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

• 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。
• 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。
• Latinos are especially fond of dogs, which are costlier than cats, but superior in every respect.
  拉美人特别喜欢狗，养狗成本要比猫高一些，但优越性也显而易见。
• 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。
• 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。
• Polio eradication efforts may seem costlier than controlling the disease, but they will ultimately reduce costs and the number of cases, say researchers.
  科学家们说，根除脊髓灰质炎（俗称小儿麻痹症）的举措可能看上去比控制脊髓灰质炎更昂贵，但是前者最终会降低脊髓灰质炎造成的费用和发病人数。
• 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。
• 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。
• The alternative higher interest rates and big budget deficits would mean larger, costlier debts.
  因为如果选择提高利率扩大预算赤字，政府将会面临更重的债务负担。
• 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。