subject + be + expensive
This car is very expensive.
这辆车很贵。
价格高；价格高或收费高；消耗大量系统时间或资源；经济成本高；贵的
价格高
Having a high price or cost.
价格高或收费高
high in price or charging high prices
消耗大量系统时间或资源
Taking a lot of system time or resources.
经济成本高
Having a high economy rate.
This restaurant is too expensive for a casual lunch.
这家餐厅对于一顿便餐来说太贵了。
用法提示：expensive 作表语，表示主语价格昂贵。
AI contextual example
She bought an expensive dress for the wedding.
她为婚礼买了一条昂贵的连衣裙。
用法提示：expensive 作定语修饰名词 dress，意为“昂贵的”。
AI contextual example
The hotel rooms are expensive during the summer holidays.
暑假期间酒店房间很贵。
用法提示：expensive 作表语，描述 hotel rooms 价格高。
AI contextual example
This car is very expensive.
这辆车很贵。
表示做某事花费高。
This restaurant is expensive to eat at.
这家餐厅吃饭很贵。
Gold is more expensive than silver.
黄金比白银更贵。
较正式，可与expensive互换
非正式，常用于口语
英式英语，常用于表示价格高
含有负面评价，认为物非所值
语气强烈，强调价格极度不合理
grammar · medium
易错句子This car expensive.
正确表达This car is expensive.
形容词作谓语时需加系动词be，汉语中常省略'是'，但英语必须使用连系动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The price of this phone is too expensive.
正确表达The price of this phone is too high.
'expensive'修饰物品本身，而价格需用'high'或'low'描述，这是常见的搭配错误。
作为expensive的反义词，指价格低，但cheap有时带有质量低劣的贬义
作为expensive的直接反义词，侧重价格不高，无贬义
作为expensive的反义词，侧重价格标价低，常用于商品
excessive 指数量或程度超出合理范围，而 expensive 指价格高。
costly 强调需要付出很大代价（金钱、时间、努力），而 expensive 单纯指价格高。
dear 是英式英语中形容价格昂贵的词，较正式或老式，而 expensive 更通用。
昂贵的汽车
She drives an expensive car.
她开一辆昂贵的汽车。
昂贵的餐厅
We had dinner at an expensive restaurant.
我们在一家昂贵的餐厅吃了晚餐。
昂贵的品味
He has expensive taste in clothes.
他在衣服方面有昂贵的品味。
代价高昂的错误
Buying that house was an expensive mistake.
买那所房子是一个代价高昂的错误。
贵得令人望而却步
The treatment is prohibitively expensive for most people.
这种治疗对大多数人来说贵得令人望而却步。
ex- (向外) + pens (称重/支付) + -ive (有...性质的)
ex- (向外) + pense (支付)
ex- (向外) + pend (称重/支付)
有昂贵的品味
She has expensive taste in cars.
她对车有昂贵的品味。
昂贵的教训
Losing his job was an expensive lesson in financial planning.
失去工作是他财务规划上昂贵的教训。
昂贵的提议（或事情）
Buying a house in this area is an expensive proposition.
在这个地区买房是一件昂贵的事情。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.