English Dictionary

expensive

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

adj

(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish. / Having a high price or cost. / (computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.

He lived an expensive lifestyle, constantly buying luxury items.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

[H]e had been very expensive when abroad; and contracted a large debt […].

意味（2）

Having a high price or cost.

If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

意味（3）

(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.

an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm