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
- The idea is that this would make French products more competitive, and imports costlier a sort of pseudo-devaluation.
法国政府的想法是，此举将提高本国产品的竞争力，同时让进口产品变得更昂贵这是一种“伪贬值”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The alternative higher interest rates and big budget deficits would mean larger, costlier debts.
因为如果选择提高利率扩大预算赤字，政府将会面临更重的债务负担。 - It is obviously costly and risky if we do that, but the only thing likely to be costlier and riskier is a Libya in which a government is not in control of its own territory.
如果我们这样做的话，显然会代价高昂且风险很高，但一个没有将自己的领土控制在手中的利比亚政府可能将是唯一一件比这代价更高、风险更大的事情。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。