adj.昂貴的;代價高的
比較級: costlier 最高級: costliest 名詞: costliness
/">成人英語成人高考專升本單詞大全adj.(形容詞)(價格)昂貴的,貴重的,名貴的,華貴的,考究的,值錢的
奢華的,豪華的,浪費的
價錢高的,花錢多的,費用大的,成本高的,花費大的,耗資巨大
造成損失的,引起困難的
代價高的
adj.(形容詞)昂貴的,代價高的 costing a lot of money; gained or won at a great loss
costly在線翻譯
adj
1. having a high price
e.g. costly jewelry
high-priced merchandise
much too dear for my pocketbook
a pricey restaurant
Synonym: dear(p)high-pricedpriceypricy
2. entailing great loss or sacrifice
e.g. a dearly-won victory
Synonym: dearly-won
1. 昂貴的;價格高的
If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
e.g. Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?
既然找專門人員做窗簾非常貴,為什么不自己做呢?
2. 造成嚴重損失的;代價大的
If you describe someone's action or mistake as costly, you mean that it results in a serious disadvantage for them, for example the loss of a large amount of money or the loss of their reputation.
e.g. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes...
心理測試能夠使組織機構(gòu)避免犯下?lián)p失慘重的大錯。
e.g. This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly.
國際銀行業(yè)的這種丑聞一直以來都會造成極其惡劣的政治影響。
1. costly的意思
1. 昂貴的, 貴重的:discriminate between 區(qū)別 辨別 | costly 昂貴的, 貴重的 | analog inputoperation 模擬輸入操作
2. 昂貴的:costliness 高價 | costly 昂貴的 | costmary 艾菊
3. 昂貴的,豪華的:cost 成本,費用,值 | costly 昂貴的,豪華的 | cottage 村舍,別墅
4. 貴重的:tribulation 磨難 | costly 貴重的 | apocryphal 不足憑信的
adj.(形容詞)costly的基本含意是“昂貴的”,不在于價錢上貴而在于其豪華、精致、珍貴。costly還可用于時間、精力和體力。
adj.(形容詞)costly, dear, expensive
這組詞的共同意思是“高貴的”或“昂貴的”。其區(qū)別在于:dear指本身并不見得貴,但與同類物品的價格相比而顯得“貴”; expensive指雖物有所值,但超出購買者支付能力的“貴”; costly則指物體本身“貴重”,因而價格“昂貴”,常引申指耗費的物質(zhì)或精力很大。例如:
In the middle of the summer, fresh oranges are dear, but in the winter months they are cheap.仲夏時節(jié)的鮮桔很貴,但在冬季的幾個月里卻很便宜。
We indulged in an expensive supper after the concert.音樂會后我們盡情地享受了一頓昂貴的晚餐。
Selling your house can be a costly and time-consuming business.出售你的房子很可能是費錢耗時的事。
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語costly是什么意思的翻譯解釋,供大家參考一下。
Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.(當這布還在織的時候,皇帝就親自去看它了。)
In Fenchurch Street a fair child, in costly apparel, stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city.(在芬切琪街,一個穿著昂貴衣服的漂亮孩子站在舞臺上,歡迎國王陛下來到這座城市。)
At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is extremely costly.(要使電腦動畫的視覺效果達到要求的逼真程度,花費會十分昂貴。)
Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity.(維護這樣的環(huán)境是非常昂貴的,而且最近的研究表明,即使是舊的油畫也不會受到溫度和濕度大波動的影響。)
Buying new furniture may prove too costly.(購買新家具可能會花錢太多。)
That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.(這樣我們就可以避免在用電高峰期建造昂貴的電廠或購買昂貴的電力。)
They would wed before the stork visited and before the couple made the costly investment of putting the husband through business school.(他們會在鸛鳥來之前結(jié)婚,在這對夫婦做出昂貴的投資讓丈夫讀完商學院之前。)
They said the paint used was also characteristic of that period, as was the intricate and costly style of the lace ruff worn by the man in the portrait.(他們說,像肖像畫里男人所穿戴的復(fù)雜而又昂貴的蕾絲飛邊那樣,所用的顏料也具有那個時期的特征。)
Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly.(動物發(fā)出的信號,如鳥類復(fù)雜的鳴叫聲,往往代價高昂。)
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.(他們想征服阿富汗人的意圖耗費大量金錢而且無效,只維持了十年的時間。)
用作形容詞(adj.)
We need some costly materials.用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
costly car昂貴的轎車costly mistake損失重大的錯誤costly strike〔war〕代價高昂的罷工〔戰(zhàn)爭〕costly business費錢的事costly jewels貴重的寶石costly materials昂貴的材料To curse the Costly sex.