kerosene is expensive, produce only dim light and generate polluting fumes that cause health and environmental problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Government is expensive "and it's fit that everyone who enjoys his share of the protection " should pay out of his estate."

维持政府是要花钱的,“凡享受保护的人，都应该从他的产业中,支出他的一份来维持政府“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

If gas is expensive, then we can't take a road trip.

如果汽油很贵的话，我们就没法开车旅行。

It depends on 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And it just tears me up to see the solution that health care is expensive, so let's have somebody else pay for it."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Do you think the musical fee is expensive?

你觉得音乐剧的门票贵吗？

实惠的歌舞剧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He says when he was young, he could earn a lot, but now everything is expensive.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

I mean, to the extent that you're making these short-term bets against your long-term policy, it requires trading and trading is expensive.

我的意思是,在长期策略下进行短期操作,就需要进行交易,而交易是昂贵的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The other,eflornithine,is expensive, requires prolonged hospital treatment and is only partially effective.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

So, if magnesium is so abundant, why is it so expensive?

所以如果镁是如此富饶，为什么它这么贵呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I played Tennis tournaments all over the place and I met new people and make connections and stuff and something that Tennis helped me with is coming to the United States, as you might already know that it is expensive especially for an international student to go to college here in the United States and with the scholarship that I get through Tennis it helps me a lot, so Tennis has opened up many doors for me for opportunities."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

So the choice is are you gonna ruin the really expensive pair of shoes or are you gonna to leave the child to drown?

所以你面临着选择：,要么毁了这双昂贵的鞋,要么看着小孩淹死？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The president says the goal is for patients to get the best care, not just the most expensive care.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Eh, it really is, first of all, government of all institutions can make health care less expensive.

嗯，确实是这样，首先，所有政府机构,都有能力降低医疗费用。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

I think a lot of companies are finally figuring out that preventative care in general is much less expensive in the long run."

VOA: special.2011.02.28

Well because you can, because it's less expensive to do so than it is elsewhere in the world and people naturally like sweet tastes.

一是因为你能做到,二是因为这么做的成本比在其他国家低,更何况人们天生喜欢甜味

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Shark fin soup is usually served at weddings and at banquets, and it's very expensive."

VOA: special.2011.03.15

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella this is an established vaccine also quite expensive.

麻疹,腮腺炎以及风疹三联疫苗,这是一个非常昂贵的疫苗

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"One of the challenges we have is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones."

VOA: special.2010.11.08

It's expensive to live in New York, so a lot of people are wealthy, but not everybody is. I'm not.

在纽约安家是非常昂贵的，因此一定有许多有钱人，但不是每个人都是有钱人。我就不是。

上西区的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She says genetic modification is hugely expensive and patent heavy, which means the industry is dominated by large multi-national corporations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

To go to law school is very expensive or to go to get a master's degree is very expensive.

读法学院和攻读硕士学位都很昂贵。

拿全额奖学金 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Skating is a very expensive sport and there's no way that you can do it without help from your country.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

But when you look at the bill, it is very expensive and you can't afford to pay that.

但当你看见账单时，你才发现这太贵了，你负担不起。

I can 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It is going to be much, much more expensive to deal with this issue in the future, timing is now,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

I think so. But video phone has been very hard to achieve. It's either been to be expensive, or too crowded, or can we use the internet to finally introduce video phone and this is different from video on-demand.

我也这么认为，但视频电话要成功很困难,它要么很贵，要么很拥堵，或者我们是否可以使用互联网引入视频电话,这与随需视频是不同的。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

"And since it is so much more expensive and so much more difficult to cure, that would be a catastrophe."

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

And especially being in San Francisco where property is very, very, very expensive and

旧金山是个寸土寸金的地方，

生活费偏高 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The new status symbol of the country's affluent class is no longer jewelry, but expensive mobile phones, Ipods or designer labels.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Although people might think that buying like local produce is like more expensive,

虽然人们觉得买当地产品更贵一些，

在绿色市场 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But yeah, commuting in from outside London is a pretty expensive business.

但是，确实，从伦敦市区外面上下班往返相当贵。

公共交通更方便 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人