Costly

(adj.) having a high price; 'costly jewelry'; 'high-priced merchandise'; 'much too dear for my pocketbook'; 'a pricey restaurant' .

校对:奥斯瓦德

• To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• That is a costly mania for a manufacturer. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was begun in 1882 and finished in 1890, and is the largest and most costly viaduct in the world. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It was found, however, in practice, that the compound gas thus formed was more costly than ordinary coal gas, and the plan has been discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But now a factory and its engines and machines became a vast and costly thing, measured by the scale of the worker's pocket. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The battle of rival reapers had been long and costly. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This statement cannot be successfully controverted, for it has been abundantly verified after many years of costly litigation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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