They are very expensive, I presume?(我想這些東西很貴吧？)

Tickets are likely to be expensive.(入場券可能很貴。)

I spend a lot on expensive jewellery and clothing.(我在昂貴的首飾和衣服上開銷很大。)

There were several expensive suits hanging in the wardrobe.(衣柜里掛著幾套昂貴的衣服。)

The proposed solution was ruled out as too expensive.(建議的解決方案被認為花錢太多而遭否決。)

He wore an expensive, dark blue pinstripe suit.(他穿著一套昂貴的、深藍色細條紋西裝。)

The other one was much too expensive.(另一個太貴了。)

To start with it's much too expensive...(首先是太貴…)

The food was not actually all that expensive.(食品居然并不那么昂貴。)

Meat and butter were prohibitively expensive.(肉和奶油都貴得買不起。)

Taxicabs-(出租車)

B：Oh, no. We’re going to be late for the meeting.
噢，糟糕。我們開會要遲到了。

A：No. We’ll get a cab. It’s faster than taking the bus or the subway.
不會的。我們坐出租車去。那比坐公車或搭地鐵快。

B：Oh, good.
哦，好啊。

A：How much will it cost?
要多少錢？

expensive

B：Well, cabs are more expensive than the bus or the subway. It’ll probably cost around six dollars.
嗯，坐出租車比坐公車或地鐵貴。可能大概要花6美元吧。

A：Taxi!!!
出租車！！！

B：I can’t find the business card. Do you know the address?
我找不到名片了，你知道地址嗎？

A：Yeah. I met with them back in March, remember?
知道。我在三月還和他們見過面，記得嗎？

B：Right.
對呀。

expensive

A：Driver, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., please.
司機。去賓夕法尼亞大街1600號。

Health Insurance-(醫療保險)

B：Ohhh, I think I broke my leg.
哦哦哦，我象是把腿給摔斷了。

A：Here, sir, sit down in this wheelchair.
坐這兒，先生，坐在輪椅上。

B：Thanks.
謝謝。

A：The doctor will be with you in a moment. I just need to ask you a few questions.
醫生馬上就來。我要問你幾個問題。

B：All right.
好的。

A：Name, age and date of birth, please.
您的姓名、年齡和出生日期是…？

B：John Taylor, 32, May 23, 1970.
約翰·泰勒，32歲，生于1970年5月23日。

A：Health insurance company and policy number?
您購買的醫療保險的公司和保險單編碼是多少？

B：I don’t have it.
我沒有。

A：What?
什么？

B：I don’t have health insurance.
我沒有買醫療保險。

expensive的意思

A：Well, this is going to be a very expensive broken leg, Mr. Taylor.
哦，泰勒先生。這次摔斷腿花費可不小。

expensive的反義詞

B：Ohhhh!
哦哦哦。

Quality Control-(品管)

A：We're having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to the source to work them out.
吉姆，我們有一些品管的問題。我們必須找出問題根源并設法解決。

B：What problems are you having, exactly?
你們究竟有什么問題？

A：The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent.
我們新產品的抱怨率非常高，幾乎高達百分之七。

expensive在線翻譯

B：That's high.
的確很高。

expensive在線翻譯

A：Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards.
沒錯。我們測試聲卡時一直發現問題。

B：But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market.
可是你們的促銷材料要求這種聲卡必須是市場上同類型產品中最便宜的。

A：The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control.
是要最便宜，但仍要有完備的功能。我們認為你們工廠需要采取措施來改善品管。

B：That will involve additional expenses for us, which we'll have to pass on to you as a rate hike.
那意味我們會有額外的開銷，而我們會把價格增加部分轉嫁到你們身上。

A：I'm afraid that's unacceptable. Your contract says that you will deliver a product with a reject rate of less than five percent.
恐怕我們無法接受。你們的合約上說你們會以低于百分之五的瑕疵率交貨。

B：Well, I'll tell you what, Mike. I'll review the contract and talk with management. Then we'll get together and hash this out.
嗯，萊斯特我跟你說，我會再看一遍合約，并和管理部門討論。然后我們會一起討論解決這個問題。

用作形容詞(adj.)

He flattered her with flowers and expensive gifts.
他用鮮花和昂貴的禮物討好她。We really don't need such a big, expensive car.
我們實在并不需要如此大而豪華的汽車。He gently refused to accept these expensive gifts.
他委婉地拒絕了這些貴重的禮物。The state government inaugurated an expensive project.
州政府開始了一項耗資巨大的工程。The shop sells very expensive clothes.
這家商店銷售十分昂貴的服裝。Such expensive dresses are not available in ordinary department stores.
這樣昂貴的衣服在普通百貨商店里是買不到的。I haven't got much money. Is it an expensive shop?
我手頭錢不多,那家店鋪的商品售價很高嗎?Cargo handling usually takes time and expensive equipment.
貨物裝卸通常費時,并需要昂貴的設備。They had an expensive party last week.
上星期他們舉行了一次豪華的聚會。It was an expensive education.
它是一項耗資巨大的教育。A long illness is an expensive misfortune for the average family.
長期的生病對于普通家庭來說是件費錢而又不幸的事。His books were bringing in royalties enough to enable him to live in a more expensive style.
他的著作所獲版稅十分可觀,足以使他過更為富裕的生活。I bought the most expensive watch.
我買了那塊最昂貴的手表。A passing group attracted his attention, two gentlemen and a radiantly expensive lady.
一群過路的人引起了他的注意,兩個男士和一位衣著華麗的婦女。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

expensive book昂貴的書expensive car昂貴的小汽車expensive clothes昂貴的衣服expensive education費用高的教育expensive gift昂貴的禮物expensive lady衣著華麗的婦女expensive mode of living奢華的生活方式expensive party耗資巨大的晚會expensive project耗資巨大的工程expensive watch昂貴的手表

副詞+～

abominably expensive奢侈得可惡absurdly expensive價錢高得不合理,奢侈得愚蠢amazingly expensive昂貴得驚人criminally expensive奢侈得可恥cruelly expensive極昂貴dreadfully expensive極端昂貴enormously expensive奢侈得極可惡excessively expensive極度奢侈exorbitantly expensive昂貴得過頭extravagantly expensive過度奢侈extremely expensive極其昂貴foolishly expensive奢侈得愚蠢inconceivably expensive昂貴得驚人inevitably expensive必然昂貴inexpressibly expensive奢侈得無法形容naturally expensive自然昂貴outrageously expensive奢侈得令人不能容忍

～+動詞不定式

expensive to buy買不起expensive to travel by plane乘飛機旅行太貴

～+介詞

expensive for sb對于某人來說太貴expensive in diet花在飲食上的費用大

Young Men..are..so expensive both of their Health and Fortune.