1 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB with verb] 充满深情地 If you love someone dearly, you love them very much. 充满深情地 [formal, emphasis]
2 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB before verb] 非常;很 If you would dearly like to do or have something, you would very much like to do it or have it. 非常;很 [formal, emphasis]
SYN very much, greatly, deeply, extremely
3 PHRASE 为…付出沉重代价/使…付出沉重代价 If you pay dearly for doing something or if it costs you dearly, you suffer a lot as a result. 为…付出沉重代价/使…付出沉重代价 [formal]
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He drank too much and is paying dearly for it.
他现在正为酗酒付出沉重的代价。
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The Republican candidate's admissions about his failure to pay taxes cost him dearly.
该共和党候选人承认自己没有缴税，这一坦白让他付出了惨痛代价。
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