costly

Buying new furniture may prove too costly.

购买新家具可能会花钱太多。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.

他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。

——柯林斯例句

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。

——柯林斯例句

Coastal defence is a costly business.

海防事务很耗费资财。

——柯林斯例句

These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line.

这些小规模的促销活动成本很高，而且对增加他的最终效益没什么贡献。

——柯林斯例句

Cadets are having to use football rattles to simulate gunfire because blank ammunition is too costly.

空包弹太昂贵了，军校学员不得不用足球比赛时助威用的响板来模拟枪声。

——柯林斯例句

It can be costly to refinance.

再融资有时费用会很高。

——柯林斯例句

Having curtains made professionally can be costly.

找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。

——柯林斯例句

At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.

要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。

——柯林斯例句

It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.

维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵.

——《简明英汉词典》

An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike.

一次轻率的讲话导致长时间、代价高昂的罢工.

——《简明英汉词典》

It was a costly victory.

那是一次代价很高的胜利.

——《用法词典》

This dictionary is very useful, only it is a bit costly.

这本词典很有用, 左不过贵了些.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

They bribed him with costly presents.

他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

Our former process was too costly.

我们上道制造程序成本太高.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

It was a costly ( or expensive ) error.

那是一次损失很重的错误.

——《用法词典》

That is a costly house.

那是一座豪华的房子.

——《用法词典》

Creating appropriate learning space does not require costly renovations.

创造适当的学习空间不需要太多费用.

——期刊摘选

Our rushing is understandable, but costly.

我们整日忙忙碌碌是可以理解的, 但也为此付出了沉重的代价.

——期刊摘选

Switch arrows and signals of semaphores and transport costly presents from one station to another.

改变动臂信号机箭头方向和信号并运输贵重的礼物从一个站到另一个站.

——期刊摘选

Vamp fabrics uses leather of high quality complete grain and costly goatskin.

鞋面面料采用高品质全颗粒皮革和奢华的山羊皮.

——期刊摘选

You have there a new lady's dress. With costly laces, too.

你这里有一件女式新衣裙, 而且镶有名贵的花边.

——期刊摘选

Excess methodology weight is costly.

方法集中超出的重量代价很高.

——期刊摘选

In rural areas the distance between buildings makes infrastructure development costly.

农村地区房屋之间的距离较大,这造成基础设施建设耗费资金.

——期刊摘选

Currently, medicine for sleeping sickness requires a series of rejections injections that are costly and painful.

目前, 治疗昏睡症的药物需要一系列的注射,不仅费用昂贵,病人还要忍受疼痛以及需要住院观察.

——期刊摘选

But freezing and shipping milk can be costly.

但是冷冻和运输母乳的成本很高.

——期刊摘选

But other New Year's Eve celebrations can be costly.

但是其他地方的除夕夜庆典就可能会比较昂贵.

——期刊摘选

But for those who rushed to buy near the top, peace of mind was costly.

但对于那些贸然在高位买进的人来说, 这份心安的代价高昂.

——期刊摘选

I was rendered timid by the costly nature of their dealings.

我以为他们做的都是大买卖,胆子就变小了.

——期刊摘选