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IELTS BNC: 1577 COCA: 1664

expensive

adjective
 
/ɪkˈspensɪv/
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  1. costing a lot of money昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的
    • an expensive car/restaurant/holiday昂贵的汽车；高档的餐馆；花费大的假日
    • I can't afford it—it's too expensive.我买不起，太贵了。
    • Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。
    • That dress was an expensive mistake.那件连衣裙看走眼买贵了。
    • expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce.美术书籍制作成本高。
    • expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.新规定对雇主来说可能非常昂贵。
    • expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.个人投资债券可能会很贵。
    • it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London.住在伦敦很贵。
    • it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.现在欧洲人来这里旅游更贵了。
    Synonyms expensiveexpensive
    • costly
    • overpriced
    • pricey
    • dear
    These words all describe something that costs a lot of money.
    • expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices:
      • I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。
      • an expensive restaurant高档餐馆
    • costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay:指昂贵的、花钱多的、价钱比愿意付的为高：
      • You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
    • overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth:
      • ridiculously overpriced designer clothes贵得离谱的名牌衣服
    • pricey (informal) expensive:指昂贵的、价格高的：
      • Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.如今该村镇的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。
    • dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive:指昂贵的、价格高的：
      • Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？
      This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned.
    Patterns
    • expensive/​costly/​overpriced/​pricey for somebody/​something
    • expensive/​costly to do something
    • very/​too/​fairly/​quite/​pretty expensive/​costly/​pricey
    opposite cheap (1), inexpensive
    Extra Examples
    • Food in this country is getting very expensive.这个国家的食物变得很昂贵。
    • Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.每年给每个病人注射抗流感针剂的花费是无法承受的。
    • Her suit looked extremely expensive.她的套装看上去极为昂贵。
    • I found the food very expensive.我发现食物很贵。
    • Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.这些司法案件中有些花费是非常大的。
    • discreetly expensive perfume昂贵而不甚显眼的香水
    Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • prove
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.
IELTS BNC: 1577 COCA: 1664
expensive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, look, prove, seem, sound昂貴；看上去價格高；證明昂貴；似乎花錢很多；聽起來昂貴◇Her suit looked extremely expensive.她的套裝看上去極為昂貴。➤become, get變得昂貴◇Food in this country is getting very expensive.這個國家的食物變得很昂貴。➤make sth使⋯昂貴◇Adding these safety features would make the cars too expensive.增加這些安全性能會使轎車價格過高。➤find sth覺得⋯昂貴◇I found the food very expensive.我發現食物很貴。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常昂貴▸➤amazingly, astronomically, enormously, exceedingly, extortionately, extremely, hideously, highly, horrendously, horribly, hugely, incredibly, insanely, ludicrously, massively, outrageously, prohibitively, ridiculously, ruinously, terribly貴得出奇；極其昂貴；貴得可怕；貴得令人難以置信；貴得荒謬◇Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.這些司法案件中有些花費是非常大的。◇Giving every patient an annual flu shot would be prohibitively expensive.每年給每個病人注射抗流感針劑的花費是無法承受的。➤moderately有點兒貴▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些貴▸➤increasingly日益昂貴▸➤comparatively, relatively比較／相對昂貴➤notoriously出名地昂貴▸➤obviously明顯昂貴
IELTS BNC: 1577 COCA: 1664
expensive

adjective

  ➡ See also the entry for high 1 另见high条第1义expensive ♦︎ costly ♦︎ overpriced ♦︎ priceyThese words all describe sth that costs a lot of money. 这些词均表示昂贵的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆expensive / costly / pricey for sb / sth◆expensive / costly to do sth◆very / too / fairly / quite / pretty expensive / costly / pricey■ expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices 昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的◆Art books are enormously expensive to produce.美术书的制作成本非常高。◆Making the wrong decision could prove to be expensive.错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。◆That dress was an expensive mistake.那件连衣裙买得很不值。◆an expensive restaurant收费昂贵的餐厅OPP cheap , inexpensive ⇨ cheap   see also expense ⇨ price noun ▸ expensively

adverb

◆expensively dressed / furnished穿着／陈设华贵■ 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。■ overpriced ˌəʊvəˈpraɪst; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈpraɪsttoo expensive; costing more than it is worth 过于昂贵的；价格太高的◆ridiculously overpriced designer clothes贵得离谱的名牌服装◆The commission is set to investigate claims that CDs are overpriced.该委员会的任务是针对CD价格过高的申诉进行调查。■ pricey (informal) expensive 昂贵的；花钱多的；价格高的◆Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.现在村子里的住宅太贵了，当地人根本买不起。
IELTS BNC: 1577 COCA: 1664
expensive
General words for expensive: expensive, costly, exclusive...
Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...

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