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英语词汇 "expensive造句"的造句方法及例句-英语造句词典

当然!掌握“expensive”的造句不仅能提升你的英语表达能力,还能让你的描述更加生动具体。下面我将为你详细解析“expensive”的造句方法,并提供从基础到高级的丰富例句。

一、核心用法速览

“expensive”是一个形容词,意思是“昂贵的;花钱多的”。它的核心用法可以总结为以下三种结构:

基本结构: 主语 + be动词 + expensive

用于直接说明某物很贵。

例句:The car is expensive. (这辆车很贵。)

 

扩展结构: 主语 + be动词 + expensive + to do

用于说明“做某事”的成本很高。

例句:This city is expensive to live in. (在这个城市生活成本很高。)

 

修饰结构: It is expensive + to do

用“It”作形式主语,真正的主语是后面的“to do”不定式。

例句:It is expensive to eat out every day. (天天在外面吃饭很贵。)

 


二、造句方法与句型分析

为了让你的句子更地道,可以尝试以下方法:

方法一:直接描述物品

这是最简单直接的方法,用来说明一个名词(物品、服务等)的价格高昂。

句型: Something is expensive.

例句:

This handbag is very expensive. (这个手提包非常昂贵。)

The rent for this apartment is too expensive. (这套公寓的租金太贵了。)

Healthcare can be extremely expensive in some countries. (在一些国家,医疗保健可能极其昂贵。)

 

方法二:描述“做某事”很昂贵

这种方法更侧重于某个行为或动作的成本很高,非常实用。

句型A: It is expensive to do something.

It 是形式主语,真正的主语是 to do something

It is expensive to travel by plane during the holidays. (在节假日期间乘飞机旅行很贵。)

It is expensive to maintain a luxury car. (保养一辆豪华汽车很费钱。)

 

句型B: Something is expensive to do.

注意:这里的 something 同时也是后面动词的宾语,所以介词不能省略。

This software is expensive to buy. (这个软件买起来很贵。)

That restaurant is expensive to eat at. (在那家餐厅吃饭很贵。)

The new game is expensive to play because of all the in-app purchases. (由于所有的应用内购买,玩这个新游戏很烧钱。)

 

方法三:使用比较级和最高级

用于比较两个或多个事物的昂贵程度。

比较级: more expensive than...

Gold is more expensive than silver. (黄金比白银贵。)

Eating out is becoming more expensive than cooking at home. (外出就餐变得比在家做饭更贵了。)

 

最高级: the most expensive

This is the most expensive watch in the store. (这是店里最贵的一块表。)

What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? (你买过的最贵的东西是什么?)

 

方法四:用副词修饰程度

让你的描述更精确,说明“有多贵”。

常用副词: very, really, extremely, fairly, a bit, too, ridiculously, outrageously

The hotel was ridiculously expensive. (那家酒店贵得离谱。)

She bought a fairly expensive dress for the party. (她为派对买了一条相当贵的裙子。)

I think $10 for a cup of coffee is outrageously expensive. (我认为一杯咖啡10美元贵得吓人。)

 


三、情景主题例句库

以下是一些按主题分类的实用例句,方便你在不同场景下使用。

1. 购物消费

I’d love to buy it, but it’s a little too expensive for my budget. (我很想买,但它对我的预算来说有点太贵了。)

Don’t be fooled by the brand; more expensive doesn’t always mean better quality. (不要被品牌迷惑;更贵并不总是意味着更好的质量。)

They have a wide range of products, from the cheap to the extremely expensive. (他们的产品种类繁多,从便宜的到极其昂贵的都有。)

2. 生活与旅行

It’s expensive to own a car in a big city when you include parking and insurance. (在大城市,算上停车费和保险费,拥有一辆车是很贵的。)

Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities to live in the world. (东京是世界上最昂贵的生活城市之一。)

We stayed in an expensive resort during our vacation. (我们度假时住在一家昂贵的度假村里。)

3. 抽象概念与经历

Victory in the war came at an expensive price. (战争的胜利付出了昂贵的代价。)

That mistake was an expensive lesson for the company. (那次错误对公司来说是一个代价高昂的教训。)

He has an expensive taste in wine. (他对葡萄酒的品味很昂贵/他很会品昂贵的葡萄酒。)


四、常见错误与提醒

误用 expensive price

虽然语法上没有错,但 price 本身已包含“价格”的意思,与 expensive 连用显得重复。更地道的说法是:

(弱) The price is too expensive.

(优) The price is too high. 或 It is too expensive.

 

混淆 expensivedear

expensive 通常指物品本身价值高、价格贵。

dear 在英式英语中可表示“价格高”,但更强调

 

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