| 单词 | costly |
| 释义 | costly['kɒstli]a. 昂贵的, 奢华的, 费用大的 costly cost.ly AHD: [kôst“l¶] D.J. [6k%8stli8]K.K. [6k%stli]adj.（形容词） cost.li.er,cost.li.est 1. Of high price or value; expensive:价格高的，价值高的；昂贵的：costly jewelry.昂贵的珠宝2. Entailing loss or sacrifice:损失惨重的，牺牲很大的：a costly war.损失惨重的战争继承用法:cost“liness n.（名词）参考词汇:1. costly,expensive,dear,valuable,precious,invaluable,priceless2. These adjectives apply to what brings a high price or is of great value.Costly, expensive, and dear refer principally to the cost entailed in acquiring something, costly especially implying high quality or rarity of the purchase: 这些形容词都指带有高价或价值高的。Costly，expensive 和 dear 主要指获得某物涉及的费用， costly 指购买品的质量上乘并稀有： “Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine” (Horace Greeley).“文章只要真实，智慧并不难得。” （贺拉斯·格瑞利）。3. Valuable describes what has a high market value ( Valuable 指具有高的市场价值的事物( “The shrewd guess,the fertile hypothesis,the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion—these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work” (Jerome Bruner).“敏锐的猜想，丰富的假设，向试验性结论勇敢的跨越——这些是工作中的思考者有用的东西。” （杰隆·布鲁诺）。4. Precious implies uniqueness and irreplaceability: Precious 暗指独一性和无可替代性： Freedom is a precious heritage.自由是宝贵的遗产。5. Invaluable andpriceless describe what is of inestimable worth: Invaluable 和priceless 用来描述具有不可估量价值的东西： “Although human life is priceless,we always act as if something had an even greater price than life. . . . But what is that something?” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).“尽管人的生命是珍贵的，但我们做事时却好象总有什么东西比生命更重要…那么这个东西是什么呢？” （安东尼·德·圣爱克修佩瑞） |
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