记忆方法
将“expensive”分解为“expens”和“ive”，想象它就像一个人（ive）不断地从口袋里拿出很多钱（expens），这样就能记住这个单词表示“昂贵的”或“价格高的”含义。
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词族 · expensive
派生词
英语词源
- expensive (adj.)
- 1620s, "given to profuse expenditure," from expense (n.) + -ive. Meaning "costly, requiring profuse expenditure" is from 1630s. Earlier was expenseful (c. 1600). Expenseless was in use mid-17c.-18c., but there seems now nothing notable to which it applies, and the dictionaries label it "obsolete." Related: Expensively; expensiveness.
权威例句
- 1. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.
- 因为正在使用很多昂贵的设备，所以我非常紧张。
- 2. The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.
- 反对理由有两点：太冒险而且太昂贵。
- 3. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他们确实从楼上搬到了楼下，因为房租太贵了。
- 4. Although they're expensive, they last forever and never go out of style.
- 尽管价格昂贵，但它们经久耐用，永不过时。
- 5. Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.
- 更换机器或者重新铸造新的玩具模具都是一个耗费时间和财力的过程。
词语辨析
【expensive, dear, costly】
这组词都有“高的，昂贵的”的意思，其区别是：
expensive: 指物品的价格超过了它本身所值，或超过了购买者的支付能力。
dear: 侧重指要价过高，或远高于公道、合理的价格，其反义词是cheap。
costly: 指物品价格高，通常是因物品稀少或珍贵所致。
这组词都有“高的，昂贵的”的意思，其区别是：
expensive: 指物品的价格超过了它本身所值，或超过了购买者的支付能力。
dear: 侧重指要价过高，或远高于公道、合理的价格，其反义词是cheap。
costly: 指物品价格高，通常是因物品稀少或珍贵所致。