pricier

英

美 [ˈpraɪsiər]

adj.  昂贵的
pricey的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 价格高的；昂贵的
  If you say that something ispricey, you mean that it is expensive.
  1. Medical insurance is very pricey.
     医疗保险费用昂贵。

双语例句

• Apparently, those owners are more willing to buy pricier pet food.
  显然，这类爱狗人士更愿意购买高价宠物食品。
• So why is U.S.Internet so much slower and pricier than broadband connections in South Korea?
  因此为什么美国互联网比韩国的宽带连接是又慢又贵呢？
• Shale gas is also likely to divert investment in Britain from pricier but carbon-free nuclear and renewable-energy sources.
  页岩气也可能会使英国把对更昂贵能源的投资转向无碳核能源和可再生能源。
• As a result, banks are now more reliant on ( pricier) wholesale funding. Chinese lenders operate in a far rosier environment than their western peers, but they are not invincible.
  其结果是，银行目前更加依赖（成本更高的）批发融资。与西方同行相比，中国各银行的运营环境要好得多，但它们并非无懈可击。
• As a result, fast-food chains have weathered the recession better than their pricier competitors.
  结果，快餐连锁业比他们那些昂贵的竞争对手更能经受住经济衰退的冲击。
• Many turn to prescription drugs or pricier options hoping it will lead to a little bundle of joy.
  许多人寄希望于处方药物或较大花费的选择希望能够获得一丝惊喜。
• Since 2008, Heineken and Diageo ( deo) have done the same in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Cameroon, albeit not replacing pricier barley with Sorghum at a 100% rate.
  喜力公司（Heineken）和迪阿吉奥公司（Diageo）虽然没有用高粱全面代替昂贵的大麦作为酿酒原料，但从2008年开始，这两家公司也同样在加纳、塞拉利昂和喀麦隆推出了高粱啤酒。
• Panasonic has created additional problems for itself, some experts say, by focusing on pricier plasma technology rather than LCD.
  一些专家表示，松下把重心放在更昂贵的等离子技术而非LCD技术上，这个决定也为它制造了额外的麻烦。
• More skilled oenophiles do prefer pricier booze, but only a little.
  大多数熟练的品酒师当然更喜欢高档酒，但也只是略微更喜欢一点而已。
• Admittedly, Apple has not lost iPod customers, but upgraded them to pricier iPhones.
  诚然，苹果公司并未失去iPod用户，而是让他们升级为昂贵的iPhone用户。