单词 | costly |
释义 | costly音标['k?stli]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, costlydear: 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:
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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) 参考词汇> |
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