expensive

The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.

这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。

a bottle of expensive perfume

一瓶昂贵的香水

That's an inefficient and expensive method.

这种方法少慢差费.

Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied.

磁带成本高，而且每录制一次音质就会变差一些。

They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.

他们确实从楼上搬到了楼下，因为房租太贵了。

She later developed a taste for expensive nightclubs.

她后来逐渐变得喜欢去消费高昂的夜总会。

Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.

比起穿着昂贵的套装到高档饭店吃饭，他更喜欢吃汉堡、买成衣。

I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing.

我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

This fur coat is expensive.

这件皮大衣价格高昂.

Her bikini was one of those expensive designer jobbies.

她的比基尼泳装是那种价格昂贵的名牌产品。

Many outings can now be horrendously expensive for parents with a young family.

目前很多短途出游对于子女年幼的父母来说都贵得离谱。

Although they're expensive, they last forever and never go out of style.

尽管价格昂贵，但它们经久耐用，永不过时。

Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information.

经理的薪金过高，职责太过重大，不能将时间浪费在挖掘市场信息上。

Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine.

在昂贵的治疗性药物上花费太多，在预防性药物上的支出则太少。

The upkeep of a yacht is very expensive.

游艇的维修保养费是很昂贵的.

John chose the least expensive of the book in these books.

约翰在这些书中选了一本最便宜的.

The house was too expensive and too big. Besides, I'd grown fond of our little rented house.

这座房子太贵太大了。再说，我已经喜欢上我们租的小房子了。

We choose an expensive toy for the boy.

我们给孩子买了一件昂贵的玩具.

The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.

接着向我走过来的那个人是卖高档钢笔和手表的.

The territory was too expensive for any purchaser, so the two couples parceled out a picnic lunch.

这地方什么都贵, 因此,两对夫妇分享一顿野餐.

In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment.

他们在河水上涨仓促逃离时，丢掉了一些值钱的装备。

He felt a real country bumpkin, sitting in that expensive restaurant, not knowing which cutlery to use.

他觉得自己像个土老帽儿, 坐在高级餐厅里, 不知道该用哪一件餐具.

GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.

关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。

She was wearing an expensive new outfit.

她穿着一身昂贵的新衣裳。

Smoked salmon was considered an expensive delicacy.

熏鲑鱼被认为是一道昂贵的珍馐。

It became increasingly expensive to hire casual workers.

雇用临时工越来越贵了。

The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.

反对理由有两点：太冒险而且太昂贵。

He wore an expensive, dark blue pinstripe suit.

他身穿一套件价格不菲的深蓝色细条纹西装。