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词汇 pricey
释义 pricey
adjective
 informal(alsopricy)uk /ˈpraɪ.si/ us /ˈpraɪ.si/pricier | priciest
expensive: 贵的,昂贵的
It's a bit pricey but the food is wonderful.这顿饭有点贵,不过好吃极了。
Synonyms
costly
dear
expensive
Opposites
cheap(LOW PRICE)
inexpensive
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

costing a lot of money
expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Costing too much
bottomless pit
capital intensive
cheap
cheap at half the priceidiom
cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
cost someone a pretty pennyidiom
cost someone dearidiom
costliness
daylight robbery
dear
exorbitant
gouge
outprice
overcharge
pretty
price fixing
price someone out
price yourself out of the marketidiom
prohibitively
sight

pricey | American Dictionary


pricey
adjective
us/ˈprɑɪ·si/comparativepricier | superlativepriciest
expensive:
That restaurant’s too pricey for me.

pricey | Business English


pricey
adjective
 informal(alsopricy)uk /ˈpraɪsi/us
expensive:
Rehiring, retraining, and tackling low morale is pricey.
The homes we looked at were either too pricey or not worth the work it would take to fix them up.

Examples of pricey


pricey
It is a pity that it was published in hardcover and is so pricey, since this usually serves to limit the circulation of important books.
But one must note that the cloth edition is a bit pricey for individuals to purchase and a cheaper paperback edition may have to be printed.
Well behaved she may have been, but she was also a little pricey.
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It is true that, in general, those substitutes tend to be a little more pricey, but that is because of the market.
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It is all very well to say that pricey have gone up.
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I cannot say in detail the particulars, as there is a large variety of different pricey.
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Meanwhile, the price of this remarkably pricey vehicle is rising hour by hour and day by day.
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On that side we tend to be rather pricey.
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We must decide quickly whether licensing concessions are to be provided to allow minibuses to replace the huge and pricey vehicles that trundle, sometimes half-empty, around the countryside.
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Moreover, web conferencing and telepresence solutions are typically not vendor neutral and tend to be pricey.
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The attorney stated he wasn't; it was too pricey.
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Some fungicide has been found to help with clubroot but it is very pricey and would take huge amounts to saturate the soil.
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He was known to entertain friends and strategic partners at some of the most pricey locations of his time.
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Such meals are usually very formal and rather pricey.
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Once again, it is a bit pricey for the average gamer at $29.95, but well worth it for the contents.
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