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expensive
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of EXPENSIVE
[more expensive; most expensive]
: costing a lot of money昂贵的；花钱多的；索价高的
- an expensive hobby花费很高的业余爱好
- an expensive car名贵汽车
- expensive clothes昂贵的衣服
- The lights were expensive to install.安装那些灯价格很高。
- They live in an expensive neighborhood. [=a neighborhood in which houses, apartments, etc., cost a lot to buy or rent]他们住在高档住宅区里。
- Her decision to leave the company proved to be an expensive mistake. [=a mistake that caused her to lose a lot of money]离开公司的决定是个让她损失惨重的错误。
- an expensive shop [=a shop that sells expensive things]奢侈品商店
- He has expensive tastes. [=he likes expensive things]他喜欢贵重商品。
— expensively
adverb- He dresses expensively.他着装名贵。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The lights were expensive to install. expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford
Recent Examples on the Web Lots of people prefer keeping an extra cash cushion in a bank or a brokerage account, rather than using it to pay off a mortgage, since home equity can be difficult and expensive to tap in emergencies. 
Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 The method is less expensive, less invasive and, especially with telemedicine, more private than surgical abortions. Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 And as Chairman Jay Powell reminded the world so bluntly in Jackson Hole last week, the Fed is going to keep raising interest rates (which makes borrowing more expensive, slowing business activity) until inflation relents. Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Rather than buy a new — and expensive — mattress, test out something a little more affordable first: a mattress pad. Annie Burdick, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 In foldable phones, Samsung had a shaky start before honing its propositions over four generations, with Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Honor producing similarly mixed, and expensive, offerings. Adam Speight, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2022 In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan region, the fourth-most-expensive in the U.S., the average rent fell by $4 to $3,047. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Although many luxury watchmakers have embraced the rainbow trend, Audemars Piguet has some of the most ornate (and expensive) iterations on the market. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022 But taking on unhealthy home environments can be expensive, time-consuming and for renters, complicated. jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2022 See More
Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 The method is less expensive, less invasive and, especially with telemedicine, more private than surgical abortions. Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 And as Chairman Jay Powell reminded the world so bluntly in Jackson Hole last week, the Fed is going to keep raising interest rates (which makes borrowing more expensive, slowing business activity) until inflation relents. Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Rather than buy a new — and expensive — mattress, test out something a little more affordable first: a mattress pad. Annie Burdick, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 In foldable phones, Samsung had a shaky start before honing its propositions over four generations, with Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Honor producing similarly mixed, and expensive, offerings. Adam Speight, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2022 In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan region, the fourth-most-expensive in the U.S., the average rent fell by $4 to $3,047. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Although many luxury watchmakers have embraced the rainbow trend, Audemars Piguet has some of the most ornate (and expensive) iterations on the market. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022 But taking on unhealthy home environments can be expensive, time-consuming and for renters, complicated. jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of expensive was circa 1610 adjective
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