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
costly的比较级
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.- 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?
- Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes...
双语例句
- 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。 - Based on how fast the mice sipped, they appeared to find the costlier sugar water more tasty.
根据它们喝水的速度推断，看来老鼠们觉得代价更高的糖水味道更好。 - 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。 - 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。 - In sum, slower world economic growth and scarcer and costlier capital will mean a more difficult environment for developing countries.
总之，世界经济增速放缓，资本更加稀缺且成本上升，这些意味着发展中国家将面临更困难的环境。在这种环境中，各国提升资源使用效率和提高生产率的努力至关重要。 - 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。 - Such attenuated live vaccines can be more effective, but are costlier to produce.
这种减毒活疫苗更有效但生产成本也很昂贵。 - Doing so would please many investors and analysts who say the bank's parts would be worth more than the whole, but such a plan might be costlier than people think.
如果他这么做了，无疑将取悦许多认为花旗部分资产比整体资产更有价值的投资者及分析师，但他要是真的实施这一计划，其成本恐怕要超出人们想像。 - 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。 - 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。