| 单词 | expensiveness |
| 例句 | I liked its perverse combination of expensiveness and pseudo-blue-collarness, for both good and wrong reasons. | Reed Krakoff: Bulletproof Clothing: Take Your Best Shot 2010-09-21T21:46:00Z A pretext for your visit can be useful in distracting you from the single most scream-worthy fact about Switzerland: its fearsome expensiveness. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z The expensiveness of the car was taken as a proxy for socioeconomic status. Neurologist Robert Sapolsky on stress and Donald Trump: Humans are not "inherently rational beings" 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In the first, they asked 35 people to rate the expensiveness, sweetness and density of yogurt eaten with several plastic spoons, some of which were lighter in weight than others. Cups and spoons can affect the taste of foods 2013-07-01T20:22:57Z The expensiveness of the experiments on a large scale was not the determining consideration here, for the size of the projectile is indifferent. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The prussiate of potash process is, of course, from its expensiveness, both in material and labor, too costly for work to be done in quantities, and box-hardening is therefore resorted to. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Will not railroad companies resist a plan of regular disinfection because of its expensiveness? A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z At present it, like most West African industries, is fearfully handicapped by the deadly climate, the inferiority and expensiveness of labour, and the difficulties of transport. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Her gown looked cheap in spite of its evident expensiveness, and her jewellery was massive. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Assuring her it was merely a ‘plaat’, but one that was ‘erg kostbaar’, I grasped at the analogy of the hours of the day, to do full justice to the expensiveness of the picture. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z A diagram at once shows its awkwardness, expensiveness, and undesirability. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The most captious Salamander would have accepted him at a glance as the beau ideal of a prop—a perfect blend of radiating expensiveness and docile timidity. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z No one who has not experienced the expensiveness of poverty can realize how maddening it is to throw money away because you are not rich enough to save it. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Their house was small; the family consisted of no more than four persons, and all formality and expensiveness were studiously discarded; but her strength was unequal to unavoidable tasks. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Sir William Stirling-Maxwell is less widely known than he deserves to be, but this is partly due to the expensiveness of his works. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The expensiveness of your apparel is not of much importance, but its freshness and cleanliness are indispensable. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Owing to its expensiveness, it has given place to cheaper materials serving the same purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z And must not a sovereign, my best one! who should permit the expensiveness of public mourning, manifestly open afresh the closed wounds of private sorrow? Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Otherwise the failings were familiar – the rush of wickets in the powerplay, the expensiveness of Anderson, Prior's erratic displays. Matt Prior's odd dismissal sums up the malaise that has hit England 2011-03-11T20:00:01Z Mr. Hyndman also points out the great expensiveness of a foreign government, and his remarks on this subject are undoubtedly true. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z The return of the notes to the issuer seems not to be impeded by the inconvenience or expensiveness of the process. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Wall papers were first brought to this country in 1735, though, owing to their expensiveness, they were not used to any extent until many years later. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z "While the use of the Fed's currency swap programme remains light, this is more a reflection of its expensiveness – it is still more than double prevailing Libor rates," analysts at Barclays Capital said. FTSE crashes through 5000 2010-05-25T18:07:00Z A MAN'S sweethearts are like his cigars; he has many of each of them, loves each one as tenderly as the preceding, and appreciates each according to its expensiveness. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Beneath it she wore a white muslin dress of a studied simplicity that, to another woman’s assessing gaze, would reveal its expensiveness. Cynthia's Chauffeur He felt, as he stood there looking despairingly upon her, as if he had seen all the manufactured expensiveness of the world, lustrous silks, bloom of velvet, filigreed jewels, in rags and ruin. Old Crow Another result of the expensiveness of writing material was the practice of erasing whole works in order that the vellum might be used over again. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 He had a genius for estimating the values of land, the expensiveness of drainage, and the possibilities of the market. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The like notions are applied by them to high living; and the magnificence and expensiveness of entertainments are deprecated, because nature is satisfied at a small expense. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Already I had begun to note the expensiveness of stamps, laundry work, omnibus fares, and such matters. The Message He justly complains of the expensiveness of these vehicles, and also of the cost of the post-carriages which then formed the sole means of locomotion in the interior of the island. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore Is it surprising that a project requiring so much money for so long a time should appeal to Boston's regard for endurance, expensiveness, and exclusiveness? Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Many dishes cost little for the materials, but owe their daintiness and expensiveness to the care bestowed in cooking or to a fine sauce. Choice Cookery She took indeed great care that we were not overrated, or imposed on, as well as of managing as frugally as possible; expensiveness was not her vice. Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) If there were twenty telegraphic wires working day and night, which never can be the case from their expensiveness, they could not do in a month the correspondence and business done by one steamer's mail. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Mr. Cobden had made his great speech on the preceding day, wherein the grievous expensiveness and hideous immorality of Standing Armies were vividly portrayed. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. The step was taken not because of any dissatisfaction with the doctrinal position of the Tennessee Synod, but on account of the inconvenience and expensiveness of attending her conventions. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) You will thereby avoid the expensiveness and uncertainty of doing business through a nicely dressed, but irresponsible stranger. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Edwin could not understand how he had ever stood in awe of Mr Orgreave, who, with all his distinction and expensiveness, was the most companionable person in the world. Clayhanger One cannot meet them effectively by mere counter-insistency on war's expensiveness and horror. Memories and Studies Another deep reason for natural death is to be found in the physiological expensiveness of reproduction, for many animals, from worms to eels, illustrate natural death as the nemesis of starting new lives. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told On account of the expensiveness of butter, there are a number of substitutes sold, which go under the name of oleomargarine. A Handbook of Health Those which are termed fashionable, and which imitate the expensiveness of the hotels without furnishing a tithe of their comforts, are located in the Fifth avenue, Broadway, and the Fourth avenue, or near those streets. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The expensiveness of the government was the true ground of the oppression of the people. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The daily menus for any family will necessarily vary with the market supply, the season, and the relative expensiveness of different food materials, as well as with the tastes and purse of the consumers. Public School Domestic Science At one and the same time, they shew that love of expensiveness, so universal among the Greeks, and an inclination to the Dutch frugality. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe For practical purposes, any trifling food value it may have is more than offset by its later poisonous and disturbing effects and, secondly, by its enormous expensiveness. A Handbook of Health This in some measure banished luxury and expensiveness from these feasts. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates To the expensiveness of the navy system were ascribed the oppression under which the people of England groaned, the overthrow of the French monarchy, and the dangers which threatened that of Great Britain. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States A graceful, careless expensiveness was the dominant note. The Lee Shore As to the expensiveness of the plan of gradual emancipation, with compensation, proposed in the late message, please allow me one or two brief suggestions. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History It gave no inkling of its unique exclusiveness, and equally unique expensiveness. Success A Novel And then Christmas is gluttony and indigestion and expensiveness and quarter-day, and Christmas cards are a tax and a nuisance, and present-giving is a heavier tax and a nuisance. The Feast of St. Friend He knew it in spite of fluffy golden hair and a filmy, youthful morning robe that displayed the daintiness of her figure as well as the expensiveness of her taste. The Street Called Straight There is a dining-room in a certain small New York house that is quite as inviting as it is lacking in expensiveness. Etiquette Kitty had doffed her black, and she wore a "demi-toilette" gown of the utmost elegance, of which the expensiveness had, no doubt, already sunk deep into Lady Grosville's soul. The Marriage of William Ashe No publication of equal splendor and expensiveness has ever before been so well received in this country. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 It was littered with half-open boxes, new suits, a disorderly regiment of shining, unworn boots and shoes, a pile of ties that must have been chosen for sheer expensiveness. The Dark House The sense of bulk and inordinate expensiveness made him for a moment almost regret that these later Lombards who reared this pile were not of the same race-stock with himself. The Collectors London compels me to tolerate dirt, darkness, ugliness, strain, tedious daily journeyings, and general expensiveness. The Human Machine He had transitory qualms of fear about the possible expensiveness of Helen. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He said to himself again, and more forcibly, that he had a natural taste for luxury and expensiveness, and that he would have the one and practise the other. The Roll-Call To take a private sitting-room in a hotel was generally regarded in the Five Towns as the very summit of dashing expensiveness and futile luxury. The Regent "A navy is the most expensive of all means of defense, and the tyranny of governments consists in the expensiveness of their machinery." Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism To most of us, a private hired automobile is open to the very serious objection of its expensiveness, an item that may sometimes be reduced by division. Cuba, Old and New The expensiveness of life in the city comes of the generous and grand scale on which it there proceeds, not from the superior cost of the necessaries or comforts of life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 It is not only in establishing a devout standard of decent expensiveness that the principle of waste invades the domain of the canons of ritual serviceability. Theory of the Leisure Class The sight of them, the remembrance of what she had heard of the expensiveness of city carriages, nerved her to desperation. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise It was horrible to haggle on such a matter, and finally Philip consented to an expensiveness which he could ill afford. Of Human Bondage But crafty art and her dramatic instinct were responsible for the tailored severity of her costume, for the whiteness of her blouse, the trim common-sense expensiveness of her shoes and hat and gloves. Fanny Herself If she thinks him the finest gentleman in the world, he, on his side, has never found himself in personal contact with such splendor, such opulence, such expensiveness as this young lady's. Daisy Miller There was therefore no basis for a growth of taste in disregard of expensiveness. Theory of the Leisure Class You might have kept on hoping that something would happen to prevent Roddy's going but for the size and solidity and expensiveness of the preparations. Mary Olivier: a Life The Tarn, by reason of its remoteness, its inaccessibility—and, to descend to material considerations, its expensiveness as an excursion—can never, fortunately, become one of the cheap peep-shows of the world. The Roof of France S�ren no longer cared for the things that interested them, and they were bored when he held forth upon the severity of his daily grind, and the expensiveness of living. Tales of Two Countries Another dubious point is Oswald's argument in the first act as to the expensiveness of marriage as compared with free union. Ghosts The utility of articles valued for their beauty depends closely upon the expensiveness of the articles. Theory of the Leisure Class Mary was used to the expensiveness of Mrs. O'Callahan, but here was a new kind of expensiveness, subtle and compelling, strangely unconscious. King Coal : a Novel These had, perhaps without knowing it, lost the desire to come back; they cowered before the expensiveness of life in America, and doubted of a future with which, indeed, only the young can hopefully grapple. Indian Summer Second, the expensiveness of living, and the dearness of labor, which was as high as 1_s_. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe No, not for the world; what man of sense would bear the insolences, the petulances, the expensiveness of a wife! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 In directly, through reflection Upon their honorific expensiveness, a social worth is imputed to them; and so, by an easy substitution of words and ideas, they come to be admired and reputed beautiful. Theory of the Leisure Class We'll fix her out so that she will appear as well as any one, and you know our claims don't rest on expensiveness of dress. The Earth Trembled Following his directions, she found her way through the corridors of a new building whose inappropriate expensiveness was obvious at every turn. The Iron Woman The expensiveness of this ill-timed visit had not occurred to me at the outset. A Fool and His Money Also, his horse was a thoroughbred; and with a rubber-tired runabout and a silver-mounted harness, the expensiveness of the rig was evident. Samuel the Seeker It is true, the corset impairs the personal attractions of the wearer, but the loss suffered on that score is offset by the gain in reputability which comes of her visibly increased expensiveness and infirmity. Theory of the Leisure Class We will now enter into the reason that induces the bush man to collect stuff to sell among the Fans, which is the expensiveness of the ladies in the tribe. Travels in West Africa It reminded Montague of a jest that he had heard about Mrs. Vivie Patton, whose husband had complained of the expensiveness of her costumes, and requested her to wear simpler dresses. The Moneychangers Some of these animals had elaborate costumes, rivalling in expensiveness those of their step-mothers. The Metropolis Her mother's tremendous new gown ballooned about her in all its fantastic richness and expensiveness. The Old Wives' Tale All this points to an antagonism between expensiveness and artistic apparel. Theory of the Leisure Class Also, a large part of the expensiveness will be due to the use of material that will make it easy to keep the bathroom clean and in order. Revolution, and Other Essays She promised to send a messenger to the doctor's, and left the two men alone in a room comfortably furnished, but without elegance or expensiveness. The Town Traveller If perchance they find they have stopped in New York or Boston at hotels of notable expensiveness, then it does not take much scraping until their acquaintance is made. See America First Constance protested against the expensiveness of the affair several times, but Sophia quietened her by sheer force of individuality. The Old Wives' Tale But the principle of conspicuous waste requires an obviously futile expenditure; and the resulting conspicuous expensiveness of dress is therefore intrinsically ugly. Theory of the Leisure Class On her part, Miss Macroyd had doubtless already noted that the girl was, with no show of expensiveness, authoritatively well gowned and personally hatted. Fennel and Rue I explained the difficulties in the way, and the expensiveness of ice in a country where you have to keep a sharp eye on your ice-man or your ice-bill will weigh more than your ice. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories The beginning of a vicious diet is presently followed by all sorts of luxury and expensiveness, Ev'n as a mare is by her thirsty colt. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies All the house breathed opulence; it was gorged with quiet, restrained expensiveness; the least considerable objects, in the most modest corners, were what Mrs. Baines would have termed 'good.' The Old Wives' Tale The generalization for which the discussion so far affords ground is that any valuable object in order to appeal to our sense of beauty must conform to the requirements of beauty and of expensiveness both. Theory of the Leisure Class Then Mr. Hawkins proceeded to furnish it with an expensiveness and extravagance of outlay quite in keeping with his former idiocy. Tales of the Argonauts The wines were of characteristic expensiveness, and provoked the same general comment. A Sappho of Green Springs By all which it is most manifest, that it is not for nourishment, or want, or any necessity, but for mere gluttony, wantonness, and expensiveness, that they make a pleasure of villany. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies She thought how splendid was all this expensiveness for trade. The Old Wives' Tale These substitutes, although less beautiful to the pastoral eye of Western man than the cow, are in such cases preferred because of their superior expensiveness or futility, and their consequent repute. Theory of the Leisure Class The tailor reported visits from those who would feel of the cloth, and figure its expensiveness. Long Live the King! They are very different: one of them all elegance, all expensiveness, with an air of high fashion, from New York; the other a plain, pure, clear-eyed, straight-waisted, straight-stepping maiden from the heart of New England. A Bundle of Letters Once upon a time, in a far-off fashionable toy-shop, his price had been prohibitive; and he, the central attraction behind the gleaming shop-window, had plumed himself on his expensiveness. Yet Again Yet this Waikiki house stressed no less than the rest in beauty, in dignity, and in expensiveness of upkeep. On the Makaloa Mat There is a studious exhibition of expensiveness coupled with a make-believe of simplicity and crude serviceability. Theory of the Leisure Class Once, she even considered taking up with hand-painted china, but gave over the idea when she learned its expensiveness. The Valley of the Moon At the delicatessen he bought preposterous stores of food, chosen on the principle of expensiveness. Babbitt "THIS life," he said at last, "this large expensiveness—..." The Research Magnificent Why he had not toiled the whole five years under the spell of opium was the expensiveness of the habit. On the Makaloa Mat Therefore the latter-day upper-class canons of taste do not so consistently insist on an unremitting demonstration of expensiveness and a strict exclusion of the appearance of thrift. Theory of the Leisure Class The innovation must not only be more beautiful, or perhaps oftener less offensive, than that which it displaces, but it must also come up to the accepted standard of expensiveness. Theory of the Leisure Class And this antagonism offers an explanation of that restless change in fashion which neither the canon of expensiveness nor that of beauty alone can account for. Theory of the Leisure Class The marks of expensiveness come to be accepted as beautiful features of the expensive articles. Theory of the Leisure Class This blending and confusion of the elements of expensiveness and of beauty is, perhaps, best exemplified in articles of dress and of household furniture. Theory of the Leisure Class The evidence goes to show that the requirement of reputable expensiveness is still present in good vigor even where all ostensibly lavish display is avoided. Theory of the Leisure Class So that in the affection bestowed on pet animals the canon of expensiveness is present more or less remotely as a norm which guides and shapes the sentiment and the selection of its object. Theory of the Leisure Class In both there is a very elaborate show of unnecessary expensiveness, and in both cases there is also a notable disregard of the physical comfort of the wearer. Theory of the Leisure Class |
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