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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
expensive
ex‧pen‧sive S1 W2 /ɪkˈspensɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [Word Family: noun: ↑expenditure, ↑expense, expenses; verb: ↑expend; adverb: ↑expensively ≠ ↑inexpensively; adjective: ↑expensive ≠ ↑inexpensive] costing a lot of money OPP cheap: the most expensive restaurant in town Petrol is becoming more and more expensive. Photography is an expensive hobby. expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc The house was too big and expensive to run. For low-income families, children’s safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it). Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake. Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things). —expensively adverb: She’s always expensively dressed. • • • COLLOCATIONS adverbs ▪ quite/fairly expensive The food’s quite expensive, but it’s really nice. ▪ rather/pretty expensive (=more expensive than you expect) I think £1000 for a bed is rather expensive. ▪ very/extremely expensive We ate at a very expensive restaurant. ▪ astronomically/phenomenally expensive (=used to emphasize how expensive something is) Some new medical treatments are phenomenally expensive. ▪ hugely expensive (=extremely expensive, especially when you think something is too expensive) The building is hugely expensive to maintain. ▪ ridiculously/outrageously/horrendously expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that seems shocking) Room service in the hotel was ridiculously expensive. ▪ extortionately expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that is not fair or reasonable) Houses in some parts of London are extortionately expensive. ▪ prohibitively expensive formal (=too expensive, with the result that most people cannot afford to buy something) HIV medicines are still prohibitively expensive for sufferers in Africa. verbs ▪ look expensive All of her clothes look very expensive. ▪ prove expensive Their decision could prove expensive. nouns ▪ expensive tastes (=a desire to have things that are very expensive) His wife has very expensive tastes and his kids always want the latest things. ▪ an expensive mistake (=a mistake which results in someone having to spend a lot of money) Choosing the wrong builder turned out to be an expensive mistake. • • • THESAURUS ▪ expensive costing a lot of money: an expensive car | Apartments in the city are very expensive. | An underground train system is expensive to build. ▪ high costing a lot of money.You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these words: Rents are very high in this area. | Lawyers charge high fees. | the high cost of living in Japan ▪ dear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee. ▪ pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informal expensive: The clothes are beautiful but pricey. ▪ costly expensive in a way that wastes money: Upgrading the system would be very costly. | They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle. ▪ cost a fortune informal to be very expensive: The necklace must have cost a fortune! ▪ exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensive: Some accountants charge exorbitant fees. ▪ astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high: the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft | the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats | The cost of living is astronomical. ▪ overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: The DVDs were vastly overpriced. ▪ somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools.
expensivehu◎ | [iks'pensiv] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | đắt tiền | | ■ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) xa hoa |
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