expensive

英 [ɪk'spensɪv] 美 [ɪk'spensɪv]

• adj. 昂贵的；高价的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 昂贵的,费用大的

   costing a lot (of money)

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 昂贵的
2. 高价的
3. 花钱（多）的
4. 价格高的
5. 费钱的
6. 花费大
7. 开销大
8. 代价昂贵
9. 消费大
10. 高级的
11. 华丽的
12. 阔绰的
13. 讲排场的
14. 浪费
15. 劳民伤财
16. 太会花钱
17. 花大钱
18. 乱花钱
19. 破费

英英释义

Adjective:

1. high in price or charging high prices;

   "expensive clothes"
   "an expensive shop"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The dress is too expensive for me to buy.
   那衣服太昂贵，我买不起。
2. A cheaper camera is not always inferior to a more expensive one.
   廉价照相机的质量并总不比昂贵的差。
3. This set of crystal wine cups is very expensive.
   这套水晶玻璃酒杯非常昂贵。
4. The overhead costs are ridiculously expensive.
   日常开支太高了。
5. It is more expensive to go by plane than by boat.
   坐飞机去比坐船去的费用更高一些。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He flattered her with flowers and expensive gifts.
   他用鲜花和昂贵的礼物讨好她。
2. We really don't need such a big, expensive car.
   我们实在并不需要如此大而豪华的汽车。
3. He gently refused to accept these expensive gifts.
   他委婉地拒绝了这些贵重的礼物。
4. The state government inaugurated an expensive project.
   州政府开始了一项耗资巨大的工程。
5. The shop sells very expensive clothes.
   这家商店销售十分昂贵的服装。
6. Such expensive dresses are not available in ordinary department stores.
   这样昂贵的衣服在普通百货商店里是买不到的。
7. I haven't got much money. Is it an expensive shop?
   我手头钱不多,那家店铺的商品售价很高吗?
8. Cargo handling usually takes time and expensive equipment.
   货物装卸通常费时,并需要昂贵的设备。
9. They had an expensive party last week.
   上星期他们举行了一次豪华的聚会。
10. It was an expensive education.
    它是一项耗资巨大的教育。
11. A long illness is an expensive misfortune for the average family.
    长期的生病对于普通家庭来说是件费钱而又不幸的事。
12. His books were bringing in royalties enough to enable him to live in a more expensive style.
    他的著作所获版税十分可观,足以使他过更为富裕的生活。
13. I bought the most expensive watch.
    我买了那块最昂贵的手表。
14. A passing group attracted his attention, two gentlemen and a radiantly expensive lady.
    一群过路的人引起了他的注意,两个男士和一位衣着华丽的妇女。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. If it is too expensive I don't want it.
   这东西如果太贵,我就不要了。
2. It may be expensive, but it's worth the price.
   这东西可能比较贵,但物有所值。
3. I don't like those shoes, besides, they're too expensive.
   那双鞋我不喜欢,而且也太贵。
4. The bed is expensive.
   这张床很贵。
5. Diamonds come expensive.
   钻石现在价格很贵。
6. The book was very expensive, costing over $500.
   这本书非常昂贵,要花500多美元。
7. The meals in that restaurant are very expensive.
   那家酒店的饭菜很贵。
8. Alcoholic drinks are relatively expensive.
   低度饮料相应地涨价了。
9. Living in the country is less expensive than in the city.
   住在乡间比住在城里花钱少。
10. Tailors are so expensive.
    裁缝们索价很高。
11. This was more expensive than the other one.
    这本杂志比其他杂志贵。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. The book is too expensive for me.
   这本书太贵了,我买不起。
2. Such a tour would be too expensive for me.
   这样的旅行观光对我来说太贵了。
3. Meat was scarce during the war and too expensive for ordinary people.
   战争期间肉类紧缺,贵得普通人家买不起。
4. Houses are very expensive in this area.
   这个地区的房价非常昂贵。

S+be+～+to- v

1. Things such as diamonds are expensive to buy.
   买钻石这类的东西是很贵的。
2. Gold is too expensive to be used as a conductor.
   黄金太贵了,以致不能用作导体。

It is/was+～+(for sb) to- v

1. It is expensive to travel by plane.
   乘飞机旅行很费钱。
2. It's too expensive for me to buy.
   太贵了,我买不起。

经典引文

• Young Men..are..so expensive both of their Health and Fortune.

  出自： Steele

• A regular arrangement of extracts..is..more expensive of time.

  出自： J. Gilchrist

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• expensive book 昂贵的书
• expensive car 昂贵的小汽车
• expensive clothes 昂贵的衣服
• expensive education 费用高的教育
• expensive gift 昂贵的礼物
• expensive lady 衣着华丽的妇女
• expensive mode of living 奢华的生活方式
• expensive party 耗资巨大的晚会
• expensive project 耗资巨大的工程
• expensive watch 昂贵的手表

副词+～

• abominably expensive 奢侈得可恶
• absurdly expensive 价钱高得不合理,奢侈得愚蠢
• amazingly expensive 昂贵得惊人
• criminally expensive 奢侈得可耻
• cruelly expensive 极昂贵
• dreadfully expensive 极端昂贵
• enormously expensive 奢侈得极可恶
• excessively expensive 极度奢侈
• exorbitantly expensive 昂贵得过头
• extravagantly expensive 过度奢侈
• extremely expensive 极其昂贵
• foolishly expensive 奢侈得愚蠢
• inconceivably expensive 昂贵得惊人
• inevitably expensive 必然昂贵
• inexpressibly expensive 奢侈得无法形容
• naturally expensive 自然昂贵
• outrageously expensive 奢侈得令人不能容忍

～+动词不定式

• expensive to buy 买不起
• expensive to travel by plane 乘飞机旅行太贵

～+介词

• expensive for sb 对于某人来说太贵
• expensive in diet 花在饮食上的费用大

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. expensive的基本意思是“昂贵的,费用大的”,指花费的时间多、金额高或精力大。在用于价格时,含有超过应有价值或超出购物者的购买能力的意味。
2. expensive常用于修饰物,有时也可用于修饰人,此时多强调一个人的“衣着华丽”。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

expensive, costly, dear

• 这组词的共同意思是“高贵的”或“昂贵的”。其区别在于:dear指本身并不见得贵,但与同类物品的价格相比而显得“贵”; expensive指虽物有所值,但超出购买者支付能力的“贵”; costly则指物体本身“贵重”,因而价格“昂贵”,常引申指耗费的物质或精力很大。例如:
• In the middle of the summer, fresh oranges are dear, but in the winter months they are cheap.仲夏时节的鲜桔很贵,但在冬季的几个月里却很便宜。
• We indulged in an expensive supper after the concert.音乐会后我们尽情地享受了一顿昂贵的晚餐。
• Selling your house can be a costly and time-consuming business.出售你的房子很可能是费钱耗时的事。

dear，expensive，costly

• 这些形容词都表示物品价格“高的，昂贵的”之意。
• dear侧重指要价过高，或远高于公道、合理的价格，其反义词是cheap。
• expensive指物品的价格超过了它本身所值，或超过了购买者的支付能力。
• costly指物品价格高，通常是因物品稀少或珍贵所致。

常见错误

adj. (形容词)

1. 这套衣服的价钱太贵了。

   误 The price of this suit of clothes is too expensive.

   正 The price of this suit of clothes is too high.

   正 This suit of clothes is too expensive.

   析 expensive意为“昂贵的,费用巨大的”,不可与price连用。

2. 经营现代化的农场花钱不多。

   误 Modern farms aren't expensive to be developed.

   正 Modern farms aren't expensive to develop.

   正 Modern farms aren't expensive for us to develop.

   析 be expensive+to- v 结构中,不定式的主动形式有被动意义,所以不可用被动结构。

3. 我在集邮簿里收藏了许多贵重的邮票。

   误 In my stamp album I have many highly-costed stamps.

   正 In my stamp album I have many expensive stamps.

   析 highly-costed意为“成本高”, expensive才是“有价值的,贵重的”的意思。

词源解说

• ☆ 17世纪20年代进入英语，直接源自近代拉丁语的expensa，意为花费的，昂贵的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• costly
• dear
• high-priced

【反义词】

• cheap
• inexpensive
• modest