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1. The general's decision to invade was a costly mistake.
将军作出的入侵决定是个代价惨重的错误。
2. Your suggestion is feasible, though it might be rather costly.
你的建议是可行的，但也许要付出不少代价。
3. The ring was very costly.
这枚戒指价钱很贵。
1. 昂贵的, 贵重的：discriminate between 区别 辨别 | costly 昂贵的, 贵重的 | analog inputoperation 模拟输入操作
2. 昂贵的：costliness 高价 | costly 昂贵的 | costmary 艾菊
3. 昂贵的,豪华的：cost 成本,费用,值 | costly 昂贵的,豪华的 | cottage 村舍,别墅
4. 贵重的：tribulation 磨难 | costly 贵重的 | apocryphal 不足凭信的
1. 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.
e.g. 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. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. costly
1. Yau said buying up the land could be costly, adding there were more flexible alternatives such as private or public partnerships or management agreements.
2. For Japan a stable external environment built by means of good neighborhood diplomacy and peace should be a less costly and more efficient way.
3. Obama mocked Republican officials who call his plans too costly even though they presided over huge deficits while they controlled Congress and the White House.
4. It is also increasingly costly to censor the Internet, if it can even be done effectively.
5. The nomination puts Koehler at the center of fresh attacks on Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's economic record and his struggle to trim costly social programs.
6. costly的意思
6. Asked if he could change one thing about his situation Bank highlighted financial support for the costly business of travelling the world to race.
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7. Processing the material for use is a costly affair because of its special chemical properties.
8. Clock keeper Michael McCann said clearance checks for foreigners to ensure that terrorists could not target the historic clock tower became too complex and costly.
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9. In the 2005 color picture are Chinese touring Europe with their costly souvenirs from Venice.
10. As demand is escalating and energy alternatives remain few and costly, the upward trend of oil prices has come to stay.
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adj
1. having a high price
e.g. costly jewelry
high-priced merchandise
much too dear for my pocketbook
a pricey restaurant
Synonym: dear(p) high-priced pricey pricy
2. entailing great loss or sacrifice
e.g. a dearly-won victory
Synonym: dearly-won