expensive
gb/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/ us/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
A2
英语
~ 1700
drága
A2
1
drága
A1
用法模式：
[something] is expensive
This watch is too expensive for me to buy.
Ez az óra túl drága ahhoz, hogy megvegyem.
We stayed at an expensive hotel by the beach.
Egy drága tengerparti szállodában szálltunk meg.
Organic food can be more expensive than regular food.
He bought her an expensive piece of jewelry.
Eating out every night is becoming expensive.
学习者例句
The shoes are expensive.
A cipők drágák.
This phone is very expensive.
Ez a telefon nagyon drága.
That restaurant is expensive.
Her dress looks expensive.
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'expensive' with 'valuable'; 'valuable' means worth a lot, but not necessarily costly to buy.
含义
costing a lot of money
搭配
expensive car
|expensive restaurant
|expensive clothes
|expensive gift
|expensive habit
近义词
costly (Slightly more formal; can also imply figurative cost such as effort or loss.)
|
pricey (Informal; often used in casual conversation.)
反义词
cheap (Implies low price, sometimes with the connotation of low quality.)
|
inexpensive (Neutral term for low price without implying poor quality.)
主题
shopping
|economy
|daily life
|daily_life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
释义
Costing a lot of money.
Having a high price or requiring a large amount of money to buy or use.
语法
词典原形
expensive
IPA
GB/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
US/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
音节与重音
ex - pens - ive （3 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (pens)
词形变化
Adjective
- Base: expensive
词族
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
相关表达
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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- That car is too expensive for me.
- This holiday is too expensive for most families.