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costliness

/kawst-lee, kost-/US // ˈkɔst li, ˈkɒst- //UK // (ˈkɒstlɪ) //

成本效益,成本优势,成本控制,造价

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    cost·li·er, cost·li·est.

    • : costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
    • : resulting in great expense: The upkeep of such a large house is costly.
    • : resulting in great detriment: It was a costly mistake because no one ever trusted him again.
    • : of great value; very valuable; sumptuous.
    • : lavish; extravagant.

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Examples

  • He suggested, for instance, that removing Section 230 protections for self-serve ad content could force small publishers to decide between establishing costly new ad moderation procedures or finding other ways to support their content.

  • Also, individuals were less attractive targets for costly lawsuits than wealthy corporations.

  • Our analysis found many examples of contract terms that experts say are costly to the cash-strapped towns that fund the agreements.

  • Despite attempts to rein in police union contracts in New Jersey, costly provisions remain common, an unprecedented analysis by the Asbury Park Press and ProPublica found.

  • We believe Infinitus’ VoiceRPA solution enables healthcare organizations to automate previously costly and manual calls and faxes and empowers these organizations to see benefits from end-to-end process automation.

  • Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.

  • The studio took him at his word and jumped at the chance to close down, or at least reduce, his costly operation.

  • Is she too hawkish for the activists who helped make her vote for the Iraq War so costly back in the 2008 campaign?

  • Governor Bobby Jindal insists it would be too costly for the state, whose share would total nearly $2 billion over 10 years.

  • The drawback was that the terrain in front of Bradley made success very costly.

  • And the absence of paper and so forth, rendering notebooks costly and rare, made a large amount of memorizing necessary.

  • Not one of the early electric actions proved either quick or reliable, and all were costly to install and maintain.

  • This sum probably included the costly buildings required for the beam-engines, which Trevithick's plan dispensed with.

  • In Europe they are made of the most costly materials, and studded with the rarest gems.

  • In Parliament, where of course the old costly fashions have long been out of vogue, the change is equally noticeable.