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昂贵
Expensive
I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.
我有一个昂贵的爱好:买房子,重新装修,拆掉,然后按照他们想要的方式建造。我想成为一名建筑师。
Fabrics and lining make a big difference in the garment. If you're buying an expensive trench coat, and it's lined in something cheap, it doesn't feel as nice.
面料和衬里对服装有很大的影响。如果你买的是一件很贵的风衣,里面的衬里很便宜,感觉就不那么好了。
Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.
经常和孩子们在一起就像穿着一双又贵又小的鞋子。她不忍心把它们扔出去,但它们使她起了水泡。
Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.
展览中的其他效果包括制作极其昂贵的船舶模型。我们过去常常在蓝屏前拍照,他们会把效果放在后面。
The first one was quite cheap, but that was expensive for us. For my folks to buy on the Never Never. It was quite, you know, a rare object to have and I gained quite a lot of status by having this.
第一个很便宜,但是对我们来说很贵。为我的家人买上永不永不。你知道,这是一件非常稀有的物品,我因此获得了很高的地位。
The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
任何作品的第一名都是,如果你能找到一个位置,意味着你不需要建造布景,那就很有用,而且租金也不贵,这样就能省下很多钱。
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
安装电脑以减少职员雇用的公司很少实现他们的期望。他们现在需要更多、更昂贵的职员,尽管他们称他们为“操作员”或“程序员”。
It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does.
给它温柔、关爱,给它提供早餐,给它买昂贵的教育,这些都不够好。除非我们这一代人有未来,否则这些都毫无意义。我们不确定它会不会。
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Too much of what is called "education" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
太多所谓的“教育”只不过是昂贵的与现实隔离。
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.
如果你认为雇佣专业人员做这项工作很贵,那就等到雇佣业余人员吧。
To guess is cheap, to guess wrong is expensive.
猜测是便宜的,猜测错误是昂贵的。
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
没有什么比错过一个机会更昂贵的了。
I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.
我的衣柜里装满了昂贵的衣服,但是我穿的是同样的两件t恤。我从来没见过。
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear.
我们是一个非常昂贵的团队;我们违反了很多规则。亲爱的,把歌剧和摇滚主题结合起来是闻所未闻的。