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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• India's approach, however, yesterday drew a strong rebuke from two senior, Indian-born officials of the Asian Development Bank, highlighting concerns among international institutions that costlier food is leading to trade protectionism and new market distortions.
  然而，印度的举动昨日遭到了亚行两位印裔高级官员的强烈指责。这突显出，国际组织担心食品价格上涨将引发贸易保护主义和新的市场扭曲。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The more code you have, the costlier it will be to add anything new.
  你拥有的代码越多，添加新内容所要付出的成本就越高。
• Based on how fast the mice sipped, they appeared to find the costlier sugar water more tasty.
  根据它们喝水的速度推断，看来老鼠们觉得代价更高的糖水味道更好。