expensive

adjective

/ɪkˈspensɪv/

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costing a lot of money
- an expensive car/restaurant/holiday
- I can't afford it—it's too expensive.
- Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.
- That dress was an expensive mistake.
- expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce.
- expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.
- expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.
- it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London.
- it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.
Synonyms expensive
expensive
- costly
- overpriced
- pricey
- dear
These words all describe something that costs a lot of money.
- expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices:
  I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.
  an expensive restaurant
- costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay:
  You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.
- overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth:
  ridiculously overpriced designer clothes
- pricey (informal) expensive:
  Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.
- dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive:
  Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?
  This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned.
Patterns
- expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for somebody/something
- expensive/costly to do something
- very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey
opposite cheap (1), inexpensive
Extra Examples
- Food in this country is getting very expensive.
- Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.
- Her suit looked extremely expensive.
- I found the food very expensive.
- Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.
- discreetly expensive perfume
Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- prove
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
See full entry
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.

单词	expensive
释义	expensive adjective /ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/ jump to other results costing a lot of money an expensive car/restaurant/holiday I can't afford it—it's too expensive. Making the wrong decision could prove expensive. That dress was an expensive mistake. expensive to do Art books are expensive to produce. expensive for somebody The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers. expensive for somebody to do Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in. it is expensive to do something It's expensive to live in London. it is expensive for somebody to do something It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here. Synonyms expensiveexpensive costly overpriced pricey dear These words all describe something that costs a lot of money. expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices: I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me. an expensive restaurant costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay: You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can. overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth: ridiculously overpriced designer clothes pricey (informal) expensive: Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford. dear [not usually before noun] (British English) expensive: Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it? This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned. Patterns expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for somebody/something expensive/costly to do something very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey opposite cheap (1), inexpensive Extra Examples Food in this country is getting very expensive. Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive. Her suit looked extremely expensive. I found the food very expensive. Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive. discreetly expensive perfume Topics Shoppinga1, Moneya1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look prove … adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.
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