考研英语单词解析：expensive

考研英语的战场上，词汇是决定胜负的基石。掌握科学的记忆法和真题语境，才能把单词真正刻在脑子里。今天，我们就来拆解一个考研高频核心词——expensive，看看它到底有哪些隐藏的考点?

考研英语单词解析：expensive

单词：expensive

音标：/ɪkˈspensɪv/

释义：a.花钱多的，昂贵的

考频：★★★★

记法：

拆解为expense(名词，花费、开销) + 形容词后缀-ive(表属性，具备…特征的) → 具备高花费属性的 → 昂贵的，可通过熟词expense直接关联记忆，无需额外记忆陌生词根，降低记忆成本。

派生词：

expense (名词，意为“开销，花费，经费，支出”)

expensively (副词，意为“昂贵地，高价地，高代价地”)

expensiveness (名词，意为“昂贵，高价，高成本属性”)

inexpensive (形容词，expensive的反义派生词，意为“价格亲民的，不贵的，实惠的”)

搭配：

far too expensive 过于昂贵

expensive legal education 费用高昂的法学教育

expensive mistake 代价惨重的错误

expensive maintenance 高昂的维护成本

考研真题例句：

States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases, which will make online shopping as expensive as in-store shopping in many cases.

各州将能够迫使更多人在网购时缴纳销售税，这在很多情况下会让网购和线下实体店购物一样昂贵。

The policy of charging drivers for using certain roads in central London has made driving into the city centre much more expensive than taking public transport.

针对伦敦市中心特定路段向司机收费的政策，使得开车进入市中心比乘坐公共交通昂贵得多。

While the cost of solar panels has fallen sharply in recent years, the installation and maintenance of solar power systems is still relatively expensive for ordinary households.

尽管近年来太阳能电池板的成本大幅下降，但太阳能系统的安装和维护对普通家庭来说仍然相对昂贵。

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