1.昂贵的,费用大的;奢华的,浪费的
1.costing a lot of money; used about something that costs more money than you want to pay; used about something that is expensive but of very good quality
2.causing a lot of problems
1.Trying to get there by a pell-mell fielding of the costliest renewables is pointless.
所以，通过运用大量昂贵的可再生能源来达到低碳减排的目的是毫无意义的。
2.The cheapest bail-out in the world, as he initially called it, turned into one of the costliest.
世界上最便宜的纾困，正如他最初所叫的，逐渐演变成了最昂贵的纾困之一了。
3.In terms of energy, digestion is one of the costliest bodily functions.
消化是最消耗能量的身体机能之一。
4.This was almost certainly the costliest part of your diet, especially in environmental terms.
这无疑是日常饮食中最贵的部分，尤其从环境代价上讲。
5.The costliest Fed lending program during the crisis was the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, the CBO said.
CBO指出，FED在危机期间祭出的计画中，成本最高的是定期资产支持证券贷款工具（TALF）；
6.It did not experience a simultaneous currency crisis, a big contributor to the costliest episodes of the past.
她没有同时经历一场货币危机，那是过去造成高额损失的主要原因。
7.Fund managers still hold some hope that the costliest provisions of the legislation can be negated.
基金经理们仍对这项最昂贵的法案被否决抱有一线希望。
8.Of all of the predictions Gates missed in The Road Ahead, this one might be the costliest.
在《未来之路》中所有错误的预言中，这一个错误可能是代价最昂贵的。
9.When completed, it was the largest and costliest library building in the world and a grand showcase for knowledge and learning in America.
在完工后，这栋大楼无疑是全世界最大与花费最多的图书馆大楼，同时也是美洲展示知识与学习的最伟大的橱窗。
10.Sorry ladies, guys take this one: More of the deadliest, costliest hurricanes have been tagged with male names.
对女人们而言很抱歉，男人们总能占有这点先机：大多数最具致命性的、付出代价最高的飓风都被冠以了男性之名。