costlier

英 [ˈkɒstlɪə]

美 [ˈkɔstliər]

adj.  花钱多的; 昂贵的; 价钱高的; 引起困难的; 造成损失的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 昂贵的;价格高的
  If you say that something iscostly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
  1. 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?
• ADJ-GRADED 造成严重损失的;代价大的
  If you describe someone's action or mistake ascostly, you mean that it results in a serious disadvantage for them, for example the loss of a large amount of money or the loss of their reputation.
  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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Like enriched uranium, hypocrisy can be costlier than it seems.
  就如浓缩铀，伪善的代价比看起来的更高。
• Space limitations may also make parking costlier in the city.
  空间的限制可能也会使城市中的停车费更贵。
• Latinos are especially fond of dogs, which are costlier than cats, but superior in every respect.
  拉美人特别喜欢狗，养狗成本要比猫高一些，但优越性也显而易见。
• Exiting too early is costlier than exiting too late, he said this week.
  太早退出比太晚退出的代价高，斯特劳斯-卡恩本周表示。
• India's approach, however, yesterday drew a strong rebuke from two senior, Indian-born officials of the Asian Development Bank, highlighting concerns among international institutions that costlier food is leading to trade protectionism and new market distortions.
  然而，印度的举动昨日遭到了亚行两位印裔高级官员的强烈指责。这突显出，国际组织担心食品价格上涨将引发贸易保护主义和新的市场扭曲。
• The dead zone drives shrimp farther out to sea, making it costlier and more time-consuming to catch them.
  死亡地带把虾赶往更远的海洋，进而需花更多成本，更多时间来捕捞它们。
• A high exchange value makes Japanese exports costlier and less competitive.
  高汇率会使日本出的口产品价格昂贵，竞争力减弱。
• Things were different& slower, costlier, stuck in red tape, less tangible, less experimental.
  从此，情况有了变化&速度下降，成本上升，受到繁文缛节的束缚，不那么实际，也不那么有试验性。
• Starting a thread is slightly costlier than before but most of the code can run in parallel after.
  启动一个线程的开销比之前稍微高一点，但之后大部分代码都能并行运行。
• Generally, the convenience of cities makes them costlier.
  一般来说，城市生活的便利也使它更加昂贵。