expensive
- adj.昂贵的;价格高的;花钱多的
最高级： most expensive 比较级： more expensive 派生词： expensively adv.
expens(e) 费用 + -ive 形容词后缀
expensiveadj.
昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的
costing a lot of money
an expensive car/restaurant/holiday
昂贵的汽车；高档的餐馆；花费大的假日
Art books are expensive to produce.
美术书籍制作成本高。
I can't afford it, it's too expensive.
我买不起，太贵了。
Making the wrong decision could prove expensive .
错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。
That dress was an expensive mistake .
那件连衣裙看走眼买贵了。
These word all describe sth that costs a lot of money.以上各词均用于花钱多的事物。
costing a lot of money; charging high prices指昂贵的、花钱多的、价格高的：
I can't afford it─it's just too expensive for me.
我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。
an expensive restaurant
高档餐厅
( rather formal ) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay指昂贵的、花钱多的、价钱比愿意付的为高：
You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.
如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
too expensive; costing more than it is worth指价格太高的、过于昂贵的：
ridiculously overpriced designer clothes
贵得离谱的名牌衣服
( informal ) expensive指昂贵的、价格高的：
Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.
如今该村庄的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。
[not usually before noun] ( BrE ) expensive指昂贵、价格高：
Everything's so dear now, isn't it?
现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？
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The new office block has become an expensive white elephant .
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
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Making the wrong decision could prove expensive .
错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。
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The other one was much too expensive .
另一个太贵了。
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The food was not actually all that expensive .
食品居然并不那么昂贵。
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It was too expensive , to say nothing of the time it wasted .
这太贵了，更不用说它浪费的时间了。
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I don 't think you appreciate how expensive it will be .
我想你不了解它会有多昂贵。
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Admittedly , it is rather expensive but you don 't need to use much .
它的确很贵，但不需要用得很多。
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Many foreign goods are too expensive for American pocketbooks .
许多外国货都太贵，与一般美国人的财力不符。
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Firstly , it 's expensive , and secondly , it 's too slow .
首先是价格贵，其次，速度太慢。
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Art books are expensive to produce .
美术书籍制作成本高。
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He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it .
他想要大房子、豪华汽车，如此等等。
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On the minus side , rented property is expensive and difficult to find .
不利因素是租房又贵又不好找。
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I can 't afford it , it 's too expensive .
我买不起，太贵了。
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At his suggestion , I bought the more expensive printer .
在他的建议下，我买了那部比较贵的打印机。
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She was wearing an expensive new outfit .
她穿着一身昂贵的新衣裳。
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Car insurance can be prohibitively expensive for young drivers .
汽车保险费有时高得让年轻开车人承受不起。
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She chose the least expensive of the hotels .
她挑了一家最便宜的旅馆。
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Programs are expensive , and even more so if you have to keep altering them .
买软件很贵，要是老得更换，那就更贵了。
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It 's too expensive and anyway the colour doesn 't suit you .
这个太贵，而且颜色也不适合你。
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Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive .
巴黎附近一带的住房极其昂贵。
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There were several expensive suits hanging in the wardrobe .
衣柜里挂着几套昂贵的衣服。
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Oddly enough , the most expensive tickets sold fastest .
奇怪极了，最贵的票居然卖得最快。
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Tickets are likely to be expensive .
入场券可能很贵。
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Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive .
修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。
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The meal was certainly too expensive .
这顿饭的确太贵了。
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I can 't afford it ─ it 's just too expensive for me .
我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。
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That dress was an expensive mistake .
那件连衣裙看走眼买贵了。
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She thinks expensive clothes are a mark of gentility .
她认为昂贵的服装是身份高贵的标志。
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Skiing gear can be expensive .
滑雪用具有时会很昂贵。
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An expensive bicycle is a temptation to thieves .
高档自行车对窃贼是个诱惑。
强调稀有且价值不菲的。
precious vases
稀世花瓶
There is a crown set with precious jewels in his safe.
他保险箱里有一个嵌满贵重宝石的王冠。
较正式用词，指花费太多钱的，尤指超过愿意支付的价钱的。
Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy.
买这么一套家具要花很多钱。
He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings.
他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。
指价格贵的，通常作表语。
Cars are dearer in Britain than in Europe.
汽车在英国比在欧洲要贵。
Everything is so dear now.
现在什么东西都这么贵。
强调花钱多、价格高的。
This apartment is too expensive for me to buy.
这套公寓太贵了，我买不起。
They went to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate her birthday.
他们去城里最贵的餐馆庆祝她的生日。
强调十分值钱的。
His wife was wondering where he put their most valuable belongings.
他的妻子很想知道他把他们最值钱的财物放在哪里。
Two valuable paintings were stolen from that museum last night.
那个博物馆昨晚有两幅名贵的画失窃。