costliest

英 [ˈkɒstlɪɪst]

美 [ˈkɔstliɪst]

adj.  花钱多的; 昂贵的; 价钱高的; 引起困难的; 造成损失的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 昂贵的;价格高的
  If you say that something iscostly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
  1. 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?
• ADJ-GRADED 造成严重损失的;代价大的
  If you describe someone's action or mistake ascostly, 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The costliest excluding rent were Oslo, London, Copenhagen, Zurich, Tokyo and Geneva.
  不包括租金在内，生活成本最高的城市有奥斯陆、伦敦、哥本哈根、苏黎世、东京和日内瓦。
• Although it will take some time before the full extent of the damage is known, Ike is expected to be one of the costliest storms ever to hit the United States.
  虽然要过一些时间才能知道受损的程度，但艾克预计是袭击美国造成损害最严重的暴风之一。
• Halfway through, this year is already the costliest on record for natural catastrophes, insurer Munich Re said Tuesday in its first-half review.
  慕尼黑再保险公司（MunichRe）本周二发表上半年业绩评论时提出，尽管时间刚刚过半，今年已经成为有记录以来自然灾害损失最高的年份。
• In "Yeon Gaesomun," perhaps the most anticipated and costliest Korean historical drama of all-time, it is explicitly said that China was Korean land in the time of Gojoseon.
  在也许是有史以来最受瞩目和最昂贵的韩国历史电视剧《渊盖苏文》里就明明白白地说中国在高句丽时期是韩国的领地。
• You can select the costliest query, and you can launch Optim Query Tuner directly from that view.
  您可以选择成本最低的查询，并可以从那个视图直接启动OptimQueryTuner。
• The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices One million man-hours were lost through industrial action.
  损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失在工人罢工期间损失了100万工时。
• Allograph person rate strive takes care of each income estate, the costliest, by the professional personage of marriage law respect the help is finished;
  代书人的收费标准力图照顾到各个收入阶层，最昂贵的，由婚姻法方面的专业人士帮助完成；
• The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the costliest insurance event ever, illustrates why reform is overdue.
  飓风卡特里娜带来的毁坏，是至今为止涉及到最大金额的保险事宜。
• The costliest war in history
  历史上代价最高的战争
• At 81 billion dollars, Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in American history.
  卡特里娜飓风造成了近810亿美圆的损失，是美国历史上最严重的自然灾难之一。