big-ticket

英 [ˈbɪɡ tɪkɪt]

美 [ˈbɪɡ tɪkɪt]

adj.  高价的

牛津词典

adj.

• 高价的
  costing a lot of money
  1. big-ticket items
     高价项目

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 高价的；昂贵的
  If you describe something as abig-ticketitem, you mean that it costs a lot of money.
  1. Supercomputers are big-ticket items.
     超级计算机价格昂贵。

双语例句

• We just can't afford the big-ticket items right now.
  现在我们还买不起昂贵的物品。
• The company had previously looked at more than one big deal, he said, but would not be hurried on making any big-ticket purchases: Deliberate, thoughtful is our mantra.
  他表示，该公司曾研究了不止一笔大规模交易，但并不急于进行任何巨额收购：再三斟酌是我们的格言。
• In an indication that more European consumers are deferring big-ticket purchases in the credit crunch, mass-market manufacturers all reported lower sales for the month.
  面向大众市场的制造商3月份销量都出现下滑，表明面对信贷紧缩，更多欧洲消费者推迟了大额购买计划。
• Companies tend to go shopping for big-ticket items when they feel rich.
  在公司认为资金宽裕时，往往会进行大宗收购。
• Declines were steepest for big-ticket items such as cars, down 27 per cent, and machinery, down 28 per cent, suggesting the debt crisis continues to weigh heavily on consumer and manufacturer sentiment.
  昂贵产品的出口下降最为显著，比如汽车下降27%，机械下降28%，表明债务危机继续给消费者和制造商情绪带来沉重压力。
• Even the most optimistic of senior partners, however, admit their businesses are unlikely to be able to sustain double-digit growth in a market all but devoid of big-ticket mergers and acquisitions, privateequity deals and cross-border financing work.
  然而，即使是最乐观的高级合伙人也承认，在这个几乎没有大规模并购、私人股本交易和跨境融资活动的市场中，他们的业务不可能继续维系两位数的增长。
• AMA says the main things that have taken a battering in recent years are big-ticket items such as kitchens and bathrooms, mainly because of falling house prices, low consumer confidence and a low level of house moves.
  ama公司称，对近年市场造成主要打击的是大宗项目，如厨房和浴室，这主要是由于房价的下跌，消费者信心降低和房屋搬迁水平低落。
• In a worrying sign, Russians have been buying up big-ticket items as the ruble depreciates, converting savings into consumer goods lest their savings become worthless.
  有一个令人担忧的信号，随着卢布贬值，俄罗斯人已经在抢购耐用商品，把积蓄转化为消费品，以免存款变得一文不值。
• The Rolling Stones are one of the big-ticket acts touring this summer.
  滚石是今年夏天巡回演出中最卖座的乐队之一。
• In my life it's not so much the big-ticket items like the current influenza or the economic meltdown that make me anxious, it's the fact that I tend to over-commit myself.
  在我的生活中，诸如流感或经济危机等大事件并不会使我特别焦虑。事实上，我的焦虑情绪更多地来源于对自我的苛求；