expensive
英 [ɪk'spensɪv; ek-]
美 [ɪk'spɛnsɪv]
英文詞源
- expensive (adj.)
- 1620s, "given to profuse expenditure," from expense (n.) + -ive. Meaning "costly, requiring profuse expenditure" is from 1630s. Earlier was expenseful (c. 1600). Expenseless was in use mid-17c.-18c., but there seems now nothing notable to which it applies, and the dictionaries label it "obsolete." Related: Expensively; expensiveness.
雙語例句
- 1. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.
- 因為正在使用很多昂貴的設備，所以我非常緊張。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.
- 反對理由有兩點：太冒險而且太昂貴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他們確實從樓上搬到了樓下，因為房租太貴了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Although they're expensive, they last forever and never go out of style.
- 盡管價格昂貴，但它們經久耐用，永不過時。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.
- 更換機器或者重新鑄造新的玩具模具都是一個耗費時間和財力的過程。
來自柯林斯例句