paperback
US:/ˈpeɪpərˌbæk/
UK:/ˈpeɪpə(r)ˌbæk/
n.:
平装书；简装书
网络:
平装本；简装本；纸面本
Word forms: (复数) paperbacks
Examples
1.
When I left for Oxford, I gave her a cardboard box full of paperback books on civil rights and urged her to read them.
我离开美国赴牛津大学前给过她一纸盒民权方面的平装书，力劝她多看看。
2.
He said that he would wait for it to come out in paperback, but we could get him the hardback as a present, dont you th nk?
他说他要等到平装书上市后再买，不过我们可以给他买一本精装本当做礼物，你不觉得这个主意很好吗？
3.
She adds: "It's very rare for a hardback to outsell a future paperback, but this might be one of those exceptions. "
她补充说：“很少有精装本比未来可能出版平装本卖得火，但这本肯定属于这种特例。”
4.
A normal paperback edition of a book is roughly half the size of the iPad and slips snugly into a pocket while traveling.
一本普通的平装书大概只有iPad一半大，在走动时可以自然地放在口袋里。
5.
This would be a departure for her because she buys "20 or 30 new books a year, all paperback, all fiction" .
这有点违背她的消费习惯，她一般每年购买20到30本新书，不过都是平装本。
6.
The columnist Robert Samuelson tells the story in his book, just out in paperback, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath.
专栏评论人罗伯特.萨缪尔森在他的书里讲述了这个故事，就是那本简装本的书，名为《恶性通货膨胀及其后果》。
7.
His new book is out in hardback, but I'm not desperate to read it, so I think I'll save some money and wait for the paperback to come out.
他的精装本新书面市了，但我倒不是非看不可，所以我想，我会少花一点儿钱，等平装本出来。
8.
"What was the point of putting out a paperback when the hardcover sales were so extensive? " she said.
她说，“那么在精装本销售还很火爆的情况下，推出平装本的时间点在哪儿呢？”
9.
Instead, he hunkered down in his tiny home office here and channeled whatever remaining energy he could muster into a slim paperback.
相反，他盘坐在家中的办公房里，聚集一切剩余能量于编撰一本小册子之上。
10.
he had never been there himself , had only read about the " city of sin " in paperback novels and seen it on prime - time tv.
他还没去过那里，只是从一本精装的小说里和电视里知道那里是“罪恶之城。”