expensive

Εννοια

1. Having a high price or cost.
2. Taking a lot of system time or resources.
3. (obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

Ετυμολογία

From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.

Προτάσεις

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

Η εθνική περιοδεία τελείωσε το επόμενο έτος, καθώς τα έξοδα διαχείρισης του αποδείχθηκαν υπερβολικά ακριβό.