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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。