英语词典 · 单词释义
expensive
英 [ɪk'spensɪv; ek-] 美 [ɪk'spɛnsɪv]
这里集中整理“expensive”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 昂贵的;花钱的
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
比较级: more expensive;最高级: most expensive;副词: expensively;
英文词源
- expensive (adj.)
- 1620s, "given to profuse expenditure," from expense (n.) + -ive. Meaning "costly, requiring profuse expenditure" is from 1630s. Earlier was expenseful (c. 1600). Expenseless was in use mid-17c.-18c., but there seems now nothing notable to which it applies, and the dictionaries label it "obsolete." Related: Expensively; expensiveness.
双语例句
- 1. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.
- 因为正在使用很多昂贵的设备,所以我非常紧张。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.
- 反对理由有两点:太冒险而且太昂贵。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他们确实从楼上搬到了楼下,因为房租太贵了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Although they're expensive, they last forever and never go out of style.
- 尽管价格昂贵,但它们经久耐用,永不过时。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.
- 更换机器或者重新铸造新的玩具模具都是一个耗费时间和财力的过程。
来自柯林斯例句
成语小故事
- 厚今薄古 厚:推崇,重视;薄:轻视,怠慢。重视现代的,轻视古代的。多用于学术研... »
- 黄梁一梦 黄米饭尚未蒸熟,一场好梦已经做醒。原比喻人生虚幻。后比喻不能实现的梦... »
- 朝不保夕 早晨不能知道晚上会变成什么样子或发生什么情况。形容形势危急,难以预料... »
- 赤地千里 赤:空。形容天灾或战争造成大量土地荒凉的景象。 >> 赤地千里的故事 »
- 座无虚席 虚:空。座位没有空着的。形容出席的人很多。 »
- 不失圭撮 圭撮:容量词,六栗为一圭,十圭为一撮。形容数量准确。 »
- 闳意妙指 指宏大微妙的意旨。指,同“旨”,意义,目的。 »
- 坐拥百城 有一万卷书,胜似管理一百座城的大官。比喻藏书极丰富。 »
- 公平正直 公道平等,不偏袒,不营私。 »
- 比肩迭迹 肩膀相靠,足迹相迭。形容人多。 »