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a. 贵的, 奢华的, 费用浩大的, 乱化钱的 [经] 高价的, 昂贵的, 浪费的

发音

US /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
UK /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
US /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
UK /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/

词形变化

expensiver expensivest more expensive 比较级 most expensive 最高级

别名

'spensive spensive expencive

教材释义与例句

形容词

昂贵的;花钱的

costing a lot of money

the most expensive restaurant in town

城里最贵的餐馆

Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.

汽油越来越贵了。

Photography is an expensive hobby.

摄影是一项很花钱的业余爱好。

For low-income families, children's safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (= so expensive that most people cannot afford it ).

对于低收入家庭来说,儿童的安全设备贵得让人望而却步。

Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake.

用错建筑工人有时会是代价高昂的错误。

Her husband had expensive tastes (= liked expensive things ).

她丈夫喜欢的东西都很贵。

释义与例句

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having a high price or cost.

    昂贵

  2. 2.

    Taking a lot of system time or resources.

    计算机 工程 数学

    an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm

  3. 3.

    Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Having a high economy rate.

    体育 游戏

词汇关系

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词源

From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.

来源:wiktionary