| 单词 | costly |
| 释义 | costly (once / 399 pages) adj Something that's costly is expensive. The worst kind of news you can hear from your car mechanic is that you need costly repairs. Things that cost a lot of money are costly, but you can also use the word for events that cost you other things — like time, happiness, or advantage. A soldier's costly mistake might result in someone's death, and a costly law might end up hurting the people it's meant to help.In the 13th century, costful was used instead, and both words stem from cost, which has a Latin root, constare, "to stand at," or "to cost." WORD FAMILYcostly: costlier, costliest, costliness+/cost: costed, costing, costless, costly, costs/costing: costings USAGE EXAMPLESIf there’s a silver lining, it’s in the growing awareness that costly government regulations stunt the ag economy. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) These days, such deliberately crafted products are simply too costly to compete for a mass market. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) But his parents thought his dreams were too costly, and he was sent to the local police academy instead. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj having a high price costly jewelry Syn dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy expensive high in price or charging high prices 2adj entailing great loss or sacrifice Syn dearly-won expensive high in price or charging high prices |
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