expensive
美音:[ık´spensıv
]
英音:[ık´spensıv
]
adj.花费的,昂贵的
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expensive为中学词汇
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词形变化:
名词:expensiveness 副词:expen-sively
词根
pend,pens＝to hang（悬挂）,to weigh（衡量）
近义词, 同义词
expensiveness dearness high price overcharge extravagance exorbitance extortionexpensive dear high priced costly precious at a premium priceless extravagant exorbitant extortionate overpriced
相关词
expensive
/ɪk'spensɪv; ɪk`spɛnsɪv/
adj costing a lot (of money) 费用大的; 昂贵的
*an expensive car 昂贵的汽车
* Houses are very expensive in this area. 这地区房价很高.
* It's too expensive for me to buy. 太贵了, 我买不起.
adj costing a lot (of money) 费用大的; 昂贵的
*an expensive car 昂贵的汽车
* Houses are very expensive in this area. 这地区房价很高.
* It's too expensive for me to buy. 太贵了, 我买不起.
expensive
adj
costing a lot of money
≠ cheap
the most expensive restaurant in town
Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.
Photography is an expensive hobby.
expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc
The house was too big and expensive to run.
For low-income families, children's safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it) .
Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake .
Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things) and the kids always wanted new clothes.
>expensivelyadv
She's always expensively dressed.
WORD FOCUS: words meaning expensive
high used about prices, rents, or charges
fancy used about restaurants, cars, or clothes that look expensive
posh used about hotels, restaurants, or cars that look expensive and are used by rich or high-class people
cost a lotalsocost a bomb(informal) to be very expensive
be out of somebody's price range to be more than someone can afford to pay
be a rip-off(informal) to be much too expensive, so that you feel you have been cheated
exorbitant exorbitant prices are much too high
costing a lot of money
≠ cheap
the most expensive restaurant in town
Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.
Photography is an expensive hobby.
expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc
The house was too big and expensive to run.
For low-income families, children's safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it) .
Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake .
Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things) and the kids always wanted new clothes.
>expensivelyadv
She's always expensively dressed.
WORD FOCUS: words meaning expensive
high used about prices, rents, or charges
fancy used about restaurants, cars, or clothes that look expensive
posh used about hotels, restaurants, or cars that look expensive and are used by rich or high-class people
cost a lotalsocost a bomb(informal) to be very expensive
be out of somebody's price range to be more than someone can afford to pay
be a rip-off(informal) to be much too expensive, so that you feel you have been cheated
exorbitant exorbitant prices are much too high
1. Even on Valentine's Day, when the price of a dozen roses and delivery can soar as high as $150, 12 of Roses Only's most expensive flowers sell for just $35.
即使是在情人节，当一打玫瑰价格外加送花费可上涨至150美元的时候，"惟一玫瑰"花店里最贵的玫瑰也只卖35美元一打。
2. But, of course, it´s not as good as the expensive one.
但是，它当然没有价钱高那种好。
3. Because many electrical companies consider nuclear energy too expensive, the trend is toward less dangerous sources of energy.
由于许多电气公司都认为核能代价太大，因此总体趋势是朝着危害较小的能源发展。
4. Well, the problem with television commercials are very expensive.
电视的问题是成本，电视广告很贵。
5. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一著名的拱廊街道上,几家高挡商店刚刚开门.
6. This is an expensive hat.
这是一顶价钱昂贵的帽子。
7. The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.
高级的古董店,一般是令人生畏的场所。
8. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
9. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。
10. They also have the disadvantage of being an expensive form of transport.
飞机另一个缺点是昂贵。
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即使是在情人节，当一打玫瑰价格外加送花费可上涨至150美元的时候，"惟一玫瑰"花店里最贵的玫瑰也只卖35美元一打。
2. But, of course, it´s not as good as the expensive one.
但是，它当然没有价钱高那种好。
3. Because many electrical companies consider nuclear energy too expensive, the trend is toward less dangerous sources of energy.
由于许多电气公司都认为核能代价太大，因此总体趋势是朝着危害较小的能源发展。
4. Well, the problem with television commercials are very expensive.
电视的问题是成本，电视广告很贵。
5. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一著名的拱廊街道上,几家高挡商店刚刚开门.
6. This is an expensive hat.
这是一顶价钱昂贵的帽子。
7. The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.
高级的古董店,一般是令人生畏的场所。
8. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
9. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。
10. They also have the disadvantage of being an expensive form of transport.
飞机另一个缺点是昂贵。
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