喜樂美語
  1. 1aA1/ɪkˈspensɪv/貴的

    Costing a lot of money.

    Costing要花 a lot of money很多錢

    示範例句 · Example

    That bag is too expensive — let's look for a cheaper one.

    逐字那個包包太貴了——我們找個便宜一點的吧。

    「expensive」是英文裡最常用的「貴」——指一樣東西要花很多錢。它的相反詞是 cheap（便宜）。可以這樣記：expensive 形容「東西本身的價格高」，所以我們說 The bag is expensive；要說「人花很多錢」時，英文不用 expensive 形容人，而是說 The bag cost me a lot。

    常見搭配

    • an expensive mistake

      代價高的錯誤

      a mistake that costs a lot of money

      Buying the wrong ticket was an expensive mistake.

    • an expensive hobby

      花錢的嗜好

      a hobby that needs a lot of money

      Collecting model trains is an expensive hobby.

    • too expensive

      太貴

      costing more money than you want to pay

      This jacket is nice but too expensive for me.

    • expensive tastes

      喜歡昂貴的東西

      liking things that cost a lot of money

      She has expensive tastes and loves designer bags.

    意思相近

    costlypriceydear

core核心畫面

You can picture expensive as a price tag that makes you pause: getting this thing pulls a lot of money out of your pocket.

可以把 expensive 想成一張讓你遲疑的價錢標籤：要拿到這樣東西，得從口袋裡掏出很多錢。

同家族的字

比較級 more expensive最高級 most expensive

意思相近

costlypriceydear

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

expensiveadj/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

  • 1

    Having a high price or cost.

    • If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.
    • In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsTaking a lot of system time or resources.

    • an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm
  • 3

    obsoleteGiven to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

    • […] And that he looked into his own affairs, and underſtood them; That he had, when abroad, been very expenſive; and contracted a large debt (for he made no ſecret of his affairs); […]
    • […] thus naturally generous and expenſive, he ſquandered away his money, and made a moſt ſplendid appearance upon the receipt of his quarterly appointment; […]
  • 4

    ball-gamescricketgamesHaving a high economy rate.

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