expensive

美 [?k?spens?v] 　英 [?k'spens?v]

• adj.昂貴的；花錢多的；價(jià)格高的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)價(jià)格高貴的；高價(jià)的；奢侈的

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英漢雙解

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

To own an expensive home, a yacht and a limousine, you have to be a man of means.

要擁有一幢昂貴的房子、一艘游艇和一部豪華轎車，你就得很有錢。

I look to see how much it costs: twice as expensive as I'd thought.

查了下價(jià)格：比預(yù)想的貴出一倍。

It was a very expensive city. Before we had been there a week, we had spent all the money.

那是一座高消費(fèi)城市。我們在那兒待了不到一星期就把所有的錢都花光了。

It is often less expensive to see a doctor in a clinic than in a hospital.

通常去診所看病比去醫(yī)院看病便宜。

One time we were at the mall and he charged a very expensive pair of designer sunglasses to his credit card.

有一次我們在商場里，他用信用卡買了一副非常貴的太陽眼鏡。

It is a bit more expensive, says Mr Clough, but "if you plan to be around for a while, you'll recapture the costs eventually. "

“咋看確實(shí)比原來貴了一些，”柯先生說道：“但如果長遠(yuǎn)計(jì)算，還是會(huì)收回成本的。”

He asked her about her expensive-looking wardrobe, where she lived, and what she did for a living.

他問到她那套看起來相當(dāng)顯眼的服裝，問到她住在哪兒，問到她的工作。

So how much does it cost if you buy a pair of shoes? is it expensive or cheap?

那你們買一雙鞋通常要花多少錢呢？是貴還是便宜呢？

None of that worked! It all became way too computationally expensive, plus the languages kept changing, and the idioms and all that.

這些都不是很管用，計(jì)算上的花銷太高了，加上語言也是在不斷變化之中的。

That's too expensive. Can you make it a bit cheaper?

太貴了，便宜點(diǎn)兒行嗎？

Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.

后來，因?yàn)?/c>母親他得意洋洋，開始偷更貴重的東西。

And it might be a little bit expensive at the time that we did it, but if it worked, we would truly be able to do something different.

也許這一針在注射的時(shí)候會(huì)很昂貴但如果它有效，我們就真的可以以一種新的方式來解決問題了。

The buffer may encompass expensive building materials whose earthquake flexibility is needed only for a minute or two every century.

緩沖層資源可能是昂貴的抗震建筑材料，其抗震撓性每個(gè)世紀(jì)只用得上一兩分鐘。

Ben: Wow! How much was the carriage? It must be very expensive!

哇！那得多少錢啊！一定很貴吧？

How much less do I have to pay if I don't buy the most expensive item?

如果我不買這個(gè)最貴的東西，可以少付多少錢呢？

It doesn't have to be something expensive nor big. It may be just a little toy to your poor neighbor's child.

不必是什么昂貴的或者大件的東西，也許僅僅是給家庭貧困的鄰居的小孩買的一個(gè)小玩具。

The government, the BCCI and the owners of expensive IPL teams and television rights no doubt want to put all this behind them.

政府，毫無疑問的是國際信貸銀行和昂貴印度板球塞隊(duì)的股東還有電視轉(zhuǎn)播權(quán)都想把這件事隱藏掉。

How much is the most expensive computer ?

那個(gè)價(jià)格最昂貴的計(jì)算機(jī)需要多少錢？

And workshops don't have to be expensive -- one of the workshops in this book was constructed inside a closet.

及工作坊，不需要昂貴-在這本書的研討會(huì)之一，是一個(gè)衣柜內(nèi)建成。

Yet despite the anger, the economic consequences of expensive fuel might not be as dire as is often assumed.

然后盡管憤怒，昂貴燃油價(jià)格帶來的經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)果可能未必像大家想的那樣糟糕。

The father, who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing.

爸爸用起錢來，一向是出手很大的，他愛好奢華的生活，看起來也不象是有朝一日會(huì)干出一番事業(yè)的。

The company is backtracking from its more expensive plans.

這家公司在逐步放棄種種耗資較大的計(jì)劃。

The food was not actually all that expensive.

食品居然并不那么昂貴。

As a rule they got the same amount whether it was a cheap funeral or an expensive one.

一般說來，不論簡陋還是闊綽的喪禮，他們拿到的錢大致差不多。

Although prices are falling in absolute terms , energy is still expensive.

盡管能源的絕對售價(jià)在下降，但仍然昂貴。

They would certainly be less pleasing to the eye and often more expensive than the prestressed concrete beam.

與預(yù)應(yīng)力混凝土梁比較，它們自然更顯得外貌粗拙，不甚美觀，而且成本也往往更高一些。

Mr. Vincy himself had expensive Middle March habits.

文西先生過著米德爾馬契式的闊綽生活。

I don't think you appreciate how expensive it will be.

我想你不了解它會(huì)有多昂貴。

His new guitar is a very expensive beast.

他的新吉他貴得嚇人。

Things are expensive here.

這地方東西很貴。

Immediate access stores are expensive to make and so comparatively few computers have stores larger than 64k.

直接訪問存儲(chǔ)器的制造費(fèi)用大，所以存儲(chǔ)器容量大于64K的計(jì)算機(jī)很少。

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

有一個(gè)女人，拿著一玉瓶極貴的香膏來，趁耶穌坐席的時(shí)候，澆在他的頭上。

It would be my pleasure to treat a girl as beautiful as you to an expensive dinner.

能請你這么漂亮的女孩到豪華餐廳吃飯是我的榮幸。

It was the largest bankruptcy in U. S. history, and now it is shaping up to be the most expensive bankruptcy in U. S. history as well.

雷曼兄弟的破產(chǎn)是美國歷史上規(guī)模最大的破產(chǎn)，現(xiàn)在看來，它正發(fā)展成為美國史上最昂貴的破產(chǎn)。

I can walk into a shop, pick up something expensive, and then walk out with it without handing over any cash.

我可以走進(jìn)一家商店，選件貴重物品，然后不付現(xiàn)金就離開。

He could have had transport on a winged steed, but that would have been expensive, and risky in its own fashion.

他本來可以買一匹飛馬代步，但是價(jià)錢太貴，也難以駕馭。

you are sumptuous , opulent , expensive , " her father rejoined , " you look as if you had eighty thousand a year .

“你看上去豪華、富麗、闊綽！”父親接著說，“好象一年有八萬元收入。”

Recruitment is an expensive and time-consuming process, so your reviewer will want you to pass. They're not out to trip you up.

招聘時(shí)一個(gè)成本昂貴、耗費(fèi)時(shí)間的過程，所以對你進(jìn)行測評(píng)的人都希望你通過。他們不故意為難你。

Such information is usually collated using surveys, which are very expensive to carry out.

這類數(shù)據(jù)通常通過調(diào)查采集得到，運(yùn)作起來費(fèi)用很高。

Mrs Jones asked to see a less expensive hat. The salesgirl got up on her high horse and said that the shop did not sell cheap merchandise.

瓊斯太太要看看不太貴的帽子，售貨姑娘擺出副盛氣凌的人樣子，說這個(gè)店不賣便宜貨。

Finally, it's true that junk food is often less expensive than healthy food.

最后，它的真實(shí)，往往比垃圾食品健康食品。

Because buying a new car would be very expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford the insurance.

因?yàn)?/c>買新車太貴了，也付不起保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)。

Oil is no longer cheap; indeed, it has never been more expensive.

石油不再便宜；事實(shí)上，它從來就沒有像現(xiàn)在這樣昂貴過。

Without enforcement, he said, new standards would represent "just a piece of paper" and data recorders expensive decorations.

如果不認(rèn)真執(zhí)行，新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)就僅僅是“一紙空文”，數(shù)據(jù)記錄器也不過是個(gè)昂貴的裝飾品，這位頗具先見之明的商人這樣說道。

Potash may be tempted to bulk up its balance sheet with debt to make it a more expensive deal for BHP.

Potash可能會(huì)擴(kuò)大資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表中的債務(wù)，從而令必和必拓面臨更昂貴的交易。

she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible.

她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。那售貨員以最快的速度為她包好了衣服。

Scarce and expensive skilled labour is often a spur to invention.

稀缺而價(jià)格昂貴的技術(shù)勞動(dòng)常常是發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的推動(dòng)力量。

Gearing up to produce small cars in the United States was a very expensive proposition.

在美國要提高生產(chǎn)小型車的效率是很費(fèi)錢的事情。

"We are here and we are surviving. " The cost of an Aveda salon treatment tends to be more expensive and is considered a high-end salon.

“我們在這里，我們生存?！?c>一個(gè)肯夢沙龍治療費(fèi)用往往是更昂貴，被認(rèn)為是高端沙龍。

Customer service can be a nuisance and is often expensive.

客戶服務(wù)可能是件麻煩事并且耗資巨大。

For more than a year, many have argued that bonds are in a bubble, or at least very expensive.

一年多以來，許多人都聲稱債券市場處于泡沫狀態(tài)，最起碼債券價(jià)格也是非常昂貴的。