expensive
英 [?k'spens?v; ek-]
美[?k'sp?ns?v]
- adj. 昂貴的；花錢的
考試真題
- These extra features are deemed unnecessary by the majority of shoppers, which probably reflects how these types of products are typically more expensive than regular toilet paper, even when on special offer.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- A friend recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living / nursing home near my town.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- The model works for items that are expensive to buy and are widely owned by people who do not make full use of them
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- The most frequently shared items are those expensive to buy but not fully used
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs can be prohibitively expensive.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- The You Gov poll of 2, 000 people indicates that in a recession it is more expensive for couples to split up.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- it is more expensive for couples to split up
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- I don't have any TV commercials, because they are too expensive.
出自-2011年6月聽力原文
- A Pearson spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that "digital materials are less expensive and a good investment" that offer new features, like audio texts, personalized knowledge checks and expert videos.
2018年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- As universities go digital, students are complaining of a new hit to their finances that's replacing—and sometimes joining—expensive textbooks: pricey online access codes that are required to complete coursework and submit assignments.
2018年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脫鹽) the ocean water in the largely coastal state.
2018年12月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section C
- It's a great opportunity to try some of the more expensive restaurants at a discounted price and try something new.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section B
- so, I'm really enjoying it and I can' t wait for my next session, although the lessons are rather expensive.
2019年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section B
- Travelling is a great way to expand your world view, although it can be expensive.
2019年12月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Some intensive summer programs are very expensive but most of them provide scholarships.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- With a tax imposed on expensive health insurance plans, most employers will likely transfer money from health expenses into wages.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Sometimes the best treatment might be the most expensive.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- In cases where sewage mud is used, expensive chemical fertilizer use can be avoided.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Enrollees would have to pay more money for many services out of their own pockets, and that would encourage them to think twice about whether an expensive or redundant test was worth it.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Economists project that most employers would shift money from expensive health benefits into wages.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- It is too expensive for most young people.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Unfortunately for them ( ' , and often the taxpayers), our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia ( ' , meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving), and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- The biggest obstacle to energy transition is that the present energy system is too expensive to replace.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- In practical terms, the new guidelines being develop could result in doctors choosing one drug over another for cost reasons or even deciding that a particular treatment — at the end of life, for example — is too expensive.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raise children," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice about having another child.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- Raising children is getting expensive
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- McCartney found that EMI's (百代唱片) contractual clauses made it prohibitively expensive to follow suit, and the Beatles had to make do with the primitive technology of Abbey Road.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- A college education is getting ever more expensive.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
- It is too expensive to support a large family.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
- Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- After reading a book on how to address for success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- Why did Larry purchase an expensive navy suit and golden tie?
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- Delia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial.
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
- Buy an expensive gift for Gemma.
出自-2012年6月聽力原文
- They are not as expensive as believe
出自-2012年6月聽力原文
- It must have come a bit expensive.
出自-2011年6月聽力原文
- This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- "I’ve seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.
2019年12月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- And it’s very expensive because it comes from a special type of pig that only eats a special type of food.
2018年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A
- But all these concepts are massively expensive, require safety certification standards for road and air, need dual controls, involve complex folding wings and propellers,and have to be flown from air-strips.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section A
- By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.
2019年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- For instance, DeWalt discovered that many contractors were holding on to their old tools, even if they no longer worked, because they were expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- I also do not want anything too expensive, Maybe mid-range.
2018年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A
- Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors?
2016年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- Now, though a novel type of steel has been developed that resists fractures at much lower temperatures, while retaining its strength and toughness-without the need for expensive additives.
2019年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- NYU is consistently ranked one of the country's most expensive schools, with room and board costs totaling upwards of $64,000 a year.
2018年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- On the other end, our most expensive bottles are over $150.
2018年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A
- One problem with grass-fed products is that they are usually more expensive than conventional ones.
2019年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- Photography was once an expensive, laborious ordeal reserved for life's greatest milestones.
2018年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C
- So scientists have strived to find a solution by mixing it with expensive metals such as nickel.
2019年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- Some parents pull their children out of school because of expensive field trips.
2019年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it free are multiplying.
2018年6月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section C
- The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it "free" are multiplying.
2018年6月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section C
- The paintings were done with such skill and with such expensive dyes that experts believe the artists originally came from Italy.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section B
- The resulting steel appears to achieve a combination of strength and toughness that is comparable to that of modern steels that are very rich in alloy content and, therefore, very expensive.
2019年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time: In one experiment, for example, customers of the grocery-delivery service Peapod were seen as of higher status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equall
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- This is because they must share expensive facilities.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se
2015年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- Up until then, I hadn't truly realized just how expensive an education can be.
2018年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- At present, these technologies are still expensive, though.
2019年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice of taking public transport, which is cheaper than driving.
2014年高考英語全國卷1 聽力 原文
- Data giants' technology is very expensive.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- Yes, but a few blocks down town would be much more expensive.
2018年高考英語全國卷I 聽力 原文
- Modem methods of/for tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid-1980s, and are expensive to perform consistently over a large area.
2019年高考英語全國卷I 語法填空 原文
- Necessities like food and wood were very expensive.
2018年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- The team transforms the family's long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.
2018年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.
2015年高考英語浙江卷 完形填空 原文
- Traffic is getting worse every day and parking is more expensive.
2017年高考英語北京卷 聽力 原文
- There is just one path for a lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduate degree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the bar exam.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world.
出自-2015年考研閱讀原文
- The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online-only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- It’s not as expensive as you might think.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannot complete on their own or that they cannot do without expensive equipment.
2012年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- first, it is very expensive to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the dominant form of payment.
2013年考研真題（英語二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- It's not as expensive as you might think.
2016年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn't just expensive; it's excessive at a time when online-only competitors don't have the same set of financial constraints.
2016年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- The process is cumbersome, expensive, and unreliable.
2019年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- There is just one path for a lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduate degree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the
2014年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ