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单词 costliness
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costliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒst.li.nəs/us
/ˈkɑːst.li.nəs/

costlinessnoun[U](HIGH PRICE)

thefactof beingexpensiveor tooexpensive:
昂贵
Thehotelis verypopular,despiteitscostliness.尽管价格昂贵，这家旅馆还是很受欢迎。
People still use thiscreditwithoutrealizingitscostliness.人们仍然在使用这种信贷方式，却没有意识到它成本高昂。
More examples
  • Despite the costliness of thisbestratedvacuumcleaner, it stillcatchestheattentionofconsumers.
  • The costliness ofdeportationisenormousand theresultsitobtainsdoubtful.
  • London, Rome orPariswereextremelyexpensive- with all theallureandsocialcachetthat costlinessimplies.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costing too much
  • a bottomless pitidiom
  • bottomless
  • capital intensive
  • cheap
  • cheap at half the priceidiom
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
  • costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
  • costsomeonedearidiom
  • daylight robbery
  • dear
  • exorbitant
  • gouge
  • outprice
  • pretty
  • price fixing
  • pricesomeoneout
  • priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
  • prohibitive
  • prohibitively
  • sight
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Expensive & luxurious

costlinessnoun[U](HIGH DAMAGE)

thefactofinvolvinga lot oflossordamage:
Thefilmis about thehopelesscostliness ofwar.
The costliness of thatmisswasemphasizedwhen theoppositionscoredagain, making it 2-0.
More examples
  • Herattitudeis acasestudyin the costliness ofpreferringto benegativeratherthanpositive.
  • Theharshrealities oflifeprovidepenaltieswhichteachindividualsabout the costliness oftheirmisdemeanours.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Destroying and demolishing
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • apocalypse
  • bash
  • bash through (something)
  • be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
  • in piecesidiom
  • indestructibility
  • killsomethingoff
  • kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
  • knock
  • sacrifice
  • self-devouring
  • shred
  • sink
  • smash
  • stave
  • stavesomethingin
  • takesomethingout
  • tear
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costly
(Definition ofcostlinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
costliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒst.li.nəs/us
/ˈkɑːst.li.nəs/

costlinessnoun[U](HIGH PRICE)

thefactof beingexpensiveor tooexpensive
昂贵
Thehotelis verypopular,despiteitscostliness.尽管价格昂贵，这家旅馆还是很受欢迎。
People still use thiscreditwithoutrealizingitscostliness.人们仍然在使用这种信贷方式，却没有意识到它成本高昂。
More examples
  • Despite the costliness of thisbestratedvacuumcleaner, it stillcatchestheattentionofconsumers.
  • The costliness ofdeportationisenormousand theresultsitobtainsdoubtful.
  • London, Rome orPariswereextremelyexpensive- with all theallureandsocialcachetthat costlinessimplies.

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costly

Examplesofcostliness

costliness
Thecostlinessand ineffectiveness of these measures were demonstrated in 1876 and again in 1880.
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Given the newness andcostlinessof many technologies selected for assessment, a significant emphasis was placed on assessing the safety and efficacy of these devices.
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That approach emphasizes thecostlinessof bearing risk and the role of risk aversion in preventing the movement of resources to their highest-valued use.
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Forestry officials were increasingly despised by woodland proprietors for their indolence,costliness, and corruption.
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Complaints about thecostlinessof slack in the road agencies started to replace arguments about safeguarding infrastructure quality through public planning and control.
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There are, however, in the present state of knowledge, certain practical objections, apart from thecostlinessof the procedure, to such frequent treatment.
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It is clear that the focus of this theoretical contention is thecostlinessof litigation to a defendant.
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Implementation of a subjective standard requires that thecostlinessof taking care be determined for each defendant.
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As in this paper, household-specific shadow prices for the products measure thecostlinessof the products to a household and are assumed to increase with environmental degradation.
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However, it may be that it is not thecostlinessof these signals that matters so much as it is the conversations they generate, particularly through repeated play.
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Much has been said about thecostlinessof the organisations of the milk trade.
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There are certain directions in which thecostlinessof building can be reduced.
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Thecostlinessand the waste of the transport of minerals in this country can only be described as a scandal.
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We have a legal system of greatcostliness.
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I will not deal with thecostlinessof other parts of the measure.
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