英汉词典

costly 基本解释

• adj. 昂贵的；代价高的
• n. (Costly)人名；(英)科斯特利

costly 词态变化

costly 英文词源

costly (adj.)

late 14c., from cost + -ly (1). Earlier formation with the same sense were costful (mid-13c.), costious (mid-14c.).

costly 英文释义

1. entailing great loss or sacrifice;

"a dearly-won victory"

2. having a high price;

"costly jewelry"

"high-priced merchandise"

"much too dear for my pocketbook"

"a pricey restaurant"

costly 同义词解析

dear, expensive, costly

这些形容词都表示物品价格"高的，昂贵的"之意。

dear： 侧重指要价过高，或远高于公道、合理的价格，其反义词是cheap。

expensive： 指物品的价格超过了它本身所值，或超过了购买者的支付能力。

costly： 指物品价格高，通常是因物品稀少或珍贵所致。

costly 双语例句

1. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes.

心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。

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2. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.

提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。

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3. At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.

要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。

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4. Coastal defence is a costly business.

海防事务很耗费资财。

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5. It can be costly to refinance.

再融资有时费用会很高。

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costly 实用场景例句

Mining can be costly in terms of lives (= too many people can die) .

采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。

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a costly mistake/failure

造成重大损失的错误 / 失败

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Buying new furniture may prove too costly.

购买新家具可能会花钱太多。

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This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly.

国际银行业的这种丑闻一直以来都会造成极其恶劣的政治影响。

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Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes...

心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。

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Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?

既然找专门人员做窗帘非常贵，为什么不自己做呢?

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Creating appropriate learning space does not require costly renovations.

创造适当的学习空间不需要太多费用.

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Our rushing is understandable, but costly.

我们整日忙忙碌碌是可以理解的, 但也为此付出了沉重的代价.

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Switch arrows and signals of semaphores and transport costly presents from one station to another.

改变动臂信号机箭头方向和信号并运输贵重的礼物从一个站到另一个站.

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Vamp fabrics uses leather of high quality complete grain and costly goatskin.

鞋面面料采用高品质全颗粒皮革和奢华的山羊皮.

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You have there a new lady's dress. With costly laces, too.

你这里有一件女式新衣裙, 而且镶有名贵的花边.

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Excess methodology weight is costly.

方法集中超出的重量代价很高.

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It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.

维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵.

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It was a costly victory.

那是一次代价很高的胜利.

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This dictionary is very useful, only it is a bit costly.

这本词典很有用, 左不过贵了些.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

In rural areas the distance between buildings makes infrastructure development costly.

农村地区房屋之间的距离较大,这造成基础设施建设耗费资金.

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They bribed him with costly presents.

他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他.

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Currently, medicine for sleeping sickness requires a series of rejections injections that are costly and painful.

目前, 治疗昏睡症的药物需要一系列的注射,不仅费用昂贵,病人还要忍受疼痛以及需要住院观察.

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But freezing and shipping milk can be costly.

但是冷冻和运输母乳的成本很高.

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But other New Year's Eve celebrations can be costly.

但是其他地方的除夕夜庆典就可能会比较昂贵.

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Our former process was too costly.

我们上道制造程序成本太高.

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But for those who rushed to buy near the top, peace of mind was costly.

但对于那些贸然在高位买进的人来说, 这份心安的代价高昂.

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I was rendered timid by the costly nature of their dealings.

我以为他们做的都是大买卖,胆子就变小了.

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It was a costly ( or expensive ) error.

那是一次损失很重的错误.

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That is a costly house.

那是一座豪华的房子.

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An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike.

一次轻率的讲话导致长时间、代价高昂的罢工.

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Buying new furniture may prove too costly.

购买新家具可能会花钱太多。

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Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.

他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。

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