Her suit looked extremely expensive.
Food in this country is getting very expensive.
Adding these safety features would make the cars too expensive.
I found the food very expensive.
Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.
Giving every patient an annual flu shot would be prohibitively expensive.
• expensive computer equipment
• Many manufacturers would find setting up their own High Street stores prohibitively expensive (= so expensive that they could not afford it ) .
• We were booked into one of Miami's most expensive hotels.
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Business class travel has become very expensive.
»He was looking for insurance to cover the expensive equipment in his home office.
sth is expensive to do »Older houses are expensive to maintain.
»prohibitively/extremely/hugely expensive
expensive clothes - дорогая одежда
expensive furs - ценные меха
expensive education - образование, стоившее больших денег
expensive indulgence - образн. потворство, которое дорого обошлось
to be too expensive for one's pocketbook - быть не по карману
expensive man - расточительный человек
he has an expensive wife - жена ему дорого обходится; жена заставляет его много тратить
expensive of time - требующий слишком много времени
expensive of health - подрывающий здоровье
expensive clothes — дорогая одежда
expensive store — дорогой магазин
1. дорогой, дорогостоящий
~ clothes - дорогая одежда
~ furs - ценные меха
~ education - образование, стоившее больших денег
~ indulgence - образн. потворство, которое дорого обошлось
to be too ~ for one's pocketbook - быть не по карману
2. редк.
1) расточительный
~ man - расточительный человек
he has an ~ wife - жена ему дорого обходится; жена заставляет его много тратить
2) (of) требующий больших затрат
~ of time - требующий слишком много времени
~ of health - подрывающий здоровье
• Big-ticket
• Dear former spouse, dreamily thoughtful (9)
• Dear old flame lost in thought (9)
• Formerly thoughtful, dear (9)
• Quite steep
дорогий, цінний
Дорогий
цінний