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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But if those measures are passed, America risks something far costlier than a switch to cleaner energy: a global trade war.
但是如果那些政策得以通过的话，美国就会面临比使用清洁能源成本要更高的风险：全球贸易战。 - Doing so would please many investors and analysts who say the bank's parts would be worth more than the whole, but such a plan might be costlier than people think.
如果他这么做了，无疑将取悦许多认为花旗部分资产比整体资产更有价值的投资者及分析师，但他要是真的实施这一计划，其成本恐怕要超出人们想像。 - 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。 - 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。 - Polio eradication efforts may seem costlier than controlling the disease, but they will ultimately reduce costs and the number of cases, say researchers.
科学家们说，根除脊髓灰质炎（俗称小儿麻痹症）的举措可能看上去比控制脊髓灰质炎更昂贵，但是前者最终会降低脊髓灰质炎造成的费用和发病人数。 - Such attenuated live vaccines can be more effective, but are costlier to produce.
这种减毒活疫苗更有效但生产成本也很昂贵。