costliest

英 [ˈkɒstlɪɪst]

美 [ˈkɔstliɪst]

adj.  花钱多的; 昂贵的; 价钱高的; 引起困难的; 造成损失的
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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

• Seoul is Asia's costliest city for expatriates while the weaker yen has made Japanese cities more affordable, a survey released Monday said.
  星期一公布的一份调查显示：对于在亚洲的外国人来说，首尔已经成为物价最昂贵的亚洲城市，日本城市因为日元疲软，物价反而变得更轻易负担得起。
• In terms of energy, digestion is one of the costliest bodily functions.
  消化是最消耗能量的身体机能之一。
• Reinsurer Munich Re reckons that, between 1980 and 2008, eight of the 10 costliest natural disasters in Asia were typhoons that hit Japan.
  慕尼黑再保险公司（MunichRe）估计，在亚洲地区1980年至2008年10次经济损失最严重的自然灾害中，有8次是日本遭受的台风袭击。
• The costliest war in history
  历史上代价最高的战争
• Allograph person rate strive takes care of each income estate, the costliest, by the professional personage of marriage law respect the help is finished;
  代书人的收费标准力图照顾到各个收入阶层，最昂贵的，由婚姻法方面的专业人士帮助完成；
• At 81 billion dollars, Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in American history.
  卡特里娜飓风造成了近810亿美圆的损失，是美国历史上最严重的自然灾难之一。
• Hong Kong has taken over from Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, according to a lifestyle survey which also reveals the gap between the costliest and cheapest cities is narrowing.
  根据一项生活方式调查，香港已经取代东京坐上了世界上最昂贵城市的交椅，该调查同时显示生活成本最昂贵城市与最低廉城市之间的差距正在缩小。
• The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the costliest insurance event ever, illustrates why reform is overdue.
  飓风卡特里娜带来的毁坏，是至今为止涉及到最大金额的保险事宜。
• Random point scalar multiplication on binary field GF ( 2 m) is one of the costliest computations in elliptic curve cryptography.
  随机点点乘是椭圆曲线密码体制中最耗时的运算。
• Halfway through, this year is already the costliest on record for natural catastrophes, insurer Munich Re said Tuesday in its first-half review.
  慕尼黑再保险公司（MunichRe）本周二发表上半年业绩评论时提出，尽管时间刚刚过半，今年已经成为有记录以来自然灾害损失最高的年份。