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

• 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。
• It is obviously costly and risky if we do that, but the only thing likely to be costlier and riskier is a Libya in which a government is not in control of its own territory.
  如果我们这样做的话，显然会代价高昂且风险很高，但一个没有将自己的领土控制在手中的利比亚政府可能将是唯一一件比这代价更高、风险更大的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, there is an exemption for trading in US government securities but not other sovereigns, so it could reduce liquidity in non-US sovereign markets, making it more difficult, costlier and riskier for countries to issue and distribute debt.
  然而，对美国国债交易却网开一面（而其他国家国债则不可以），因此这可能会减少非美国国债市场的流动性，加大其他国家发行和销售债券的难度、成本和风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。