| 单词 | costly |
| 释义 | costly adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition verbs➤be, become, prove昂贵；变得昂贵；证明代价高昂adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极其／相当／非常昂贵▸➤enormously极为昂贵➤especially, particularly尤其／特别昂贵▸➤increasingly日益昂贵▸➤potentially可能花钱多的➤prohibitively昂贵得让人无法负担▸➤relatively相对价钱高的➤politically政治代价高昂的◆the candidate's mistake proved embarrassing and politically costly.事实证明候选人的这个错误不仅使他难堪，而且政治代价高昂。preposition➤for对⋯而言代价很高◆the six-month delay will be costly for the company.拖延半年对公司来说会造成严重损失。➤in在⋯方面代价高◆this process is costly in computer time.这个过程要耗费大量的计算机时间。➤in terms of以⋯衡量代价很高◆these teaching methods are too costly in terms of staff resources.这些教学方法需要耗费太多的师资。➤to对⋯而言代价高◆these measures could be costly to employers.这些措施对雇主来说可能会代价很高。 costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay昂贵的；花钱多的；（尤指）高于愿意支付价格的◆you want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.如果可能，你会尽量避免昂贵的法律程序。costly/ˈkɒstli; us ˈkɔ:st- ||; ˈkɔstlɪ/adj (costlier;costliest) 1. costing a lot of money; expensive 花钱很多的；昂贵的: ◇a costly repair bill 高昂的修理费用 2. involving great loss of time, effort, etc 代价高的（以致损失大量时间、精力等）: ◇a costly mistake 造成重大损失的错误 costlysee ⇨ expensive 1 cost·ly /`kɔstlɪ; ˈkɒstli/adj 1. costing a lot of money; expensive 昂贵的:◇replacing all the windows would be too costly. 更换所有的窗户太费钱了。 2. causing a lot of problems, especially by making you lose something important 代价高昂的:◇a costly political scandal 遗害极大的政治丑闻 |
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