costly

adj.

1. 花钱多的；昂贵的；价钱高的
   costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay
   1. Buying new furniture may prove too costly.
      购买新家具可能会花钱太多。
2. 引起困难的；造成损失的
   causing problems or the loss of sth
   1. a costly mistake/failure
      造成重大损失的错误 / 失败
   2. Mining can be costly in terms of lives (= too many people can die) .
      采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。

1. ADJ-GRADED 昂贵的;价格高的
   If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
   1. Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?
      既然找专门人员做窗帘非常贵，为什么不自己做呢?
2. ADJ-GRADED 造成严重损失的;代价大的
   If you describe someone's action or mistake as costly, you mean that it results in a serious disadvantage for them, for example the loss of a large amount of money or the loss of their reputation.
   1. 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。
   2. This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly.
      国际银行业的这种丑闻一直以来都会造成极其恶劣的政治影响。

1. 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。
2. Coastal defence is a costly business
   海防事务很耗费资财。
3. Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?
   既然找专门人员做窗帘非常贵，为什么不自己做呢？
4. 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。
5. This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly.
   国际银行业的这种丑闻一直以来都会造成极其恶劣的政治影响。
6. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
   提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
7. Having curtains made professionally can be costly
   找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。
8. It can be costly to refinance.
   再融资有时费用会很高。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. They bribed him with costly presents.
    他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他。
13. Doing so is costly ( bank+ store fees) and damages your credit rating.
    这样做的成本很高（银行+存储费用）而且将降低你的信用评级。
14. We need some costly materials.
    我们需要某些价值昂贵的材料。
15. The plan dropped through when it proved too costly.
    付出了那么多的努力，这计划还是失败了。
16. The victory is costly.
    这一胜利的代价很高。
17. Doing this usually requires frequent and costly investments to maintain current IT investments and add new ones.
    这通常需要代价很高的经常性投资以维护当前的IT投资和增添新的投资。
18. Coordinating work across multiple sites and time zones is more time-consuming and costly than for a collocated project.
    跨多个地点和时区的协调工作比集中的项目更耗费时间和成本。
19. The test teams and tools teams inevitably have costly and time-consuming disagreements over the tools.
    测试团队和工具团队不可避免地要在工具的成本和时间消耗上产生分歧。
20. They are too costly in terms of CPU and I/ O resource.
    大型排序在CPU和I/O资源方面的成本太高了。
21. This has generally made implementation complex and costly because of all the customization required.
    这通常使方案的实现变得复杂且成本昂贵，因为需要对所有的协议和技术进行定制。
22. Ask a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful.
    作为一名医生，我深知最昂贵和最激进的手段也可能是无效的和痛苦的。
23. All this is costly.
    所有这些都代价高昂。
24. But the president said it was too costly.
    总统说花费这太大了。
25. This research is very costly.
    这种研究成本非常高昂。
26. But stable credit is less costly than cyclical banking for businesses and taxpayers.
    但对企业和纳税人来说，稳定的信贷比周期性的银行业务成本更低。
27. We can't produce at same rate because our trade unions are so costly.
    我们不能用和他们一样的速率生产，由于我们的工会实在太昂贵了。
28. Costly finishing work is avoided and a maximum quality is ensured.
    节省了修正工作并最大程度上保证了质量。
29. Much of what users require form a building can be provided naturally without resorting to complex and costly systems.
    许多使用者想从建筑中得到的东西都可以以自然的方式获取，而不需要求助于复杂的和昂贵的系统。
30. I certainly try to be more careful in environments where mistakes will be more costly.
    对我而言，在错误损失更大时，我肯定会变的更仔细，这和环境脱不开关系。

  precious costly dear expensive valuable【导航词义：贵重的，昂贵的】

  precious adj. 贵重的

〔辨析〕强调稀有且价值不菲的。

  costly adj. 昂贵的

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指花费太多钱的，尤指超过愿意支付的价钱的。

  dear adj. 〈英〉昂贵的

〔辨析〕指价格贵的，通常作表语。

  expensive adj. 昂贵的

〔辨析〕强调花钱多、价格高的。

  valuable adj. 贵重的

〔辨析〕强调十分值钱的。

adj

1. having a high price
   1. costly jewelry
   2. high-priced merchandise
   3. much too dear for my pocketbook
   4. a pricey restaurant

   Synonym:    dear(p)high-pricedpriceypricy

2. entailing great loss or sacrifice
   1. a dearly-won victory

   Synonym:    dearly-won