| 单词 | expensive |
| 释义 | expensiveexpensiveexpensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective something that is expensive costs a lot of money OPP cheap: an expensive restaurant昂贵的饭店THESAURUS: expensiveexpensive something that is expensive costs a lot of money: an expensive presentLand is very expensive.behigh high prices, rents, taxes, or fees cost a lot of money. Do not use expensive with these words: People are worried about the high price of fuel.beworryThe rent is too high.rendbeLawyers charge high fees.lawyerfeepricey informal expensive: £550 for a plane ticket does sound rather pricey.dodear British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: £8 for a salad sounds rather dear.soundThe fruit in the supermarket is much dearer than in our local shop.bedearfancy informal something that is fancy looks expensive: We stayed in a fancy hotel.stayfancy clothesclotheoverpriced things that are overpriced cost more than they should: overpriced restaurantsrestaurantThe food was overpriced.beastronomical astronomical prices, costs, rents, or fees cost a very large amount of money, especially too much money: Some people paid astronomical prices for tickets to the game.paypriceticketthe astronomical cost of oilcost a fortune informal to be very expensive: The meal cost a fortune!somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: A lot of young people can’t afford to buy a house.something is a ripoff informal used when saying that something is much too expensive and you feel that you are being cheated: $125 for a shirt. What a ripoff! |
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