昂贵的；代价高的

• That's as much as the output of a costly converter, thirty feet high. Really wonderful!

  那等于一座高30英尺造价昂贵的转炉的年产量，真了不起！

• Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

  浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。

• The house is too [costly] for us to buy.

  这房子太贵了,我们买不起。

• It would be too [costly] to repair the car.

  修理这辆汽车要花很多钱。

• Eating out can be costly.

  在外面吃饭是要花很多钱的。

• 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。