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柯林斯词典

同根词

词根：cost

• adj.

  costless 不花钱的；无须付出代价的

• n.

  cost 费用，代价，成本；损失

  costliness 昂贵；奢华

• vi.

  cost 花费

• vt.

  cost 花费；使付出；使花许多钱

同近义词

• adj.昂贵的；代价高的

  expensive   /   rich   /   dear

同义词辨析

precious costly dear expensive valuable 【导航词义：贵重的，昂贵的】

precious adj. 贵重的

例1: precious vases

稀世花瓶

例2: There is a crown set with precious jewels in his safe.

他保险箱里有一个嵌满贵重宝石的王冠。

costly adj. 昂贵的

例1: Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy.

买这么一套家具要花很多钱。

例2: He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings.

他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。

dear adj. [英] 昂贵的

例1: Cars are dearer in Britain than in Europe.

汽车在英国比在欧洲要贵。

例2: Everything is so dear now.

现在什么东西都这么贵。

expensive adj. 昂贵的

例1: This apartment is too expensive for me to buy.

这套公寓太贵了，我买不起。

例2: They went to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate her birthday.

他们去城里最贵的餐馆庆祝她的生日。

valuable adj. 贵重的

例1: His wife was wondering where he put their most valuable belongings.

他的妻子很想知道他把他们最值钱的财物放在哪里。

例2: Two valuable paintings were stolen from that museum last night.

那个博物馆昨晚有两幅名贵的画失窃。

词组短语

1. costly furniture 高档家具

2. Carlos Costly 科斯特利 ; 科斯利

3. it is costly 这是代价高昂 ; 它是代价高昂 ; 它是昂贵的

4. be costly 是代价高昂 ; 费用昂贵 ; 代价高昂

5. costly tuition fee 昂贵的学费

6. Costly Spices 昂贵的香料

7. cash Costly 现金代价高昂 ; 现金不惜血本 ; 现金成本高昂

8. Costly Distractions 昂贵的分心

权威例句

1. Vamp fabrics uses leather of high quality complete grain and costly goatskin.

鞋面面料采用高品质全颗粒皮革和奢华的山羊皮.《期刊摘选》

2. Opponents worry that such expansion would be costly for taxpayers, but advocates say it would save money in the long run.

反对者担心这样的扩张会让纳税人付出高昂的代价，但支持者说，从长远来看，这种扩张可以节省资金。

3. It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.

维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵.《简明英汉词典》

4. a costly mistake/failure

造成重大损失的错误 / 失败《牛津词典》

5. Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.

当这布还在织的时候，皇帝就亲自去看它了。

6. The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.

最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。《牛津词典》

7. Currently, medicine for sleeping sickness requires a series of rejections injections that are costly and painful.

目前, 治疗昏睡症的药物需要一系列的注射,不仅费用昂贵,病人还要忍受疼痛以及需要住院观察.《期刊摘选》

8. Las Vegas police committed a string of costly missteps.

拉斯维加斯警局出了一连串的差错，他们为此付出了昂贵的代价。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9. But for those who rushed to buy near the top, peace of mind was costly.

但对于那些贸然在高位买进的人来说, 这份心安的代价高昂.《期刊摘选》

10. Life Is costly, care for it.

生活是昂贵的, 去看管着它吧.《期刊摘选》

11. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly.

但是冷冻和运输母乳的成本很高.《期刊摘选》

12. The victory is costly.

这一胜利的代价很高。

13. Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if everyone used the cheaper drug, Avastin, instead of the costlier one, Lucentis.

如果每个人都使用更便宜的药物安维汀,而不是更昂贵的诺适得,联邦医疗保险每年可以节省数亿美元。《六级真题- 2015年 12月 1卷 阅读A》

14. Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly.

动物发出的信号，如鸟类复杂的鸣叫声，往往代价高昂。

15. Creating appropriate learning space does not require costly renovations.

创造适当的学习空间不需要太多费用.《期刊摘选》

16. We need some costly materials.

我们需要某些价值昂贵的材料。

17. This is the costliest war in our history.

这是我们历史上付出代价最大的战争。

18. The major components of our energy systems, such as fuel production, refining, electrical generation and distribution, are costly installation that have lengthy life span.

我们能源系统的主要组成部分，如燃料生产、提炼、发电和分配，用的是昂贵的、使用寿命较长的装置。

19. The sofa is really costly.

那沙发可真贵。

20. But most CFOs continue to rate credit as hard to obtain and costly.

但大多数CFO们继续对信贷的努力,才能获取和昂贵的.《期刊摘选》

21. The costly books were bid in at the sale of 1878.

那些昂贵的书籍在1878年的那次拍卖中由书的主人自己以高价买下.《期刊摘选》

22. Students may not like being put on waiting lists, but mistakes can be costly.

学生可能不喜欢被放在等候名单中, 然而教训是昂贵的.《期刊摘选》

23. Refrigerators are costly and they need electricity.

电冰箱是十分昂贵的而且也需要电.《期刊摘选》

24. Greens attacked him, saying his new varieties used too much water and costly chemical fertilizer; his link with DuPont was noted.

环保主义者攻击他，说他的新品种使用了太多的水和昂贵的化学肥料；人们注意到他与杜邦公司的关系。

25. You have there a new lady's dress. With costly laces, too.

你这里有一件女式新衣裙, 而且镶有名贵的花边.《期刊摘选》

26. It was a costly victory.

那是一次代价很高的胜利.《用法词典》

27. Lighting a surface can be a costly operation.

光照一个表面可以是一个昂贵的操作.《期刊摘选》

28. Viable alternative to more costly special alloy stems.

是昂贵的特殊合金阀杆的切实可行的替代方案.《期刊摘选》

29. Buying new furniture may prove too costly.

购买新家具可能会花钱太多。《牛津词典》

30. He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings.

他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

31. An alternative to the costly monoclonal antibody approach.

可替代昂贵的单克隆抗体分析方法.《期刊摘选》

32. That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.

这样我们就可以避免在用电高峰期建造昂贵的电厂或购买昂贵的电力。

33. The plan dropped through when it proved too costly.

付出了那么多的努力，这计划还是失败了。

34. By usingcash also avoid taking out a costly loan.

以现金支付则避免了昂贵的汽车贷款.《期刊摘选》

35. Switch arrows and signals of semaphores and transport costly presents from one station to another.

改变动臂信号机箭头方向和信号并运输贵重的礼物从一个站到另一个站.《期刊摘选》

36. At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.

要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

37. Too long a sentence will take up costly space better used for the violent and unremorseful.

太长的句子会占用昂贵的空间，而这些空间可以被更好地用于暴力和无情的人。

38. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.

他们中的许多人反而成为了妨害诉讼的归档者，这使得侵权制度成为了一场代价高昂的噩梦。

39. I abandoned the New York tollway south of Albany in search of roads less costly.

我不走阿尔巴尼南面的纽约收费公路，而去找一些收费不高的道路。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

40. They said the paint used was also characteristic of that period, as was the intricate and costly style of the lace ruff worn by the man in the portrait.

他们说，像肖像画里男人所穿戴的复杂而又昂贵的蕾丝飞边那样，所用的颜料也具有那个时期的特征。

41. She would request such items as costly perfumes and jewellery.

她会要求像昂贵的香水和珠宝这样的东西.《期刊摘选》

42. Cadets are having to use football rattles to simulate gunfire because blank ammunition is too costly.

空包弹太昂贵了，军校学员不得不用足球比赛时助威用的响板来模拟枪声。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

43. Excess methodology weight is costly.

方法集中超出的重量代价很高.《期刊摘选》

44. But other New Year's Eve celebrations can be costly.

但是其他地方的除夕夜庆典就可能会比较昂贵.《期刊摘选》

45. A cure for America's lame and costly broadband?

解决美国差劲又昂贵的宽带的一剂良方?《期刊摘选》

46. Letting animals feed continually and intensively in the same area grazing areas can require costly replanting.

让动物持续的,集中的放养在同一片放牧区域内需要昂贵的重栽费用.《期刊摘选》

47. Over time, that could push down prices for often costly biotech drugs.

此方案在一段时间内会将长期昂贵的生物技术药物价格打压下来.《期刊摘选》

48. In approaching a problem we should see the whole as well as the parts.

我们看问题,不但要看到部分,而且要看到全体.《现代汉英综合大词典》

49. Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.

这整个时期里的旅行是艰辛、昂贵的，可能只有享有特权的阶级才能旅行，同样也是这个阶级造就了有教养的科学家、作家、古董专家和艺术赞助人。

50. The solder style ZWB 999's may be installed without disassembly, saving costly installation time.

焊接类型的ZWB999可以适用于不需要拆卸的安装, 节省昂贵的安装时间.《期刊摘选》

51. At least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.

至少他们已经表明，当企业陷入法律纠纷时，品格良好的证明可以为他们赢得一个代价较低的惩罚。

52. That is a costly house.

那是一座豪华的房子.《用法词典》

53. A associative scheme is most flexible but too costly for implementation.

一个结合的方案是对落实是有柔性的但是太昂贵的大部分.《期刊摘选》

54. 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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

55. You may also be performing too many blending operations, which are costly.

可能你执行了太多的混合操作, 那玩意是很昂贵的.《期刊摘选》

56. Dainty and costly dress is second nature to her.

喜爱精致昂贵的衣服是她的第二天性.《期刊摘选》

57. In rural areas the distance between buildings makes infrastructure development costly.

农村地区房屋之间的距离较大,这造成基础设施建设耗费资金.《期刊摘选》

58. Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy.

买这么一套家具要花很多钱。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

59. Morality is a private and costly luxury ( Henry Adams ).

道德是私有的且昂贵的奢侈品 ( 亨利亚当斯 ).《期刊摘选》

60. Doing so is costly ( bank+ store fees) and damages your credit rating.

这样做的成本很高（银行+存储费用）而且将降低你的信用评级。

61. But do these costly newer drugs work better than older ones that cost less?

可是,这些价值昂贵的新型药就真的比价格低廉的老式药品更为有效 吗 ?《期刊摘选》

62. That's as much as the output of a costly converter, thirty feet high. Really wonderful!

那等于一座高30英尺造价昂贵的转炉的年产量, 真了不起!《期刊摘选》

63. Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?

买专业制造的窗帘可能很贵，你为什么不自己做呢？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

64. An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike.

一次轻率的讲话导致长时间、代价高昂的罢工.《简明英汉词典》

65. Coastal defence is a costly business

海防事务很耗费资财。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

66. The DOD needs ways to develop these advanced weapons without extremely long and costly design cycles.

国防部需要的方式发展,不非常昂贵的设计周期长,这些先进武器.《期刊摘选》

67. Some desalination plants exist where feasible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs.

在可行的地方，有一些脱盐的工厂，但它们的运营成本很高，而且需要不断的维修。《四级真题- 2018年 12月 1卷 阅读A》

68. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.

提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

69. Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.

他们想征服阿富汗人的意图耗费大量金钱而且无效，只维持了十年的时间。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

70. The major components of our energy systems, such as fuel production, refining, electrical generation and distribution, are costly installations that have lengthy life spans.

我们能源系统的主要组成部分，例如燃料生产、燃料精炼、发电和配电，用的都是使用寿命很长的昂贵设备。《六级真题- 2015年 12月 2卷 信息匹配》

71. The costly post was postponed because of the frost.

那件昂贵的邮件由于霜的缘故而延搁.《期刊摘选》

72. Having curtains made professionally can be costly

找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

73. Mining can be costly in terms of lives.

采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

74. To ensure a brilliant college life, you'd better spare time to visit campus, even if it may be costly.

为了确保美好的大学生活，你最好抽出时间来参观校园，尽管这可能会比较昂贵。

75. Our former process was too costly.

我们上道制造程序成本太高.《现代英汉综合大词典》

76. It can be costly to refinance.

再融资有时费用会很高。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

77. At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is extremely costly.

要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

78. Also costly dialer programs may have been installed.

此外,昂贵的拨号程式可能已安装.《期刊摘选》

79. Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills.

接受我们的服务合同，告别昂贵的修理费吧。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

80. Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class — the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.

在整个期间，旅途充满艰辛且花费不菲，可能仅限于特权阶级——这一阶级还培养出了绅士科学家、作家、古董专家和艺术家的赞助人。《六级真题- 2017年 6月 3卷 阅读B》

81. 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

82. They would wed before the stork visited and before the couple made the costly investment of putting the husband through business school.

他们会在鹳鸟来之前结婚，在这对夫妇做出昂贵的投资让丈夫读完商学院之前。

83. Indeed, the purple colour extracted from a snail was once so costly that in society at the time only the rich could afford it.

的确，从蜗牛身上提取的紫色物质曾经非常昂贵，在当时的社会，只有富人才能买得起。

84. In Fenchurch Street a fair child, in costly apparel, stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city.

在芬切琪街，一个穿着昂贵衣服的漂亮孩子站在舞台上，欢迎国王陛下来到这座城市。

85. But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.

但至少他们已经证明，当公司触犯法律时，良好品行的证据可以为他们换来代价更低的惩罚。

86. The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

原因是当碳被定价时，最低成本的减排措施会首先实施。《六级真题- 2017年 6月 1卷 信息匹配》

87. Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.

对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

88. This dictionary is very useful, only it is a bit costly.

这本词典很有用, 左不过贵了些.《现代汉英综合大词典》

89. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict.

继续这场冲突要付出昂贵的代价,在政治上也是困难的决定.《期刊摘选》

90. Our rushing is understandable, but costly.

我们整日忙忙碌碌是可以理解的, 但也为此付出了沉重的代价.《期刊摘选》

91. These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line.

这些小规模的促销活动成本很高，而且对增加他的最终效益没什么贡献。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

92. Having curtains made professionally can be costly.

找专业人员制作窗帘会很贵。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

93. The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life.

目的是降低昂贵的家教和补习班的重要性，部分是为了帮助学生享受更正常的高中生活。

94. Passenger ships are a costly way to travel.

坐游轮是昂贵的旅行方法.《期刊摘选》

95. Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity.

维护这样的环境是非常昂贵的，而且最近的研究表明，即使是旧的油画也不会受到温度和湿度大波动的影响。

96. You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.

如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。《牛津词典》

97. They bribed him with costly presents.

他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他.《现代汉英综合大词典》

98. Given that predators can make it costly to beg for food, what benefit do begging nestlings derive from their communications?

既然捕食者可以让雏鸟为食物付出巨大代价，那么乞食的雏鸟们到底可以从这种交流方式中得到什么益处呢？

99. Mining can be costly in terms of lives (= too many people can die) .

采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。《牛津词典》

100. He gaged a costly ring upon the speed of his greyhound.

他押上一只昂贵的戒指以示他猎犬的速度.《期刊摘选》

101. Young drivers face costly car insurance.

年轻的司机们要面对昂贵的车险.《期刊摘选》

102. Treatment including the physical therapy that can improve independence and sometimes movement is costly.

可以提高独立性和运动的治疗包括物理治疗都是很昂贵的.《期刊摘选》

103. 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

104. It was a costly ( or expensive ) error.

那是一次损失很重的错误.《用法词典》

105. I was rendered timid by the costly nature of their dealings.

我以为他们做的都是大买卖,胆子就变小了.《期刊摘选》

106. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.

他们当中的许多人反而成为了那种妨碍民事诉讼的使得侵权制度成为一场代价高昂的噩梦的文件编档员。

107. When he founded the Ford Motor Co. In 1903, cars were fussy, unreliable, costly novelties.

当他在1903年创建福特汽车公司的时候, 汽车是难以伺候 、 不可信赖 、 价格昂贵的新奇事物.《期刊摘选》

实用例句

1. Fairey's designs change the meaning of the Russian propagandist style by applying it to the costly shopping goods of capitalism.

VOA : special.2009.04.08

2. She sat between richly dressed women who were there to spend the day eating sweets and showing off their costly clothing.

VOA : special.2009.09.05

3. Governments establish regulators who set down rules for participants in financial markets and these rules may be perceived as onerous and costly to people in the financial community, but ultimately it's their salvation and it's what makes everything possible.

政府设立监管机构,监管机构为金融市场的参与者,制定法规条令,这些规则对金融界,有着极其严格的约束,但这些规则最终使得金融界运作良好,免遭灭顶之灾金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

4. Mister Arbuckle also would like to see more attention on prevention so fewer people need costly medical treatment.

VOA : special.2010.03.26

5. Last year, the IRS had to implement a number of costly changes required by 1998 legislation.

FORBES: Audits: The IRS' Big Stick

6. Kevin Mitnicks crime was to thumb his nose at the costly computer security systems employed by large corporations.

FORBES: The demonizing of a hacker

7. He told them: "The war for the Union is, in your hands, a most bloody and costly failure.

VOA : special.2009.10.22

8. The goal is to support a private space transportation industry that makes it easier and less costly to reach space.

VOA : special.2010.04.28

9. Inkjet printers give their best results on costly coated paper.

喷墨打印机在昂贵的铜版纸上打印效果最佳。

10. She said the new law will reward quality over quantity of care, creating a system that prevents diseases before more costly treatment is required.

VOA : special.2010.04.21

11. There's another costly trip wire that retailers hope to avoid by increasing scrutiny now.

WSJ: In Bangladesh, the Slow, Tragic March to a Better Life

12. Agencies also lacked staff with construction management skills which led to costly mistakes and extensive delays.

BBC: UK aid 'left legacy' after 2004 tsunami in Asia

13. But they were saddled with more costly loans, which obviously depletes their net worth.

NPR: Women Of Color Lag Behind In Wealth

14. Higher energy prices and the loss of real income and wealth triggers a costly adjustment process.

FORBES: Angry Over Oil Price? Demand A Change In Fed Policy

15. It proved a costly mistake.

事实证明，这是一个代价惨重的错误。

16. This is probably the least desirable of all the options, as it is the most costly.

FORBES: Which Retirement Account Should You Tap First?

17. Others say the change will be too costly, requiring new textbooks and different kinds of training for teachers.

VOA : special.2010.03.25

18. We'll see later on, there are classes of computation that are inherently much more complex. We hate them, because they're costly, but they're sometimes inherently that way.

我们会稍后详细的讲讲这个,有许多内在更加复杂的种类的算法,我们痛恨它们，因为它们很耗时。计算机科学及编程导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

19. Together, these costly regulatory initiatives spell lower rates of innovation and slower dissemination of newer products.

FORBES: Causing More Harm than Good: Conflict-of-Interest Rules Thwart Medical Progress

20. Kerosene costs less than other forms of lighting, but it is still costly in poor countries.

VOA : special.2009.12.21

21. Take, for example, the prevelance today of numerous, costly tests that appear to be unnecessary.

FORBES: The Road Not Taken: Free Market Health Care

22. Like many emerging-markets funds, it's costly, with a maximum upfront sales charge of 5.75%.

WSJ: Upside: Is It Time to Buy the BRICs?

23. As both the North and South were learning quickly, the Civil War was becoming more costly than anyone had imagined.

VOA : special.2009.09.17

24. In many markets, inferior products can act as partial substitutes for more costly superior products.

FORBES: Connect

25. It was a costly miss, with Sheffield United crucially doubling their advantage after 68 minutes.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Premiership | Sheff Utd 3-0 West Ham

26. Duplicating those efforts every year would hardly be efficient and it would be costly.

FORBES: IRS Targets 100,000 Tax Professionals For Noncompliance

27. Stanley fell out of a tie for second on the 17th hole, and it was costly.

NPR: Kuchar Holds On To Win Memorial

28. Plenty of funds have fine long-term returns despite being tax inefficient and generally costly.

FORBES: Magazine Article

29. But the response process can nonetheless be tedious and costly if not properly managed.

FORBES: Data Breach FUD: Fear, Uncertainty And Dollars

30. The deal was costly: King paid four times revenue, edging out more than 15 bidders.

FORBES: Health

31. Poor hiring decisions, while costly to a successful company, are devastating to an early-stage startup.

FORBES: What Startup CEOs Look For When Hiring

32. They began to give way in the 1970s to the second wave: less costly midrange minicomputers.

FORBES: The New Barbarians

33. Eating out can be costly.

在外面吃饭是要花很多钱的。

34. Missus Sommers bought two costly magazines that she used to read back when she had been able to enjoy other pleasant things.

VOA : special.2009.09.05

35. Productivity may be higher in Japan, but factories struggle with high taxes, high utility costs and costly shipping.

FORBES: Godzilla Needs Batteries

36. The huge popularity of 3-D films like "Avatar," "Up" and "Monsters vs.Aliens" has many people willing to buy this costly, developing technology.

VOA : special.2010.01.26

37. They would not have to make the long,costly voyage around the southern end of South America.

VOA : special.2010.08.12

38. Yet researchers from Stanford University say new treatments are often no better than existing ones, but are almost always more costly.

VOA : special.2009.08.14

39. The miss was to prove costly as Robson snatched the three points with an unforgettable strike.

BBC: Sport - Middlesbrough 1-0 Hull

40. Coastal defence is a costly business.

海岸警备是件很花钱的事。

41. Big armies were costly, and many people left because they did not want to pay the high taxes.

VOA : special.2010.05.13

42. They decided that some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children.

VOA : special.2009.09.11

43. Like many of the performances at Capital Fringe, this opera is not about costly and complex production values.

VOA : special.2009.08.05

44. Cape May guides say it was costly to care for and repair summer homes near the sea.

VOA : special.2009.06.01

45. He says his team's research is influenced by questions in evolutionary biology about why people and groups use costly punishment.

VOA : special.2009.03.03

46. A lot of people in the financial community are annoyed by them because these regulations are costly to comply with and they take a lot of resources.

很多金融界人士对其烦不胜烦,因为执行规范条例的成本很高,一旦执行,占用太多资源金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

47. It turns out that giving buyers too many choices is impractical and costly for carmakers.

FORBES: Chrysler does the math and concludes that less is more.

48. Saving these lives does not need to be costly, and it can be done now.

FORBES: Angelina Jolie Proves Medical Care Saves Lives -- If You Can Get It

49. They make it very costly, socially costly, to divorce, so then they stay together for all kinds of reasons, not always such good ones.

离婚社会代价太大，因此双方由于各种原因不分开，不是所有原因都是好的。心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

50. They can operate at far lower costs than incumbents with their costly legacy systems.

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51. a costly banquet

豪华盛宴

52. Wages in Australia and the strong Australian dollar have made LNG projects extremely costly.

BBC: Woodside Petroleum shelves $40bn Australia LNG project

53. He and his wife send their kids to private school and a costly summer camp.

FORBES: Busted

54. However,that opinion changed when manufacturers learned how to make better and less costly versions of Mister Harrison's clocks.

VOA : special.2010.07.14

55. They say trying to supply every child with a laptop, even at the current price of one hundred sixty dollars, is costly and inefficient.

VOA : special.2010.04.12

56. As investors have learned time and time again, reaching for yield can be a costly mistake.

FORBES: Is A Muni Bond Crisis Brewing?

57. The result has been a boom-bust cycle that has been disruptive--and now politically costly.

FORBES: Powerful Antiterror Weapon

58. These tickets are generally less costly than the price of going to a New York theater or arts show.

VOA : special.2009.08.05

59. Many in the shipping industry oppose the speed limit, saying it would be too costly.

CNN: Plan to save whales strangling in red tape

60. After two years of fighting, with many deaths on both sides, the government decided the struggle was too costly.

VOA : special.2010.04.01

61. The family had to move from a costly apartment in Manhattan to a small house in Brooklyn.

VOA : special.2009.11.29

62. Although on the other side of the coin Bono wants these very costly tours.

FORBES: Inside Bon Jovi's $200 Million Payday

63. So, it's not surprising that asset allocation explains more than 100% of returns and that, for the community as a whole, market timing and security selection are costly and lower the community's aggregate investment returns.

因此资产配置能解释100%以上的回报,也不足为奇了,对投资者整体来说,市场时机选择,和证券选择是有代价的,降低了总的投资回报金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

64. The movie gives an interesting lesson in how city communities can come together to build healthy and safe housing that is not costly.

VOA : special.2009.03.25

65. They are very costly. Or you can buy a copy of a coin for much less money.

VOA : special.2010.03.22