他们是不会贱卖葵花的。

Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary who thought Iraq could be democratised by force and on the cheap, has been shown the door.

国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德认为伊拉克可以通过武力使其民主化并且代价很小，但是他撞南墙了。

He wants to make a month-long cross-country road trip next summer, and he wants to do it on the cheap.

他想在明年夏天进行一次长达一个月的越野旅行，而且这一旅行不会花费很大。

She took on nothing but risk, while you lived on the cheap.

除了风险，她什么都没得到，你的生活成本却降低了。

All of these characteristics make the Nintendo Wii console suitable for becoming a small PowerPC Linux system on the cheap.

所有这些特点使任天堂的Wii游戏机适合成为一个小的PowerPCLinux系统上的便宜。

Or maybe just a cool companion PC on the cheap?

要么就是购买一台便宜的伴侣型PC？

The taste of home costs too much in Brazil, for instance, but can be grabbed on the cheap in Mexico.

举个例子，在巴西巨无霸的价格比美国高得多，但在墨西哥却以低价夺人眼球。

A more diffuse schedule would allow poorer candidates more time to make an impression on the cheap, at the hustings.

一个更为分散的时间表可让不太阔的候选人能有更多时间，花更少的钱在竞选演说中留下一个印象。

Now looks like the time to pick up more high-quality targets on the cheap.

现在应该是时候以低廉的价格置入更过高质量的资产了吧。

Indeed, homework can be seen as a way of prolonging the school day on the cheap.

没错，家庭作业可被认为是最省钱的延长教学时间的办法。