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单词 expensive
释义 ex·pen·sive
\ikˈspen(t)siv, ek-, -sēv also -səv\ adjective
1. archaic : given to lavish expenditure : extravagant
 < young men of this age are … so expensive both of their health and fortune — Richard Steele >
2. : attended with or involving losses, sacrifices, or continued drains on one's resources : costly, dear
 < they … tightened credit, raising discount rates and otherwise making it more expensive to borrow — L.H.Haney >
 < an aggressive foreign policy meant expensive alliances — J.H.Plumb >
3. : characterized by high price or cost that sometimes exceeds a thing's intrinsic worth or a prospective buyer's financial resources
 < wind and water power were free; but coal was expensive — Lewis Mumford >
 < three expensive but flourishing weeklies devoted to absolutely nothing but the life of the rich and titled — Aldous Huxley >
Synonyms: see costly
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