expensive
英 /ɪkˈspensɪv/ 美 /ɪkˈspensɪv/
- adj. 昂贵的；花钱多的costing a large amount of money
These boots are too expensive for my budget.
这双靴子太贵，超出了我的预算。
Housing in major cities is becoming increasingly expensive, forcing many young workers to live farther from their workplaces.
大城市的住房越来越贵，迫使许多年轻职工住到离工作地点更远的地方。
搭配
too expensive 太贵increasingly expensive 日益昂贵expensive to maintain 维护费用高an expensive mistake 代价高昂的错误
辨析提示
物品贵用expensive，价格高用high。
词族
expense (n.)、expensively (adv.)、inexpensive (adj.)
近义 costly、pricey
反义 cheap、inexpensive
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