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

• If they default on their debt, that only makes it harder and costlier to borrow in the future.
  如果他们出现债务违约，只会使将来举债更加困难，成本也更高。
• Also likely to be axed: A new'ecological plastic'that emits less carbon dioxide over the course of its life than more traditional alternatives, but which is costlier to produce.
  同样可能受到抛弃的还有：一种在使用过程中可比传统替代品排出更少二氧化碳的新型“生态塑料”，但它的生产成本过于昂贵。
• 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。
• 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。
• This will make the regulatory process longer and costlier for the company, with a high risk of TI suffering the same fate as the other drugs.
  这样将会造成公司的管理过程更加长，花费更加大，遭受和其他药品一样的命运而承受高度的风险。
• Like enriched uranium, hypocrisy can be costlier than it seems.
  就如浓缩铀，伪善的代价比看起来的更高。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。