expensive 详细解释

expensive

[iks'pensiv]

adj.昂贵的, 高价的

a.

高价的; 昂贵的; 花钱的[+to-v]

Your dress must have been expensive.

你的衣服一定很贵。

It is expensive to stay in that hotel.

住那家旅馆很贵。

I can't afford that expensive toy.

我买不起那昂贵的玩具。

词形变化

副词: expen-sively | 名词: expensiveness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.高价的; 昂贵的

costly  dear  high-priced  

同义参见:

prime  priceless  precious  exclusive  rich  valuable  

反义:

a.高价的; 奢侈的

cheap  economical  inexpensive  

英英释义

形容词 expensive:

high in price or charging high prices

补充

expensiveexpensive英:[iksˈpensiv] 美:[ɪkˈspɛnsɪv]adj.1.昂贵的, 花钱多的

例句

1. Wine's so expensive in this country.葡萄酒在这个国家非常昂贵。 2. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.我正在使用很多昂贵的设备, 所以非常紧张。 3. Buying the wrong paint proved to be an expensive mistake.买错油漆是个代价很大的错误。 4. She has very expensive tastes.她喜欢昂贵的东西。 5. keeping a horse is expensive.养马开销大。 6. an expensive bottle of wine.一瓶昂贵的酒。 7. Houses are very expensive in this area.这地区的房屋很贵。 8. an expensive hobby花费很高的业余爱好 9. an expensive car名贵汽车 10. expensive clothes昂贵的衣服 11. The lights were expensive to install.安装那些灯价格很高。 12. "They live in an expensive neighborhood. [=a neighborhood in which houses, apartments, etc., cost a lot to buy or rent]"他们住在高档住宅区里。 13. Her decision to leave the company proved to be an expensive mistake. [=a mistake that caused her to lose a lot of money]离开公司的决定是个让她损失惨重的错误。 14. an expensive shop [=a shop that sells expensive things]奢侈品商店 15. He has expensive tastes. [=he likes expensive things]他喜欢贵重商品。 16. He dresses expensively.他着装名贵。