costing a lot of money昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的- an expensive car/restaurant/holiday昂贵的汽车；高档的餐馆；花费大的假日
- 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。🔊🔊
- expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce.美术书籍制作成本高。🔊🔊
- expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.新规定对雇主而言可能非常昂贵。
- expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.债券对个人而言可能是昂贵的投资。
- it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London.住在伦敦很贵。
- it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.现在欧洲人来这里参观比较昂贵。
Synonyms expensiveexpensive- costly
- overpriced
- pricey
- dear
These words all describe something that costs a lot of money.- expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices:
- 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高档餐馆
- costly (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。
- overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth:
- ridiculously overpriced designer clothes贵得离谱的名牌衣服
- pricey (informal) expensive:指昂贵的、价格高的：
- Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.如今该村镇的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。
- dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive:指昂贵的、价格高的：
- Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？
This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned.
Patterns- expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for somebody/something
- expensive/costly to do something
- very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey
opposite cheap (1), inexpensiveExtra Examples- Food in this country is getting very expensive.这个国家的食物变得很昂贵。
- Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.每年给每个病人注射抗流感针剂的花费是无法承受的。
- Her suit looked extremely expensive.她的套装看上去极为昂贵。
- I found the food very expensive.我发现食物很贵。
- Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.这些司法案件中有些花费是非常大的。
- discreetly expensive perfume昂贵而不甚显眼的香水
Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.