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

• Like enriched uranium, hypocrisy can be costlier than it seems.
  就如浓缩铀，伪善的代价比看起来的更高。
• In sum, slower world economic growth and scarcer and costlier capital will mean a more difficult environment for developing countries.
  总之，世界经济增速放缓，资本更加稀缺且成本上升，这些意味着发展中国家将面临更困难的环境。在这种环境中，各国提升资源使用效率和提高生产率的努力至关重要。
• 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 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。
• This will make the regulatory process longer and costlier for the company, with a high risk of TI suffering the same fate as the other drugs.
  这样将会造成公司的管理过程更加长，花费更加大，遭受和其他药品一样的命运而承受高度的风险。
• However, there is an exemption for trading in US government securities but not other sovereigns, so it could reduce liquidity in non-US sovereign markets, making it more difficult, costlier and riskier for countries to issue and distribute debt.
  然而，对美国国债交易却网开一面（而其他国家国债则不可以），因此这可能会减少非美国国债市场的流动性，加大其他国家发行和销售债券的难度、成本和风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Also likely to be axed: A new'ecological plastic'that emits less carbon dioxide over the course of its life than more traditional alternatives, but which is costlier to produce.
  同样可能受到抛弃的还有：一种在使用过程中可比传统替代品排出更少二氧化碳的新型“生态塑料”，但它的生产成本过于昂贵。
• 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。