expensive
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
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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
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Having a high price or cost.
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昂贵
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Taking a lot of system time or resources.
计算机 工程 数学an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm
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Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
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Having a high economy rate.
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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.
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