To do so might have been too energetically costly.

这样做可能会耗费过多能量。

Some manufacturers argue that rules can make wine making more costly.

一些制造商认为，这些规定会提高葡萄酒酿造的成本。

However, the technology remains untried and costlier than other forms of power.

然而，这项技术还没有经过试验，而且比其他形式的电力成本更高。

California has experienced large fires that have been the costliest in state history.

加州经历了该州历史上代价最高的大火。

Technology is advancing and becoming far more costly.

科技正在发展，也变得昂贵多了。

He now lives and works in one of the capital city's costlier neighborhoods.

他现在在首都最昂贵的居住区之一生活和工作。

At that price, the violin would not even be the costliest in the world.

以这个价格，这把小提琴甚至还不是世界上最贵的小提琴。

An alternative technology, the thermal camera, is costlier. But it can operate from farther away.

另一种替代技术，即热感摄像机，成本更高。但它可以在更远的地方运行。

But in meeting after meeting, his aides warned just how costly the move could be.

然而，在一次次的会议上，他的助手们都警告说这一举措代价太大。

And regulators in America and Europe may make it costlier still.

此外，美国和欧盟相关监管部门的介入，可能令环球付出更高昂的代价。

I could say " Yeah, it's costly though."

“对，不过它真贵。”

However, private colleges and some technical schools may be just as costly as private universities.

然而，私立大学和一些技术学校的成本可能与私立大学一样高。

It will be costly financially to the community.

这将会给社区带来巨大的经济费用。

And it is not costly to produce.

而且它的生产成本并不高。

The result is a fantastically supple system of financing, but a very costly one.

这个导致一个灵活的融资系统，但代价昂贵的。

The sport ended up being quite costly.

结果这项运动耗资巨大。

However, the costliest creams contain an array of extravagant additions.

但最昂贵的面霜则会包含一系列奢侈的添加物。

You do not spend money on costly hotels.

你不会在昂贵的酒店上花钱。

Love, Miss Claythorne, is a very costly pursuit.

克雷索恩小姐，追求爱情是昂贵的。

The last-minute agreement avoids a costly government shutdown.

最后一刻达成的协议避免了成本高昂的政府关门的境遇。