expensive
/ɪkˈspensɪv/
adj.
一句话记住
昂贵的;价格高的;花费大的
释义与例句
adj.
昂贵的;价格高的;花费大的
costing a lot of money, or requiring a large amount of money to do or maintain
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Housing in the city centre is extremely expensive.
市中心的住房非常昂贵。
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The cheapest option proved expensive in the long run because it needed constant repairs.
从长远看,最便宜的方案反而花费很大,因为它需要不断维修。
展开其余 1 条例句
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She bought an expensive camera to pursue her interest in wildlife photography.
她买了一台昂贵的相机,以发展自己对野生动物摄影的兴趣。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
expensive 描述物品“昂贵”,price 本身用 high/low:an expensive camera,但 a high price;不说 The price is expensive。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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expense 费用;开支;代价expense 是名词,指花费的钱或某种代价,常用 at the expense of 表示“以……为代价”。
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expensively 昂贵地;花费大地expensively 是副词,描述以高成本购买、制作或生活。
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inexpensive 不昂贵的;便宜的inexpensive 是形容词,较中性地表示价格低,不像 cheap 有时可能暗示质量差。
同义词
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costly 昂贵的;代价高的expensive 主要描述物品或服务价格高,也可指维护、运行花费大;costly 除价格昂贵外,还常描述错误、战争等造成很大金钱或非金钱代价。A costly mistake delayed the project by several months. 一个代价高昂的错误使项目延误了数月。
反义词
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cheap 便宜的;廉价的expensive 指价格或成本高;cheap 指价格低,但有时也含“质量低劣”的贬义。只想中性表达“不贵”时,inexpensive 往往更稳妥。This model is relatively cheap to buy and maintain. 这个型号的购买和维护成本都比较低。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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dear 昂贵的;亲爱的dear 在英式英语中可表示“昂贵的”,语气略显老派或口语化,也可表示“亲爱的”;expensive 是最通用、直接的“昂贵”,不受这些其他义项影响。Fresh fruit is rather dear at this time of year. 每年这个时候新鲜水果都相当贵。
常见搭配
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expensive to buy 购买价格昂贵的The equipment is expensive to buy but cheap to operate. 这套设备买起来贵,但运行成本低。
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expensive to run 运行或使用成本高的Older cars can be expensive to run because they use more fuel. 旧车可能使用成本很高,因为耗油更多。
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prohibitively expensive 贵得令人望而却步的For many families, private treatment is prohibitively expensive. 对许多家庭来说,私立医疗服务贵得令人望而却步。