expensive

释义

adj.

昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的

网络

价格高贵的；高价的；奢侈的

常用短语 3 组

less expensive

adj. 比较便宜的

expensive thing

昂贵的东西

a bit expensive

有点贵

在例句中理解 36 句

1. Calling collect is often much more expensive than normal calling.

   对方付费电话通常比普通电话贵很多。

2. If you are a professional project manager, you might be tired of trying to train your team to use an expensive and complicated tool.

   如果你是一个专业的项目经理，你可能厌倦了试图培养你的团队使用一个昂贵和复杂的的工具。那么可能它会是你最好的选择。

3. CPV technology reduces the need for large amounts of photovoltaic material, which is often the most expensive part of a solar operation.

   CPV技术大大减少了我们对光伏原材料的需求。而这种原材料是太阳能电厂中最昂贵的部分。

4. Gitlin says the Qube costs just a bit more than a police patrol car, making it a much less expensive alternative to a manned helicopter.

   吉特林称，Qube仅比警用巡逻车略贵一筹，比起无人驾驶直升机则便宜不少。

5. By then, Shawn and Amy, our oldest girls were attending expensive Ivy League schools and we had only a few thousand dollars in the bank.

   当时，两个大的女儿肖恩和埃米正在费用很高的常春藤学校上学，而我们只有几千美金的银行存款。

6. The seamless process accommodates very heavy wall or high pressure applications but is expensive and tends to have concentricity variances.

   无缝工艺适合重型墙壁或高压应用领域，但是很贵，有同心性变化。

7. They will be on fourth street again with you, in two small stakes and was not one to let you draw more expensive.

   他们会在第四道街上再次加注你，用两个小赌注而不是一个让你的抽牌变得更加昂贵。

8. This is often the case when companies have costly systems that are too expensive to fully duplicate in a test environment.

   经常有这样的情况，公司的系统由于过于昂贵而无法在测试环境中完全重现。

9. If you do not know who you are, the market is an expensive place to find out.

   如果你对自己缺乏了解，市场是一个昂贵的地方来发现你自己。

10. Normally, such a change would be extremely expensive due to the investment in existing weapons and ammunition.

    总的说来，这样的换装相对于现有的武器和弹药来说将是非常昂贵的。

11. Those who are less confident of that would rather have no job in a cheap house than no job in an expensive house.

    而那些信心不足的人，宁可没工作住廉价的房子，也不愿住昂贵的房子而没有工作。

12. But everything is so expensive in Paris that I might have to come back and cash another one in a few days.

    但是在巴黎什么东西都这么贵，以至几天之内我可能还得回来兑现另一张支票。

13. Using GSM in the U. S. is often less expensive than calling cards , pay phones and hotel phones .

    在美国使用GSM，通常比使用电话卡、公共电话和酒店电话更为便宜。

14. If heroin is likely to get more expensive, rational addicts should consider trying to quit before that happens.

    如果海洛因的价格可能上涨，那么理性的瘾君子就应当考虑在价格上涨之前戒掉毒瘾。

15. Sandy asked to see a less expensive watch. The salesgirl got up on her high horse and said the shop did not sell cheap watches.

    Sandy想要看一支比较便宜的表。女店员摆出高傲的态度的说我们店没有卖便宜的表。

16. This may be a bit more expensive in the short run, but in the long run could help your organization save money on implementation costs.

    在短期的运行中，费用可能会多一些，但是长期的运行将有助于您的企业节约实现成本。

17. It is hard to say how much more expensive, since so few are being built.

    这很难说到底贵多少，因为目前很少有在建的项目。

18. Finally, they require a great deal of supportive care that can be very expensive for their families and for their communities.

    最终，他们需要大量支持疗法，这对于他们的家庭和社区来说是昂贵的医疗负担。

19. You'll need this expensive expert once a year (like a lawyer) for an audit and tax preparation.

    你每年需要这个昂贵的专业人士为你做审计和税务申报。

20. London is Europe's most expensive city, but bargains are easy to find if you know where to look.

    伦敦是欧洲消费最高的城市，不过便宜货还是很容易找到的，前提是你得知道上哪儿去找。

21. For more than a year, many have argued that bonds are in a bubble, or at least very expensive.

    一年多以来，许多人都声称债券市场处于泡沫状态，最起码债券价格也是非常昂贵的。

22. He said resources should be switched away from these highly expensive studies, which in his view have now done their job.

    他说，应当将资源转离这些极其昂贵的研究，他认为这些工作现在已经完成了。

23. The contractor said the repairs on Frank's house would be very expensive, but Frank decided to have the work done.

    承包商说弗兰克房子的整修将很昂贵，而弗兰克决定让他干这活。

24. Nor will the U. S. be able to run such large trade and current-account deficits, since financing them will become more expensive.

    美国将同样无法维持如此大的贸易和经常账户逆差，因为这些逆差的资金支持成本将变得更加高昂。

25. When a man give expensive jewelry, perhaps he expect much things returned. but talking is one of these things.

    当一个男人送给一个女人昂贵的珠宝，也许他想要的能回报他的东西有很多。但谈话，并不是其中之一。

26. He is always puffing about the expensive wines he brings over to my place, and is then sniffy about the offerings I take round to his.

    他总是吹嘘自己带到我家来的名贵红酒，而对我带到他家去的酒总是嗤之以鼻。

27. In the early years of British tea consumption, the product was an expensive indulgence.

    在英国人茶叶消费的早年，这种产品是一种昂贵的嗜好。

28. Shopping for anything expensive would not be a good idea just yet, so for now, put off the acquisition of expensive items for June.

    但是购买任何昂贵的东西仍旧不是个好主意，至少目前是这样，推迟这些采购到6月份吧。

29. Zhao: I wanna know how much it cost to have a meal, including the most expensive dishes.

    赵本山：你们这个酒店，如果要吃一顿饭，要多少钱。最贵的要点上要吃多少钱。

30. Because buying a new car would be very expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford the insurance.

    因为买新车太贵了，也付不起保险费。

31. the most expensive restaurant in town

    城里最贵的餐馆

32. Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.

    汽油越来越贵了。

33. Photography is an expensive hobby.

    摄影是一项很花钱的业余爱好。

34. 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。

35. Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake.

    用错建筑工人有时会是代价高昂的错误。

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

    她丈夫喜欢的东西都很贵。