查词 - expensive

expensive

ɪkˈspensɪv adj

1 costing a lot of money 昂贵的，花钱多的;

the most expensive restaurant in town

城里最贵的餐馆

Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.

汽油越来越贵了。

Photography is an expensive hobby.

摄影是一项很花钱的业余爱好。

expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc

The house was too big and expensive to run.

这栋房子太大，养起来很费钱。

For low-income families, children’s safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it) .

对于低收入家庭来说，儿童的安全设备贵得让人望而却步。

Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake .

用错了建筑工人有时是代价昂贵的错误。

Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things) .

她丈夫喜欢昂贵的东西。

She’s always expensively dressed.

她总是穿得很华贵。