It cost Wayde $10,000. It was useful but expensive.
韦德为此花了10000美元。它确实很有用，但也很贵。
The Nokia models were sophisticated, but expensive compared to other brands.
诺基亚的型号复杂精致，但相对于其它品牌也更昂贵。
Medical care in America is excellent but expensive, with drug costs no exception to the general pattern.
美国的医疗是一流的，但也是昂贵的，而药品也不例外，同样也是这种模式。
But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society's power of choice.
但是，昂贵的事物并非必定属于富人的范畴，除非我们放弃社会的选择权。
How to score with a Taurus: Take your time, give little but expensive gifts and for heavens sake don't disagree.
和金牛一起如何得分：从容不迫，送上一点昂贵礼品，看在老天爷的份上不要有意见分歧。
Such requirements are cheap to write, but expensive to satisfy and to test. In making a proper evaluation, we need to understand.
这些需求写起来便宜，但满足和测试起来昂贵。
One of the most convenient but expensive ways to get around a city in any country is by taxi. And in some cases, tipping is expected.
在各国的城市内走动最便利的方式之一就是搭出租车。有时候你必须给司机小费。
And Canada's fiscal health will soon come under strain from the treasured but expensive public health-care system and an ageing population.
而该国深入人心却又昂贵的公共医疗体系和正趋老龄化的人口将很快给加拿大的财政带来压力。
That way he can spread the cost of the critical weight-saving but expensive carbon composite structure over a vehicle’s lifespan of 15-20 years.
租赁方式让他能够分摊碳纤维复合材料的成本，这种非常 轻的材料至关重要，它很昂贵，但能让车增加15到20年 的寿命。
Utility bosses and policymakers tend to dismiss wind and solar power as noble but expensive distractions, sustainable only through lavish subsidies.
公用事业管理层与政策制定家不太愿意考虑风能与太阳能，因为它们虽环保，但代价高昂； 持续使用还需不断追加巨额的财政补贴。
It is the most comfortable but expensive way. Most people travel by train because it is a less expensive way but the compartments are cramped and stuffy.
这是最舒适却又贵的方式，大多数人乘火车旅行，因为这是一种更便宜的方式，但车厢拥挤，闷热。
Rail transport is readily available all over Great Britain but expensive: prices outpace most of those in the continental countries and Eurail is not valid.
大不列颠的铁路运输四通八达，单价格昂贵，价格提升快于大陆的大多数国家。大陆铁路不能直达英国。
Checking is easy but expensive (you have to make an extra call to SimpleDB, which is slow since it's a whole HTTP round trip plus the processing time on Amazon's side).
要进行检查也很简单，但是需要付出开销(您必须额外调用SimpleDB，而调用会很慢，因为需要完整的HTTP往返以及amazon端的处理时间)。
It seems to be the easier and faster (but expensive) route to achieving the status of a global university offering superior 'Western-style' quality education. But is it worth it?
这似乎快速容易(尽管代价高昂)，并为全球大学提供了超级“西方式”质量教育模式，但是否值得？
Enterprises especially the mid sized and small firms don't have to buy the advanced but expensive software, instead they can just rent it and the relevant services on the Internet though ASPs.
企业可以不必购买先进昂贵的应用软件，只需通过ASP就可以在网上及时获得所需的应用软件以及相关的服务。
But nowadays in spite of all that, and expensive membership fees, health clubs are hugely popular, so how come?
但如今，尽管如此，尽管还有昂贵的会员费，健身俱乐部还是非常受欢迎，那为什么呢？
There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers! But in the past, purple was a very expensive and unusual color.
有紫色的衣服，紫色的手提包，紫色的自行车，紫色的家具，甚至紫色的电脑！但在过去，紫色是一种非常昂贵和不寻常的颜色。
As the years went on, the bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as important for those family bicycle rides.
随着时间的推移，自行车变得更大，更贵，但对于那些骑自行车的家庭成员仍然一样重要。
But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.
但是养马并且定期打猎是很昂贵的，所以大多数猎人都很富有。
Lots of people may need trousers, but only a few qualify as likely buyers of very expensive designer trousers.
很多人可能会买裤子，但只有少数人有资格成为非常昂贵的设计师裤子的潜在买家。
"I've seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult,"she says.
“我曾见过一些非常昂贵的蛋白质补充剂，它们声称是高质量的但它们可能对普通健康成年人并没有真正的好处。”她说。
But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive model to dry your hair.
但当你把它带回家后，你可能会发现，吹干头发需要的时间是更贵的型号的两倍。
But hauling tons of equipment to the moon to make fuel and build a life support system for a moon base, wouldn't that be too expensive?
但是把成吨的设备运到月球去制造燃料，并为月球基地建造一个生命维持系统，那不是太贵了吗？
"I've seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.
她说：“我见过非常昂贵的蛋白质补充剂，它们声称质量上乘，但它们可能不一定对达到平均健康的成年人有好处。”
But sadly, hiring someone to take care of them while you go to work is getting more expensive by the year.
但可悲的是，雇人在你上班的时候照顾他们，这费用一年比一年贵。
The locally manufactured wheelbarrows were still too expensive for all but a few of the households.
本地生产的独轮车对于多数人来说仍然太昂贵了，只有少数家庭负担得起。
People like having small furry animals to stroke, but pets can be expensive to feed.
人们喜欢有毛茸茸的小动物以抚摸，但宠物养起来会很费钱。
The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.
村民们被迫使用油灯，油灯不仅昂贵，而且它们所产生的有害气体十分危险。
The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.
村民们被迫使用油灯，油灯不仅昂贵，而且它们所产生的有害气体十分危险。
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