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

• Emulation ( as provided by QEMU) is the costliest, where approaches like paravirtualization ( making the guest aware and coordinating I/ O with the hypervisor) can improve overall performance.
  仿真（由QEMU提供）最为昂贵，像半虚拟化（让Guest了解并用虚拟机管理程序协调I/O）这样的方式能够提升总体性能。
• Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
  对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。
• The costliest war in history
  历史上代价最高的战争
• Seoul is Asia's costliest city for expatriates while the weaker yen has made Japanese cities more affordable, a survey released Monday said.
  星期一公布的一份调查显示：对于在亚洲的外国人来说，首尔已经成为物价最昂贵的亚洲城市，日本城市因为日元疲软，物价反而变得更轻易负担得起。
• This is the costliest war in our history.
  这是我们历史上付出代价最大的战争。
• In terms of energy, digestion is one of the costliest bodily functions.
  消化是最消耗能量的身体机能之一。
• 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。
• Sally Yim, an analyst at Moody's in Hong Kong, said: Insurance coverage is much more widespread than it was during previous natural disasters so the insured losses will very likely be the costliest catastrophe for the insurance industry in China ever.
  穆迪（Moody's）驻香港分析师严溢敏（SallyYim）表示：在这次雪灾中，保险范围大大高于以前的一些自然灾害，因此，保险损失极有可能成为中国保险业有史以来最昂贵的灾难。
• Reinsurer Munich Re reckons that, between 1980 and 2008, eight of the 10 costliest natural disasters in Asia were typhoons that hit Japan.
  慕尼黑再保险公司（MunichRe）估计，在亚洲地区1980年至2008年10次经济损失最严重的自然灾害中，有8次是日本遭受的台风袭击。
• 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。