Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.(当这布还在织的时候,皇帝就亲自去看它了。)
In Fenchurch Street a fair child, in costly apparel, stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city.(在芬切琪街,一个穿着昂贵衣服的漂亮孩子站在舞台上,欢迎国王陛下来到这座城市。)
At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is extremely costly.(要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度,花费会十分昂贵。)
Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity.(维护这样的环境是非常昂贵的,而且最近的研究表明,即使是旧的油画也不会受到温度和湿度大波动的影响。)
Buying new furniture may prove too costly.(购买新家具可能会花钱太多。)
That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.(这样我们就可以避免在用电高峰期建造昂贵的电厂或购买昂贵的电力。)
They would wed before the stork visited and before the couple made the costly investment of putting the husband through business school.(他们会在鹳鸟来之前结婚,在这对夫妇做出昂贵的投资让丈夫读完商学院之前。)
They said the paint used was also characteristic of that period, as was the intricate and costly style of the lace ruff worn by the man in the portrait.(他们说,像肖像画里男人所穿戴的复杂而又昂贵的蕾丝飞边那样,所用的颜料也具有那个时期的特征。)
Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly.(动物发出的信号,如鸟类复杂的鸣叫声,往往代价高昂。)
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.(他们想征服阿富汗人的意图耗费大量金钱而且无效,只维持了十年的时间。)