查询词典 more expensive

Any given oil well has a finite supply of oil, and the wells' production follows the shape of a bell curve. Extracting oil is cheap and easy on the curve's upslope but after the the well has peaked – the point at which half of the well's oil has been extracted – production becomes more difficult and expensive. The output of the well begins to decline and will never recover; production falls steadily and the cost to extract the oil rises.

由於任何一个油井都只有固定的供应量，因此每个油井的原油产量都会遵循钟型曲线：一开始汲取原油很便宜也很容易，因此曲线是上升的，但当油井的产量到顶之后–也就是油井中的原油存量已被汲取出一半时–原油的生产就会变得愈渐困难且昂贵，油井的输出产量也开始下降，而且再也无法恢复，所以产量也将持续减少、使得生产成本不断增加。

Before I saw the price of 299 yuan leisure jacket, I feel very cheap, but if the 309 yuan jacket, I feel a bit expensive, in fact carefully consider only a difference of 10 yuan money, but psychologically feel that they are far from the price difference far more than 10 yuan.

以前我看到售价299元的休闲外套，就觉得很便宜，但是要是309元的外套，就觉得有点贵，其实仔细想想，仅仅相差10元钱，可是心理上却觉得它们的价钱相差远远超过10元。

For some people, not having enough money to travel to foreign countries, or even to buy an expensive, but high quality tool, would cause them to feel at a disadvantage, especially when you know that you could be brining in more income as a family.

对某些人来说，没有足够的钱去外国旅行或者买高质量的昂贵的用具会使她们感到不舒服，特别是当她们知道她们能够为家里赚更多的钱的时候。

Caulking and Weatherstripping - Caulking and weatherstripping are the easiest and least expensive weatherization measures and can save more than 10% on energy bills.

压胶和风雨-压胶和风雨是最简单，最便宜的weatherization措施，可以节省超过10％的能源法案。

14 The largest impediment to introduction of electronic chauffeuring may turn out to be the general perception that it's more difficult and expensive to implement than it really is.

电子驾驶应用的最大障碍可能在于一种普遍的观念，认为这一技术的应用比实际情况更困难，更昂贵。

Fire pushed by strong winds swept Santa Barbara in California Wednesday, gutting about 30 houses in a posh neighborhood of expensive homes and causing the evacuation of more than 8000 people.

当地时间6日，风景秀丽的美国加州圣塔芭芭拉遭遇山林大火，至少30栋价格不菲的豪宅被大火吞噬，8000多名当地居民被迫撤离，有4名消防员受伤。

The entire management shift was no more than an ornate and expensive way to defuse my power in a socially acceptable manner.

整个管理机构的改组只不过是一种精心炮制而且不惜工本的做法，以社会上可接受的方式削减我的权力。

In their minds, the more refined and expensive food they have, the healthier they will become.

在他们的头脑里，被提炼的和更加昂贵的食物他们有，更加健康他们将变得。

Men may be more self-conscious about extremely expensive cars.

男士消费极端昂贵的汽车时会变得更自觉。

Most start with a refreshing beverage loaded with sugar and caffeine or , for the more discerning palate , a cup of expensive herbal tea .

他们喝那些含糖和咖啡因的饮料，或是价格不菲、更富刺激的芳草茶。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。