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
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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Starting a thread is slightly costlier than before but most of the code can run in parallel after.
  启动一个线程的开销比之前稍微高一点，但之后大部分代码都能并行运行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In sum, slower world economic growth and scarcer and costlier capital will mean a more difficult environment for developing countries.
  总之，世界经济增速放缓，资本更加稀缺且成本上升，这些意味着发展中国家将面临更困难的环境。在这种环境中，各国提升资源使用效率和提高生产率的努力至关重要。
• 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。