英语词汇expensive的词组、短语、固定搭配翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

expensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective costing a lot of moneynounsexpensive clothes/furniture/equipment She spent all her money on expensive clothes.an expensive car/camera/watch/phone There was a big expensive car parked outside their house. | He was wearing an expensive watch.an expensive gift/present Her boyfriend was always buying her expensive presents.an expensive hotel/restaurant We stayed at the most expensive hotel in town.an expensive place/area/part Tokyo is one of the world’s most expensive places to live. Don’t say an expensive price. Say a high price.adverbsrather expensive also quite expensive BrE The food’s quite expensive.too expensive Private medical insurance is too expensive for many people.ridiculously/outrageously/horrendously expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that seems shocking) Room service in the hotel was ridiculously expensive.astronomically/phenomenally expensive (=extremely expensive) The drug is phenomenally expensive.prohibitively expensive (=too expensive, with the result that most people cannot afford to buy something) HIV medicines are still prohibitively expensive for sufferers in Africa.verbslook/seem/sound expensive At £75, the concert tickets seemed rather expensive. | Her clothes look very expensive.phrasessth is expensive to make/produce/buy Handmade furniture is expensive to produce.sb has expensive tastes (=they want to have things that are very expensive) His wife has very expensive tastes.sth was an expensive mistake (=it resulted in someone having to spend a lot of money) Choosing the wrong builder turned out to be an expensive mistake.THESAURUS: expensive highrent | fee | price | cost | tax high rents, fees, taxes etc cost a lot of money: Rents are very high in Manhattan. | Lawyers charge high fees. | Drivers are complaining about the high price of fuel. | Students have problems because of the high cost of accommodation. | If people want better public services, they’ll have to pay higher taxes.High is the usual word to use before these nouns, not expensive.You also use high when talking about someone’s wages/salary/pay/income: Bankers are paid high salaries. pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informal expensive – used when something costs more than you want to pay: She looked at the menu. Everything was very pricey. | The clothes are beautiful but pricey. overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: The restaurant was overpriced and the food wasn’t very good. | The tickets are ridiculously overpriced. | The shop sells overpriced souvenirs. costlymistake | failure | business | exercise | process | lawsuit | legal battle | delay if something is costly, it results in you having to pay a lot of money : The decision turned out to be a costly mistake. | The project was a costly failure and he lost a lot of money. | Caring for all these animals is a costly business. | Moving house can be a costly exercise. | A lawsuit would be costly and we would probably lose. | They were hoping to avoid a costly legal battle. | The strike caused a costly delay in delivering the goods.You also use costly mistake about a mistake that causes you a lot of problems: Leaving their best player out of the team was a costly mistake. astronomicalprice | cost | amount | sum | rate | fee extremely expensive: The painting was sold for an astronomical price. | Housing costs are astronomical here. | Fifteen pounds was an astronomical amount of money in those days. | His paintings sell for astronomical sums of money. | Their interest rates are astronomical. | The director wanted an astronomical fee. exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/fee | price | rent | amount of money | rate much too expensive: Some accountants charge exorbitant fees. | It’s a nice hotel, but the prices are exorbitant. | We can’t afford to buy a house, and rents are exorbitant. | The call cost an exorbitant amount of money. | The building was being rented at an exorbitant rate.If something is too expensive for someone, you can say they cannot afford it: Young people cannot afford to live in the area.If something looks expensive, you can say that it must have cost a lot of money: The house looked like it must have cost a lot of money.ANTONYMS → cheap

词组	expensive
释义	expensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective costing a lot of moneynounsexpensive clothes/furniture/equipment She spent all her money on expensive clothes.an expensive car/camera/watch/phone There was a big expensive car parked outside their house. \| He was wearing an expensive watch.an expensive gift/present Her boyfriend was always buying her expensive presents.an expensive hotel/restaurant We stayed at the most expensive hotel in town.an expensive place/area/part Tokyo is one of the world’s most expensive places to live. Don’t say an expensive price. Say a high price.adverbsrather expensive also quite expensive BrE The food’s quite expensive.too expensive Private medical insurance is too expensive for many people.ridiculously/outrageously/horrendously expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that seems shocking) Room service in the hotel was ridiculously expensive.astronomically/phenomenally expensive (=extremely expensive) The drug is phenomenally expensive.prohibitively expensive (=too expensive, with the result that most people cannot afford to buy something) HIV medicines are still prohibitively expensive for sufferers in Africa.verbslook/seem/sound expensive At £75, the concert tickets seemed rather expensive. \| Her clothes look very expensive.phrasessth is expensive to make/produce/buy Handmade furniture is expensive to produce.sb has expensive tastes (=they want to have things that are very expensive) His wife has very expensive tastes.sth was an expensive mistake (=it resulted in someone having to spend a lot of money) Choosing the wrong builder turned out to be an expensive mistake.THESAURUS: expensive highrent \| fee \| price \| cost \| tax high rents, fees, taxes etc cost a lot of money: Rents are very high in Manhattan. \| Lawyers charge high fees. \| Drivers are complaining about the high price of fuel. \| Students have problems because of the high cost of accommodation. \| If people want better public services, they’ll have to pay higher taxes.High is the usual word to use before these nouns, not expensive.You also use high when talking about someone’s wages/salary/pay/income: Bankers are paid high salaries. pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informal expensive – used when something costs more than you want to pay: She looked at the menu. Everything was very pricey. \| The clothes are beautiful but pricey. overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: The restaurant was overpriced and the food wasn’t very good. \| The tickets are ridiculously overpriced. \| The shop sells overpriced souvenirs. costlymistake \| failure \| business \| exercise \| process \| lawsuit \| legal battle \| delay if something is costly, it results in you having to pay a lot of money : The decision turned out to be a costly mistake. \| The project was a costly failure and he lost a lot of money. \| Caring for all these animals is a costly business. \| Moving house can be a costly exercise. \| A lawsuit would be costly and we would probably lose. \| They were hoping to avoid a costly legal battle. \| The strike caused a costly delay in delivering the goods.You also use costly mistake about a mistake that causes you a lot of problems: Leaving their best player out of the team was a costly mistake. astronomicalprice \| cost \| amount \| sum \| rate \| fee extremely expensive: The painting was sold for an astronomical price. \| Housing costs are astronomical here. \| Fifteen pounds was an astronomical amount of money in those days. \| His paintings sell for astronomical sums of money. \| Their interest rates are astronomical. \| The director wanted an astronomical fee. exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/fee \| price \| rent \| amount of money \| rate much too expensive: Some accountants charge exorbitant fees. \| It’s a nice hotel, but the prices are exorbitant. \| We can’t afford to buy a house, and rents are exorbitant. \| The call cost an exorbitant amount of money. \| The building was being rented at an exorbitant rate.If something is too expensive for someone, you can say they cannot afford it: Young people cannot afford to live in the area.If something looks expensive, you can say that it must have cost a lot of money: The house looked like it must have cost a lot of money.ANTONYMS → cheap
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