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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pric·ey, pricy /ˈpraɪsi/ adjective  informalEXPENSIVE expensive 昂贵的，价格高的 The clothes are beautiful but very pricey. 那些衣服很漂亮，不过价格很贵。► see thesaurus at expensive
    Examples from the Corpus
    pricey• Let's not eat here - it's too pricey.• Where to Stay Hotels are excellent but pricey.• The food's great, but it's a little pricey.• Fallow deer, he says, are less pricey - a buck will fetch around £4-500, a doe about £80-90.• The tickets were kind of pricey, but the show was good.• Software written to ToolChest will be able to bypass pricey compliance testing on all the various Sparc boxes.• It used to be that Quattro was a pricey model, not just a reasonably priced option.• Unlike its pricey neighbors, Vail and Aspen, Glenwood Springs is mostly undiscovered by the hordes.• I called over the smart and snooty shop assistant to ask why such a pricey outfit sported such ` crinkles'.• Owners of a Tempe foundry never worried about thieves stealing the pricey sculptures in their art garden.• Nearby, DayStar Digital was selling its pricier, super-performance Mac clones for high-end publishing and editing.    From Longman Business Dictionarypriceypric‧ey /ˈpraɪsi/ (also pricy) adjective informal expensiveSkiing is a pricey sport.Some money managers think that stocks are getting too pricey.
    pric·ey adjectiveChineseSyllable
    Corpus expensive Business


    pricey
    pric‧ey , pricy /ˈpraɪsi/ adjective
     Word Family: adjective: overpriced, priceless, PRICEY/PRICY; verb: price; noun: price
    informal expensive:
        The clothes are beautiful but very pricey.
         
    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.


    priceyBrE /ˈpraɪsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpraɪsi/ 🔊 adjective (prici·er, prici·est) (informal) expensive 昂贵的<titled tranID="16" status="1">expensive</titled>costly ◇ overpriced ◇ pricey ◇ dear

    These words all describe sth that costs a lot of money. 以上各词均表示昂贵、花钱多。

    • expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices 指昂贵的、花钱多的、价格高的：◆I can't afford it—it's just too expensive for me. 我买不起，对我来说这太贵了。◆an expensive restaurant 高档餐馆
    • costly (rather formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay 指昂贵的、花钱多的、价钱比愿意付的为高：◆You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can. 如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
    • overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth 指价格太高的、过于昂贵的：◆ridiculously overpriced designer clothes 贵得离谱的名牌衣服
    • pricey (informal) expensive 指昂贵的、价格高的：◆Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford. 如今该村镇的房价太高，当地人根本买不起。
    • dear [not usually before noun] (BrE) expensive 指昂贵、价格高：◆Everything's so dear now, isn't it? 现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？ NOTE This word is starting to become rather old-fashioned. 这词已开始有些过时了。

    Patterns

    • expensive/costly/overpriced/pricey for sb/sth
    • expensive/costly to do sth
    • very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey