expensive

英[ɪkˈspensɪv]美[ɪkˈspensɪv]

adj.昂贵的；

比较级：more expensive;

*高级：most expensive;

副词：expensively;

例句

I don’t like pubs.They’re noisy, smelly, and what’s more, expensive.我不喜欢酒吧。那里又吵,气味又难闻,更重要的是,花费太多。

He has a very expensive wristwatch and he misses no opportunity to show it off.他有一只昂贵的手表,他总是不放过任何机会来炫耀。

This paint is very expensive, so please use it sparingly.这种塗料很贵， 请省着点用。

The upkeep of a yacht is very expensive.游艇的维修保养费是很昂贵的。

I don’t like the ostentation of their expensive life-style.他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维。

noting expensive or modish just to impress people丝毫没有引人注目的昂贵的时髦货

I wonder at your allowing her to buy the expensive clothes.我对你答应她买这么贵的衣服感到吃惊。

This kind of teapot is very expensive.这种茶壶相当贵。

This restaurant is rather more expensive than that one.这家餐厅的收费比那家贵得多。

The dress is much the most expensive.这件衣服差不多是*贵的。

英语六级真题

Some intensive summer programs are very expensive but most of them provide scholarships.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

With a tax imposed on expensive health insurance plans, most employers will likely transfer money from health expenses into wages.

Sometimes the best treatment might be the most expensive.

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

In cases where sewage mud is used, expensive chemical fertilizer use can be avoided.

Enrollees would have to pay more money for many services out of their own pockets, and that would encourage them to think twice about whether an expensive or redundant test was worth it.

Economists project that most employers would shift money from expensive health benefits into wages.

It is too expensive for most young people.

Unfortunately for them ( ' , and often the taxpayers), our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia ( ' , meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving), and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

The biggest obstacle to energy transition is that the present energy system is too expensive to replace.

In practical terms, the new guidelines being develop could result in doctors choosing one drug over another for cost reasons or even deciding that a particular treatment — at the end of life, for example — is too expensive.

Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raise children," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice about having another child.

Raising children is getting expensive

McCartney found that EMI's (百代唱片) contractual clauses made it prohibitively expensive to follow suit, and the Beatles had to make do with the primitive technology of Abbey Road.

A college education is getting ever more expensive.

It is too expensive to support a large family.

Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.

After reading a book on how to address for success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie

Why did Larry purchase an expensive navy suit and golden tie?

Delia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial.

Buy an expensive gift for Gemma.

They are not as expensive as believe

It must have come a bit expensive.

This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings.

"I’ve seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.

And it’s very expensive because it comes from a special type of pig that only eats a special type of food.

But all these concepts are massively expensive, require safety certification standards for road and air, need dual controls, involve complex folding wings and propellers,and have to be flown from air-strips.

By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.

For instance, DeWalt discovered that many contractors were holding on to their old tools, even if they no longer worked, because they were expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle.

I also do not want anything too expensive, Maybe mid-range.

Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors?

Now, though a novel type of steel has been developed that resists fractures at much lower temperatures, while retaining its strength and toughness-without the need for expensive additives.

NYU is consistently ranked one of the country's most expensive schools, with room and board costs totaling upwards of $64,000 a year.

On the other end, our most expensive bottles are over $150.

One problem with grass-fed products is that they are usually more expensive than conventional ones.

Photography was once an expensive, laborious ordeal reserved for life's greatest milestones.

So scientists have strived to find a solution by mixing it with expensive metals such as nickel.

Some parents pull their children out of school because of expensive field trips.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it free are multiplying.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it "free" are multiplying.

The paintings were done with such skill and with such expensive dyes that experts believe the artists originally came from Italy.

The resulting steel appears to achieve a combination of strength and toughness that is comparable to that of modern steels that are very rich in alloy content and, therefore, very expensive.

The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time: In one experiment, for example, customers of the grocery-delivery service Peapod were seen as of higher status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equall

This is because they must share expensive facilities.

Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

Up until then, I hadn't truly realized just how expensive an education can be.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

昂贵的;高价的

If something is expensive, it costs a lot of money.

例句

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. high in price or charging high prices;