expensive
gb/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/ us/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
adjective
A2
property
1
costing a lot of money
Costing a lot of money.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is expensive
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'expensive' with 'valuable'; 'valuable' means worth a lot, but not necessarily costly to buy.
คำพ้องความหมาย
costly (Slightly more formal; can also imply figurative cost such as effort or loss.)
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pricey (Informal; often used in casual conversation.)
คำตรงข้าม
cheap (Implies low price, sometimes with the connotation of low quality.)
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inexpensive (Neutral term for low price without implying poor quality.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
expensive car
|expensive restaurant
|expensive clothes
|expensive gift
|expensive habit
หัวข้อ
shopping
|economy
|daily life
|daily_life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- This watch is too expensive for me to buy.
- We stayed at an expensive hotel by the beach.
- Organic food can be more expensive than regular food.
- He bought her an expensive piece of jewelry.
- Eating out every night is becoming expensive.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The shoes are expensive.
- This phone is very expensive.
- That restaurant is expensive.
- Her dress looks expensive.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
expensive
IPA
GB/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
US/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
ex - pens - ive (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (pens)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: expensive
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Core family
expense
noun B1
expensively
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
inexpensive
adjective B1
inexpensively
adverb
Advanced or less common
expenditure
noun B2
expend
verb B2
วลีและสำนวน
at an expensive price
1/ˈæt ən ɪkspˈɛnsɪv pɹˈaɪs/
fixed phrase
paying a lot of money for something
Paying a lot of money to get something.
ตัวอย่าง
- He got the tickets at an expensive price because he bought them late.
- They managed to buy the house, but at an expensive price.
make [something] expensive
1/mˈeɪk sˈʌmθɪŋ ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
fixed phrase
cause something's cost to be high
To cause the price of something to be high.
ตัวอย่าง
- High demand can make housing expensive in big cities.
- Import taxes make these goods expensive.
too expensive for [someone]
1/tˈu ɪkspˈɛnsɪv fɚ sˈʌmwˌʌn/
fixed phrase
cost more than someone can afford
Costing more money than someone can pay or wants to pay.
ตัวอย่าง
- That car is too expensive for me.
- This holiday is too expensive for most families.