ex·pen·sive

adjective

/ɪkˈspensɪv/

costing a lot of money以高价；花大钱
- an expensive car/restaurant/holiday昂贵的汽车；高档的餐馆；花费大的假日
- I can't afford it—it's too expensive.我买不起，太贵了。
- Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。
- That dress was an expensive mistake.那件连衣裙看走眼买贵了。
- expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce.美术书籍制作成本高。
- expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.新法规对雇主来说可能成本高昂。
- expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.对于个人来说，投资债券可能会很昂贵。
- it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London.住在伦敦开销很大。
- it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.现在欧洲人来这里参观的费用更高了。
Synonyms expensive
expensivecostly ▪ overpriced ▪ pricey ▪ dearThese words all describe something that costs a lot of money.
expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices:
I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。
an expensive restaurant高档餐馆
costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay:
You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth:
ridiculously overpriced designer clothes贵得离谱的名牌衣服
pricey (informal) expensive:
Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.如今该村镇的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。
dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive:
Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？
This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned.
Patterns
- expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for somebody/something
- expensive/costly to do something
- very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey
opposite cheap (1), inexpensive
Extra Examples
- Food in this country is getting very expensive.这个国家的食物变得很昂贵。
- Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.每年给每个病人注射抗流感针剂的花费是无法承受的。
- Her suit looked extremely expensive.她的套装看上去极为昂贵。
- I found the food very expensive.我发现食物很贵。
- Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.这些司法案件中有些花费是非常大的。
- discreetly expensive perfume昂贵而不甚显眼的香水
Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- prove
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.

单词	expensive
释义	ex·pen·sive adjective /ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/ costing a lot of money以高价；花大钱 an expensive car/restaurant/holiday昂贵的汽车；高档的餐馆；花费大的假日 I can't afford it—it's too expensive.我买不起，太贵了。 Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.错误的决策可能会付出昂贵的代价。 That dress was an expensive mistake.那件连衣裙看走眼买贵了。 expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce.美术书籍制作成本高。 expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.新法规对雇主来说可能成本高昂。 expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.对于个人来说，投资债券可能会很昂贵。 it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London.住在伦敦开销很大。 it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.现在欧洲人来这里参观的费用更高了。 Synonyms expensiveexpensivecostly ▪ overpriced ▪ pricey ▪ dearThese words all describe something that costs a lot of money.expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices: I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。 an expensive restaurant高档餐馆 costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay: You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。 overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth: ridiculously overpriced designer clothes贵得离谱的名牌衣服 pricey (informal) expensive: Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.如今该村镇的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。 dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive: Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？ This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned.Patterns expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for somebody/something expensive/costly to do something very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey opposite cheap (1), inexpensive Extra Examples Food in this country is getting very expensive.这个国家的食物变得很昂贵。 Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.每年给每个病人注射抗流感针剂的花费是无法承受的。 Her suit looked extremely expensive.她的套装看上去极为昂贵。 I found the food very expensive.我发现食物很贵。 Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.这些司法案件中有些花费是非常大的。 discreetly expensive perfume昂贵而不甚显眼的香水 Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look prove … adverb extremely fairly very … Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.
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