“dispendious”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dispendious

释义

dispendious, a.|dɪˈspɛndɪəs|
[ad. L. dispendiōs-us hurtful, prejudicial, f. dispendium. Cf. mod.F. dispendieux expensive (Littré).]
†1. Causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious.
1557Pole in Strype Eccl. Mem. III. App. lxxx. 276 [It] being thought..that for the necessity of money that is to be demanded in the parliament, and otherwise cannot be provided, the prorogation of that should be much dispendious.
2. Costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant.
1727Bailey vol. II, Dispendious, sumptuous, costly.1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. ii. 59 A somewhat dispendious use of material may in the end be true economy.1864Ecclesiologist XXV. 86 What is the good..of this..dispendious use of materials?
Hence diˈspendiously adv., at great expense.
1874T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam 9 Nov. (1883) 116 A green apple which he had dispendiously bought.

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