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  4. be expensive

be expensive

/biː ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
价格高昂

This car is expensive.

这辆车很贵。


非正式

指某物的价格高于平均水平或预期水平,通常意味着需要更多的金钱或资源来购买或获得。

Luxury watches are expensive.

奢侈手表很贵。

Education in private schools can be expensive.

私立学校的教育可能很贵。

这个短语通常用于描述物品、服务或体验的高价格,可能带有负面或中性的情感色彩。

搭配

be too expensive太贵be reasonably expensive价格合理但偏高be surprisingly expensive出乎意料地贵

同义词

be costlybe priceybe high-priced

反义词

be cheapbe affordablebe inexpensive

相关短语

cost a fortune短语
非常昂贵
break the bank短语
花费太多钱

专业提示

使用场景

这个短语通常用于描述物品或服务的价格高于预期或平均水平,可以用于正式或非正式的语境。

黄金法则

正确使用

确保使用这个短语时,上下文明确指的是价格高昂,而不是其他特性。

词源

由动词 'be' 和形容词 'expensive' 组成,'expensive' 来自拉丁语 'expensivus',意为 '支出的'。

用法说明

这个短语在日常对话中非常常见,可以用来描述物品、服务或体验的高价格。

单词拆解

be
是
verb
+
expensive
昂贵的
adjective
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