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.- 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
- 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 theory of "efficiency wages" says that firms which cannot monitor workers'efforts well should instead pay high wages to make it costlier for them to risk being sacked.
“效率工资”理论指的是不能够很好的监控员工的努力程度的公司应该付高工资让他们不能承担被解雇的风险。 - 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。 - It argues that the surge of oil prices through costlier fertilizer and diesel is having a greater impact on food prices.
该机构指出，油价飙升对食品价格的影响更大，因为它推高了化肥和柴油价格。 - It spawned technological advances, but led to cars that were often costlier to produce.
这一变革带来了技术进步，但却常常推高了丰田汽车的生产成本。 - The more code you have, the costlier it will be to add anything new.
你拥有的代码越多，添加新内容所要付出的成本就越高。 - 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。 - Also likely to be axed: A new'ecological plastic'that emits less carbon dioxide over the course of its life than more traditional alternatives, but which is costlier to produce.
同样可能受到抛弃的还有：一种在使用过程中可比传统替代品排出更少二氧化碳的新型“生态塑料”，但它的生产成本过于昂贵。 - 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。 - 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”。