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.
  1. 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?
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Visas to the UK are costlier, more complicated and take longer to process than the Schengen visa, which grants access to 26 European countries.
  赴英签证与可进入26个欧洲国家的申根签证（schengen）相比，花销更高、更复杂、处理时间也更长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Vocational training at technical institutes will be costlier.
  技术学院和职业培训相对要贵些。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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 dead zone drives shrimp farther out to sea, making it costlier and more time-consuming to catch them.
  死亡地带把虾赶往更远的海洋，进而需花更多成本，更多时间来捕捞它们。