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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If they default on their debt, that only makes it harder and costlier to borrow in the future.
  如果他们出现债务违约，只会使将来举债更加困难，成本也更高。
• 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。
• But if those measures are passed, America risks something far costlier than a switch to cleaner energy: a global trade war.
  但是如果那些政策得以通过的话，美国就会面临比使用清洁能源成本要更高的风险：全球贸易战。
• 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。
• The theory of "efficiency wages" says that firms which cannot monitor workers'efforts well should instead pay high wages to make it costlier for them to risk being sacked.
  “效率工资”理论指的是不能够很好的监控员工的努力程度的公司应该付高工资让他们不能承担被解雇的风险。
• Generally, the convenience of cities makes them costlier.
  一般来说，城市生活的便利也使它更加昂贵。
• Latinos are especially fond of dogs, which are costlier than cats, but superior in every respect.
  拉美人特别喜欢狗，养狗成本要比猫高一些，但优越性也显而易见。