costly的中文意

• 0 expensive, especially too expensive

  • a costly item 一件昂貴的商品

  • a costly purchase 花大價錢買來的東西

  • The project was subject to several costly delays/setbacks. 該工程經歷了幾次代價昂貴的拖延／挫折。

• 1 involving a lot of loss or damage

  • Building this bridge has already been too costly in terms of lives (= people have been killed while working on it). 就建這座橋付出的生命而言，造這座橋的代價已經太高了。