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짝퉁(fake, bogus products, knock-offs)과 명품(luxury brands, brand name goods, brand products)

Korean 마스크맨 2015. 7. 1. 01:10

counterfeit (v.) Look up counterfeit at Dictionary.com 

late 13c., from Old French contrefait "imitated" (Modern French contrefait), past participle of contrefaire"imitate," from contre- "against" (see contra-) + faire "to make, to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). Medieval Latin contrafactio meant "setting in opposition or contrast." Related: Counterfeited;counterfeiting. The noun and adjective are from late 14c.

(adj)  phony, bogus, fake

made to look like an exact copy of something in order to trick people


(Verb)

to make an exact copy of (something) in order to trick people


counterfeiting(불법 복제), counterfeiting industry(불법 복제 산업)


The quality of the product is substandard.

(제품 품질이 기준 이하다)


knock-off(짝퉁) 

knockoff body(몸짱, 보통 여자에게 쓰이는 듯)


shoddy (adj.) Look up shoddy at Dictionary.com : 조악한, 날림의(신경 안 쓰고 대충 만든)
1862, "having a delusive appearance of high quality," a Northern word from the American Civil War in reference to the quality of government supplies for the armies, from earlier noun meaning "rag-wool, wool made of woolen waste and old rags" (1832), perhaps a Yorkshire provincial word, of uncertain origin. 

Originally used for padding, English manufacturers began making coarse wearing clothes from it, and when new it looked like broad-cloth but the gloss quickly wore off, giving the stuff a bad reputation as a cheat. The 1860 U.S. census of manufactures notes import of more than 6 million pounds of it, which was "much used in the manufacture of army and navy cloths and blankets in the United States" according to an 1865 government report.
The Days of Shoddy, as the reader will readily anticipate, are the opening months of the present war, at which time the opprobrious name first came into general use as a designation for swindling and humbug of every character; and nothing more need be said to indicate the scope of this novel. [Henry Morford, "The Days of Shoddy: A Novel of the Great Rebellion in 1861," Philadelphia, 1863]
Related: Shoddilyshoddiness.


Shoddy construction: 날림 공사

  1. They gave a shoddy performance.
  2. <shoddy merchandise that soon fell to pieces>


upscale[high-end] products= 고가 제품


upscale(돈이 많은 사람을 상대로 한)

relating to or appealing to people who have a lot of money


A new upscale shopping center is under construction on the west end of town


high-end(고가의)

higher in price and of better quality than most others


You get what you pay for.

(싼게 비지떡이다, 비싼 만큼 제 값을 하다.)


well-to-do

 having plenty of money and possessions 

 He comes from a well-to-do family.


go on a shopping spree / go on a buying spree

(물건을 사재다, 미친 듯이 쇼핑하다, 지름신이 내리다.)


go on a spending spree (돈 지르다, 지름신이 내리다.)


go on a killing spree(묻지마 살인을 하다)


go on a shooting spree (총기 난사하다)


quench (v.) Look up quench at Dictionary.com : 
Old English acwencan "to quench" (of fire, light), from Proto-Germanic *kwankjan, probably a causative form of root of Old English cwincan "to go out, be extinguished," Old Frisian kwinka. Related: Quenched;quenching.


Their unquenchable thirst for designer brand goods.

(명품에 대한 꺼지지않는/줄어들지 않는 욕심/욕망)


posh: 우아한, 화려한, 상류층의, 상류층 특유의


: very attractive, expensive, and popular

: typical of people who have high social status


  1. They live in a posh neighborhood.
  2. The family is very posh.

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