costly['kɒstli]
汉语翻译
a. 昂贵的, 奢华的, 费用大的
词型变化
名词:costliness 形容词比较级:costlier 最高级:costliest
词意辨析
dear, expensive, costly这些形容词都表示物品价格“高的，昂贵的”之意。
dear: 侧重指要价过高，或远高于公道、合理的价格，其反义词是cheap。
expensive: 指物品的价格超过了它本身所值，或超过了购买者的支付能力。
costly: 指物品价格高，通常是因物品稀少或珍贵所致。
英语解释
形容词 costly:
- entailing great loss or sacrifice同义词：dearly-won
- having a high price同义词：dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy
例句
- The castle will undergo extensive and costly renovations.那城堡要用钜资进行全面整修。
- The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin.长期罢工损失巨大致使该公司一蹶不振。
- The costly renovation of the old college building was criticized by most teachers.花费很大的旧校舍的修复工程受到大多数老师的批评。
- The keepsake she gave me is small and not very costly.她送我的纪念品很小而且不值钱。
- Passenger ships are a costly way to travel.坐游轮是昂贵的旅行方法。
- 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！
- His costly mistake resulted in severe loss.他的严重的错误导致了重大的损失。
详细解释
cost.ly
adj.（形容词）cost.li.er,cost.li.est Of high price or value; expensive:价格高的，价值高的；昂贵的：例句：costly jewelry.昂贵的珠宝
Entailing loss or sacrifice:损失惨重的，牺牲很大的：例句：a costly war.损失惨重的战争
【引伸】
cost.liness
n.（名词）<参考词汇><同义词>costly,expensive,dear,valuable,precious,invaluable,priceless同义词>These adjectives apply to what brings a high price or is of great value.Costly, expensive, and dear refer principally to the cost entailed in acquiring something, costly especially implying high quality or rarity of the purchase: 这些形容词都指带有高价或价值高的。Costly，expensive 和 dear 主要指获得某物涉及的费用， costly 指购买品的质量上乘并稀有： 例句：a costly Chinese porcelain jar;珍贵的中国瓷罐；
例句：expensive silk underwear.贵重的丝制内衣。
例句：.Pictures ought not to be too dear. (John Ruskin).The terms also apply figuratively to what occasions loss or sacrifice: .图画不应太贵. （约翰·罗斯金）。这些词也比喻性地指导致丧失或牺牲的东西：
例句：.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）。
例句：.Avoid shame, but do not seek glory,—nothing so expensive as glory. (Sydney Smith). .避免耻辱，但不要追求荣誉，——荣誉价最高. （西德尼·史密斯）。
例句：.Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine. (Horace Greeley). .文章只要真实，智慧并不难得。. （贺拉斯·格瑞利）。
Valuable describes what has a high market value ( Valuable 指具有高的市场价值的事物( 例句：a valuable painting), but it also applies to immaterial qualities such as benefit, importance, or utility: 价值连城的画)， 但它也指非物质的特征，如利益、重要性或用途：
例句：.The shrewd guess,the fertile hypothesis,the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion—these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work. (Jerome Bruner). .敏锐的猜想，丰富的假设，向试验性结论勇敢的跨越——这些是工作中的思考者有用的东西。. （杰隆·布鲁诺）。
Precious implies uniqueness and irreplaceability: Precious 暗指独一性和无可替代性： 例句：Gold is a precious metal.金子是珍贵金属。
例句：Freedom is a precious heritage.自由是宝贵的遗产。
Invaluable andpriceless describe what is of inestimable worth: Invaluable 和priceless 用来描述具有不可估量价值的东西： 例句：.A free government . . . is an invaluable blessing. (Alban Butler). .自由的政府…是无价的赐福. （阿尔本·巴特勒）。
例句：.Although human life is priceless,we always act as if something had an even greater price than life. . . . But what is that somethingô. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry). .尽管人的生命是珍贵的，但我们做事时却好象总有什么东西比生命更重要…那么这个东西是什么呢？. （安东尼·德·圣爱克修佩瑞）