| 单词 | costly |
| 释义 | costly (kɒstli , US kɔːst- ) Word forms: costlier , costliest 1. adjective If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay. Having professionally-made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own? Synonyms: expensive, dear, stiff, excessive 2. adjective 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. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes. This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly. Collocations: costly delay The job must be done again and the slip caused a costly delay to the terminal opening. Times, Sunday Times Now the costly delays and the exorbitant 757million bill suddenly seem worth it after all. The Sun Most became mired in costly delays and forced painful writedowns. Times, Sunday Times Attempts are also under way to introduce a strategic approach on land after pressure from renewable energy companies frustrated at costly delays. Times, Sunday Times The failings caused costly delays at best and at worst led to cases being pursued when the evidence did not support a prosecution. Times, Sunday Times He surrendered the payment last year, but recently he finalised a costly divorce. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes sellers need to discreetly offload their home to settle business debts, or because of a costly divorce. Times, Sunday Times He'd be worth more but for a costly divorce. Times, Sunday Times Troublesome and costly divorce procedures mean that many couples simply separate unofficially and start new families, leading to legal wrangling later on, backers of the proposal contend. Times, Sunday Times However, the marriage was very unhappy and the couple divorced in 1888, with costly divorce proceedings between 1881 and 1889. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 4,000 infra-red sensors help staff in an air traffic control-style room know the location and status of everyone inside - and even some costly equipment. The Sun Along with the costly equipment, decorations that are put up at the draft horse shows and miscellaneous tack items must also be obtained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although such alternatives require costly equipment and cause power loss, the turbine can capture a significantly larger fraction of the wind energy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We must rationalise and save on costly infrastructure. Times, Sunday Times We are even willing to pay for the costly infrastructure that cars demand, the roads, parking lots, fuel supply lines and toxic emissions. The Times Literary Supplement It has argued that cloud computing has made it possible to be innovative by letting the bank form partnerships with third-party providers without having to invest in costly infrastructure. Times, Sunday Times A combination of costly infrastructure and players' unwillingness to deposit money forced the company to rethink its business model. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This requires costly infrastructure to build and maintain it, often out of the reach of poorer communities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The construction of the church was controversial, resulting in a long and costly lawsuit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government will create a small business conciliation service so disputes can be settled without costly lawsuits. Times, Sunday Times The leakage yielded costly lawsuits for the company, in a country with virtually no precedent in class-action lawsuits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He delighted in mediating between those who had quarrelled and in preventing costly lawsuits between prominent townspeople. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has often led to long and costly lawsuits between towns that support a regional-scale project and those opposed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may also be a very costly lesson. Times, Sunday Times In retrospect, yes, maybe, but his daughter learnt a costly lesson. Times, Sunday Times I binned them at my own cost and learnt a valuable if costly lesson. Times, Sunday Times Those who ignored the edicts soon found themselves facing costly litigation. Times,Sunday Times Intestacy often leads to disputes, costly litigation and a legacy of emotional damage. Times, Sunday Times External funding potentially makes costly litigation more affordable. Times, Sunday Times Failure to treat older people based on clinical needs, regardless of age, also exposes the health service to costly litigation. Times, Sunday Times A meltdown in the credit markets could lead to banks, hedge funds and private equity firms finding themselves embroiled in years of costly litigation, lawyers warned today. Times, Sunday Times The regulator said some of the borrowers already had a poor credit history when they took out the costly loans. Times, Sunday Times Despite turmoil in the markets, the company had taken out costly loans to fund care-home purchases. Times, Sunday Times Mobile phone users are bombarded with promises of accident compo, tax rebates and costly loans. The Sun But if you don't push ahead, you are left carrying costly loans long after they should have disappeared off your books - and you will probably miss the best prices. Times, Sunday Times And it had no adequate protection against the costly maintenance problems that plagued its aircraft. Times, Sunday Times I've been told when people hear of their costly maintenance programme. Times, Sunday Times It could also save the vending machine industry a fortune by eliminating the costly maintenance required on easily-blocked dollar bill slots. Times, Sunday Times Mobile banking utilizes the wide availability of mobile phones to address the problem of the heavy regulation and costly maintenance of saving accounts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mobile banking addresses the problem of the heavy regulation and costly maintenance of saving accounts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's what made shared-appreciation mortgages such a costly mistake in the late 1990s. Times, Sunday Times If it could be judged that he was provoked into storming out, it may be a costly mistake to assume that he intended to resign. Times, Sunday Times This proved to be a costly mistake - let's see why. Times, Sunday Times But it soon proved a costly mistake when you were put on the wrong tariff. The Sun Some commentators said that the project would be a costly mistake. Times, Sunday Times Even then it was a rare and costly procedure. Times, Sunday Times Tattooing was also a very costly procedure, the tattooer receiving in the region of 700 fine mats as payment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tattooing was also a very costly procedure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Planning laws will be relaxed to make it easier to upgrade properties without long and costly procedures. The Sun Experts have seen a surge in the number of clients paying for costly procedures in a bid to reverse the damage done by drinking. The Sun The process means that a design can be created on a computer and then printed, removing the costly process of building prototypes. Times, Sunday Times It's a costly process and something that, once achieved, should not be thrown away lightly. Times, Sunday Times If your tenant stops paying rent, it can be a costly process to evict them from your property. Times, Sunday Times They say that the costly process of divorce could also leave less money or time for healthy meals. Times, Sunday Times She was given a section of tracheal airway rebuilt from stem cells, but using a much more complex and costly process. Times, Sunday Times Having rescued the club finances, he would regard that as the completion of his costly project. Times, Sunday Times This very costly project was progressively abandoned: at first, in 1984, through the revision of the line making it shorter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city had to pay for the walls itself, and instituted a tax to fund the costly project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Basement conversions have become fashionable and can be an effective way to increase your living space — though they are big and costly projects. Times, Sunday Times Bosses commissioned a series of costly projects - including 1.65million for a rock 'piazza' outside. The Sun The mansion changed hands again in 2007, becoming a luxury 19-room hotel, restaurant, and spa, after undergoing an extensive and costly renovation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a long and costly renovation, the mill was working again in 1998. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No apparent costly renovations or upgrades. Globe and Mail On top of prices at the pump, drivers face costly repair bills for damage caused by the disgraceful state of our roads. The Sun Do your research first, or you could face a costly repair bill - and you'll get little sympathy from your garage. Times, Sunday Times Timing chain failure may call for engine replacement or a costly repair. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Conventional pivot pins may wear in a way that requires a costly repair process for pivot lug holes, called line boring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The resulting damage to the cars created costly repair work, and at least two machines were said to be totalled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A professional trustee, such as a trust company, can manage a trust, but that tends to be a costly solution. Globe and Mail The headlamps still stood out from the body, which presumably was a less costly solution than integrating them to the wings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although this was a more costly solution, it was accepted by the municipality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It proposed a series of costly solutions and, given that the roof was not deemed to be a hazard, no action was taken. Times, Sunday Times So plans unveiled by minis-ters this summer for reforms to produce 'simple, speedy, sum-mary justice' were a renewed attempt to tackle a cumber-some and costly system. Times, Sunday Times Yet ministers' argue that introducing lawyers will just substitute one complex costly system for another, detracting from the whole point of a speedy, no-frills justice system. Times, Sunday Times As a very high-end, costly system about 70 were sold to high-end post houses from about 2000 to 2005. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Economists argue that this has created a complex and costly system of state benefit which could be simplified and reduced in expenses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lacking its natural frontier and having lost its costly system of border fortification, the new state was militarily indefensible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dentists should undertake complicated and costly treatment to restore teeth only when patients have clearly demonstrated that they have been looking after them. Times, Sunday Times He added that public health experts needed to work on a proper definition to know which patients were most in need of bariatric surgery and other costly treatments. Times, Sunday Times Ministers believe that the ability to intervene early will save costly treatments later when the conditions become more serious. Times, Sunday Times There are already murmurings of discontent which, if not handled sensibly, could render the process a costly waste of time. Times, Sunday Times In a world of spreadsheets, such intangibles are seen as quaint at best, at worst a costly waste. Times, Sunday Times Short detox programmes can therefore be a costly waste of time. Times, Sunday Times But they can also prove a costly waste of time for employers saddled with the wrong candidates, especially given the expectation that most apprentices are offered permanent positions after training. Times, Sunday Times It's likely he viewed environmental regulations as a costly waste of time and money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do the authors wonder why every decent football club has an enormously costly youth academy? Times, Sunday Times Two contrasting templates stare out at all of them: the enormously costly flop and the blinding masterpiece. Times, Sunday Times The photographers were warned they could face an enormously costly legal battle. The Sun The fate of the money came down to whether the judge believed the scientist had made an enormously costly mistake - or knew exactly what he was doing. Times, Sunday Times This can prove extremely costly for holidaymakers without adequate insurance cover. Times, Sunday Times Skyscrapers, which can be extremely costly to build, signify confidence in a city and its economy like no other type of development. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes those efforts are extremely costly and difficult; some are even dangerous. Christianity Today A geologist familiar with the deposit said that it was mixed with other minerals and groundwater, making extraction extremely costly. Times, Sunday Times Would this not result in the establishment of an extremely costly (and totally impractical) additional bureaucracy to determine the 'blame' for every illness or injury? Times, Sunday Times Also, supplies of natural gas and oil are declining so this method will become increasingly costly. Times, Sunday Times It has also become increasingly costly to buy meat, with the overall price of products rising by 10 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Implemented properly, these changes could free up tens of billions of pounds for increasingly costly and specialised health care. The Sun However, since these arrangements are increasingly costly and worrying, it's not that big a price to pay. Times, Sunday Times Some production companies are starting to refuse the increasingly costly demands made by their actors, running the risk that the stars will refuse to attend. Times, Sunday Times Remaining in the capital may prove politically costly, however. Times,Sunday Times Second, make it embarrassing not to care, then politically costly and, ultimately, politically impossible. Times, Sunday Times Some observers have therefore speculated that the act of invoking the notwithstanding clause could prove to be politically costly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has other similar and potentially costly cases in the pipeline and will not want to let the ruling stand, the tax experts said. Times, Sunday Times Yet since late last year, certain complex and potentially costly matters have defeated you. Times, Sunday Times The investment bank continues to face potentially costly investigations into wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times Without the right kind of insurance cover, landlords not only risk potentially costly payouts, but also gaps in rental income. Times, Sunday Times If the bid was rejected by the council, the college could be forced to appeal to the secretary of state, a potentially costly move. Times, Sunday Times It also has an asset base that it would be prohibitively costly to replicate. Times, Sunday Times They will still have to go to court if they are refused contact, as now, and that can be prohibitively costly as well as damaging to relationships. Times, Sunday Times As 46 million of the notes have been put into circulation, it would be prohibitively costly to make a stand for orthographical accuracy by recalling them. Times, Sunday Times However, this was found to be prohibitively costly, and the decision was made instead to rehabilitate older cars for the service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the level interest shown in the driver experiences, it was proving prohibitively costly and the sessions aren't to be repeated in 2013. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 昂贵的 Japanese: 高価な |
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