costlier
- adj.昂贵的;造成损失的;花钱多的;价钱高的;引起困难的
- costly的比较级
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Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if everyone used the cheaper drug , Avastin , instead of the costlier one , Lucentis .
如果每个人都使用更便宜的药物安维汀,而不是更昂贵的诺适得,联邦医疗保险每年可以节省数亿美元。
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It also can cost more because it demands beefier , and thus costlier , hardware to run well than does the older Windows XP .
另外,因为Vista需要比上一代WindowsXP更强劲、也因此更昂贵的硬件来保持平稳运行,你还要花上更多的钱。
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You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can .
如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
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The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay .
最好的设备花费大,但这种开支很值得。
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Buying new furniture may prove too costly .
购买新家具可能会花钱太多。
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Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills .
接受我们的服务合同,告别昂贵的修理费吧。
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Mining can be costly in terms of lives .
采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。
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These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line .
这些小规模的促销活动成本很高,而且对增加他的最终效益没什么贡献。
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At the required level of visual verisimilitude , computer animation is costly .
要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度,花费会十分昂贵。
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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。
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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。
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Coastal defence is a costly business
海防事务很耗费资财。
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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?
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The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly .
提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效,而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
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Having curtains made professionally can be costly
找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。
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Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years .
他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区,但只持续了10年就无果而终了。
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Cadets are having to use football rattles to simulate gunfire because blank ammunition is too costly .
空包弹太昂贵了,军校学员不得不用足球比赛时助威用的响板来模拟枪声。
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It can be costly to refinance .
再融资有时费用会很高。
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Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy .
买这么一套家具要花很多钱。
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He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings .
他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。
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They bribed him with costly presents .
他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他。
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The plan dropped through when it proved too costly .
付出了那么多的努力,这计划还是失败了。
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We need some costly materials .
我们需要某些价值昂贵的材料。
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Doing so is costly ( bank + store fees ) and damages your credit rating .
这样做的成本很高(银行+存储费用)而且将降低你的信用评级。
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The victory is costly .
这一胜利的代价很高。
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The major components of our energy systems , such as fuel production , refining , electrical generation and distribution , are costly installations that have lengthy life spans .
我们能源系统的主要组成部分,例如燃料生产、燃料精炼、发电和配电,用的都是使用寿命很长的昂贵设备。
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Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period , possible only for a privileged class — the same that produced gentlemen scientists , authors , antique experts , and patrons of the arts .
在整个期间,旅途充满艰辛且花费不菲,可能仅限于特权阶级——这一阶级还培养出了绅士科学家、作家、古董专家和艺术家的赞助人。
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The reason is that when carbon is priced , those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first .
原因是当碳被定价时,最低成本的减排措施会首先实施。
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Some desalination plants exist where feasible , but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs .
在可行的地方,有一些脱盐的工厂,但它们的运营成本很高,而且需要不断的维修。
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He told people at a conference , " There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing.Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy . "
他在会议上告诉众人:“多项研究表明,它们晚上鸣叫的时间变多了,但白天也在不停鸣叫。这种鸣叫消耗很大,需要很多能量。”