| 单词 | cost¹ |
| 释义 | cost¹ /kɔst; kɒst/n 1. [c,u] the amount of money that you have to spend on something 费用; 成本:◇the high cost of educating children 教育儿童的高额费用◇cover the cost (=be enough to pay for something) 够支付［某物的］费用: will ￡100 cover the cost of books? 100 英镑够支付书籍的费用吗？◇the cost of living (=the cost of all the food, clothes etc that you need) 生活费: a 4% increase in the cost of living 生活费增长了 4%→ compare 比较 price¹ 2. [singular 单数] something that you must give or lose in order to get something else 代价; 牺牲:◇war is never worth its cost in human life. 战争以人的生命为代价，总是得不偿失。◇at the cost of bernard saved his family at the cost of his own life. 伯纳德舍身救了他的家人。 3. at all costs/at any cost whatever effort is needed 不管多大代价; 无论如何:◇they will try to win the next election at any cost. 他们会不惜代价以赢得下次选举。 4. at cost price bre 【英】， at cost ame 【美】 if you sell something at cost price, you sell it for the same price that you paid 以成本价［出售某物］ 5. find/know/learn etc sth to your cost to know or find out about something from your own unpleasant experience 从自己不愉快的经历发现/得知等:◇mountain climbing can be very dangerous, as heidi discovered to her cost. 爬山会很危险，海蒂吃过这苦头。usage note 用法说明: cost, price, charge, value, and 和 expenseuse cost to talk about how much you have to pay for something. cost 用于指支付某物的费用:◇how much did your cd player cost? 你的激光唱机要多少钱？◇the total cost of the vacation 度假的全部费用。use price about the amount of money you have to pay for something in a shop, restaurant etc. price 用于指在商店、餐厅等场所消费所付的钱:◇their prices seem pretty high. 它们的价格好像很贵。use charge (noun and verb) about the amount of money someone makes you pay. charge（名词和动词）用于指某人要你支付的钱:◇they charged me $45 for delivering the goods. 他们向我收取 45 元送货费。◇an additional delivery charge of $45 额外的 45 元送货费。value is used about how much something such as jewellery or furniture is worth. value 用于指珠宝、家具等物品的价值:◇he sold the house for much less than its real value. 他以低于实际价值很多的价格把房子卖了。if you want to talk about something that costs a lot of money, use expense. expense 用于花费很多钱的东西:◇the expense of living in a city like london 住在像伦敦这样的城市的花费 |
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