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

It's very expensive when you take into account not only the direct costs, but also the costs that you pay advisors to help you make these decisions.

非常昂贵,不仅需要考虑直接成本,还要考虑,支付给帮你做决策的顾问们的费用

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

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。

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"It is very expensive to drill bore holes in Somalia. It is a very lengthy, cumbersome process, although that is ideally the way to go.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Mainly for the reasons that, you know, Manhattan is very expensive.

主要是因为曼哈顿的物价太贵了。

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"we would be forced to buy power that we don't need and idle existing generation or have hydro that is very cost effective -- very cheap,actually -- being replaced by very expensive power."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Moreover, you might get hit by an illness and then you could be in desperate trouble that you will die unless you get some kind of emergency care, which might be very expensive.

还有，你可能染上重病,并且深陷绝境,以致你会因此而死去,除非你能获得异常昂贵的，紧急护理。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It's very expensive. That's true.

物价很高。这是真的。

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