"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(10) disaster, problem, distraction
Kolokacji: 3
1. costly disaster = kosztowna katastrofa costly disaster
  • Such numbers suggest that the earthquake was one of the most costly natural disasters in history.
  • By now, most Americans have come to see the Iraq venture for the costly disaster it has become.
  • The eastern third is flooded and state officials said the storm might be the state's costliest natural disaster.
  • That would make it one of the two or three most costly natural disasters in the country's history.
  • This was the most devastating and costly natural disaster to hit the country in 20 years.
  • This made it the costliest disaster in the state's history.
  • Most of the costliest disasters in recent years were storms.
  • Based on the survey, conducted over six weeks this fall, Andrew will be by far the most costly natural disaster in the nation's history.
  • Most estimates suggest it will be the insurance industry's costliest natural disaster in American history.
  • The 1999 quake was the most devastating and costly natural disaster to hit the country in nearly 20 years.
2. costly problem = kosztowny problem costly problem
3. costly distraction = kosztowne zakłócenie spokoju costly distraction
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(19) measure, step, weapon
Kolokacji: 3
(20) hurricane, tornado
Kolokacji: 2
(21) strike, assault, storm
Kolokacji: 3
(22) solution, method
Kolokacji: 2
(23) trial, experiment
Kolokacji: 2
(24) affair, race
Kolokacji: 2
(26) bureaucracy, machine
Kolokacji: 2
(27) dispute, jewel, gem
Kolokacji: 3
(28) import, consequence
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + costly
Kolokacji: 4
prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly
adverbio + costly
Kolokacji: 19
most costly • extremely costly • potentially costly • far more costly • increasingly costly • ...
costly + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
costly for • costly to • costly in

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