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单词 expensive
释义
expensive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspen.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈspen.sɪv/
A1
costinga lot ofmoney:
昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的
Rolls Royces are very expensive.劳斯莱斯汽车价格昂贵。
Bighousesare expensivetomaintain.大房子维护费用很高。
She has expensivetastes(= shelikesthings thatcosta lot ofmoney).她喜欢昂贵的东西。
Synonyms
costly(EXPENSIVE)
dear(EXPENSIVE)mainlyUK
priceyinformal
Opposites
cheap
inexpensive
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
costing a lot of money
  • expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
  • dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
  • costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
  • priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
  • exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.
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More examples
  • If yousendit byairmail, it'll be very expensive.
  • Itreatedmyself to amealin an expensiverestaurant.
  • Toddlers don't need expensivetoysandgamestokeepthemamused.
  • Alargehouselike this must be expensive toheat.
  • A lot ofbusinessesaremovingout of London because it's too expensive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expensive & luxurious
  • champagne
  • costliness
  • delicacy
  • expense
  • expensively
  • fancy
  • gold plate
  • graciousness
  • luxury goods
  • no expense is sparedidiom
  • opulent
  • precious
  • premium-rate
  • prestige
  • priceless
  • sumptuously
  • super-deluxe
  • super-expensive
  • swish
  • upmarket
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Related word

expensively
(Definition ofexpensivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expensive| American Dictionary

expensive
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪkˈspen·sɪv/
costinga lot ofmoney:
Housing in thispartof thecountryis very expensive.

expensively

adverb[not gradable]us
/ɪkˈspen·sɪv·li/
She was expensivelydressed.
(Definition ofexpensivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expensive| Business English

expensive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspensɪv/us
costinga lot ofmoney:
Businessclasstravelhasbecomevery expensive.
He waslookingforinsurancetocoverthe expensiveequipmentin hishomeoffice.
sth is expensive to doOlderhousesare expensive tomaintain.
prohibitively/extremely/hugelyexpensive
(Definition ofexpensivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpensive

expensive
We also suspected that the timber solutions would be moreexpensive.
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Institutional funds may needexpensivecomputer systems for administration, accounting, and reporting requirements.
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Local finance is tooexpensiveunder structural adjustment to make agricultural marketing profitable.
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Staff time is both valuable andexpensiveand a more economic model of assessment procedures could be developed.
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They are also lessexpensiveand thus should be preferred for first-step t reatment in older patients.
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Aggregating at this level might be empirically difficult orexpensive, but makes sense theoretically.
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For instance, a person with very extensive care needs is usually referred to institutional care because home-care would be much moreexpensive.
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Thus, an experienced, talented embroiderer working on the panels for elaborate,expensivedresses could expect to earn, at most, slightly less than £80 per year.
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The virtual nature of a computer-based training simulation enables training to be accomplished without risking damage to man or in most cases toexpensiveequipment.
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Moreover, the method is easily available in the laboratory, lessexpensiveand user-friendly for guiding physicians to the proper treatment of typhoid fever.
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All would provide federal financial assistance to the uninsured (based on income) to make the cost of care lessexpensive.
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Furthermore, more expressive languages may be too computationallyexpensiveto use automated reasoning technology.
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Finally, we have shown that highly expressed proteins tend to use energetically lessexpensiveamino acids.
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Any alterations at proof stage, apart from the correction of printer's misprints, areexpensiveand must be avoided.
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Whatever their merits and promise, these physiologically-based techniques are more complex, and in many instances considerably moreexpensiveto use, than verbal response alone.
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