cost
- n.费用;成本;(为做某事涉及的)努力，代价，损失;花费;价钱;诉讼费用
- vt.使损失;使丧失;估算成本;需付费;价钱为;使付出努力;使做不愉快的事
复数： costs 过去式： cost 现在分词： costing 过去分词： cost 第三人称单数： costs
co- 共同,一起 + st- 站,立
costnoun
费用；花费；价钱
the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do sth
the high/low cost of housing
住宅的高昂 / 低廉费用
A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
新的计算机系统已安装，费用为8万英镑。
The plan had to be abandoned on grounds of cost.
由于经费的原因此项计划被迫放弃。
We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.
我们挣的钱甚至无法糊口。
Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.
消费者将不得不承担增加工资所需的全部费用。
The total cost to you (= the amount you have to pay) is £3 000.
你总共要支付3 000英镑。
成本
the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business
The use of cheap labour helped to keep costs down.
使用廉价劳动力有助于降低成本。
to cut/reduce costs
降低成本
running/operating/labour costs
营运 / 经营 / 人工成本
We have had to raise our prices because of rising costs.
因为成本日益上涨，我们不得不提高价格。
（为做某事涉及的）努力，代价，损失
the effort, loss or damage that is involved in order to do or achieve sth
the terrible cost of the war in death and suffering
这场战争造成的死亡与苦难的惨重代价
the environmental cost of nuclear power
核动力对环境的破坏
She saved him from the fire but at the cost of her own life (= she died) .
她从火中把他救了出来，却牺牲了自己的生命。
He worked non-stop for three months, at considerable cost to his health.
他连续不断地工作了三个月，极大地损害了自己的身体健康。
I felt a need to please people, whatever the cost in time and energy.
我感到一定要使人们满意，耗费多少时间和精力都在所不惜。
诉讼费用
the sum of money that sb is ordered to pay for lawyers, etc. in a legal case
He was ordered to pay £2 000 costs.
他被责令缴纳2 000 英镑诉讼费。
whatever is needed to achieve sth
你必须不惜一切代价阻止媒体查明真相。
You must stop the press from finding out at all costs.
under any circumstances
他决心无论如何要争取胜利。
He is determined to win at any cost.
for only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on
按成本价销售的商品
goods sold at cost
to know sth because of sth unpleasant that has happened to you
我吃了苦头后才知道他是个无情的商人。
He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.
verb
需付费；价钱为
if sth costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it
How much did it cost?
这东西要多少钱？
I didn't get it because it cost too much.
因为那东西太昂贵我没买。
Tickets cost ten dollars each.
每张票价为十元。
Calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute.
打热线服务电话每分钟为38便士。
Don't use too much of it─it cost a lot of money .
这东西很贵，不要用得太多。
All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive) .
所有这些改革都要花很多钱。
Good food need not cost a fortune (= cost a lot of money) .
好食物不一定要花很多的钱。
The meal cost us about £40.
这顿饭花了我们约40英镑。
This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.
这一年要花费纳税人100亿英镑。
The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build.
修建这座医院估计要耗费200万英镑。
It costs a fortune to fly first class.
乘坐飞机头等舱要花一大笔钱。
使丧失；使损失
to cause the loss of sth
That one mistake almost cost him his life.
那一个差错几乎使他丧命。
A late penalty cost United the game (= meant that they did not win the game) .
临近终场的点球得分使得联队没有赢得那场比赛。
The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs.
那家工厂一关闭，很可能1 000个工作岗位就没有了。
使付出努力；使做不愉快的事
to involve you in making an effort or doing sth unpleasant
The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.
那事故害得我去看了一趟医生。
Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights.
她为钱发愁，许多夜晚无法入睡。
估算成本；估价
to estimate how much money will be needed for sth or the price that should be charged for sth
The project needs to be costed in detail.
这项工程需要作详细的成本估算。
Their accountants have costed the project at $8.1 million.
他们的会计师估算此项工程成本为810万元。
Have you costed out these proposals yet?
你估算过这些提案所涉及的费用吗？
to make sb suffer a lot
那一个差错使他多年来付出了沉重的代价。
That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.
used to say that sth will be expensive
有豪华型的，但贵得很。
There is a de luxe model available, but it'll cost you.
to cost/pay a lot of money
These words all refer to the amount of money that you have to pay for sth.以上各词均指价值、价钱。
the amount of money that you have to pay for an item or service指商品或服务的价格、价钱：
house prices
房屋价格
How much are these? They don't have a price on them.
这些东西卖多少钱？它们都没有标价。
I can't afford it at that price .
这样的价格我付不起。
the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do sth指购买、制造某物或做某事所需的成本、费用、花费：
A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
新的计算机系统已安装，费用为8万英镑。
how much sth is worth in money or other goods for which it can be exchanged指价值：
The winner will receive a prize to the value of £1 000.
获胜者将得到价值为1 000英镑的奖品。
The price is what sb asks you to pay for an item or service. |
Obtaining or achieving sth may have a cost ; the value of sth is how much other people would be willing to pay for it. |
the money that you spend on sth; sth that makes you spend money指所花费用、花钱的东西、开销：
The garden was transformed at great expense .
花园改建花了一大笔费用。
Running a car is a big expense.
养一辆车开销很大。
the financial value of sb/sth指人或物的价值：
He has a personal net worth of $10 million.
他有价值1千万元的个人净资产。
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N-COUNT 费用;花费;价钱
The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold...
一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。
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VERB 需付费;价钱为
If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50...
该课程只招收12人，学费为50英镑。
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N-PLURAL 成本
Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent...
成本降低了30%到50%。
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VERB 估算成本;估价
When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance.Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed.
制作节目的所有成本：人工、租用场地、灯光现在都已经估算了。
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N-PLURAL 诉讼费用
If someone is ordered by a court of law to pay costs, they have to pay a sum of money towards the expenses of a court case they are involved in.He was jailed for 18 months and ordered to pay £550 costs.
他被监禁了18个月，还责令他支付550英镑的诉讼费。
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N-UNCOUNT 成本价
If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it....a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost.
按成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店
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N-SING 代价;损失
The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of $500 million and 5,000 jobs.
3月份，萨利纳斯先生关闭了该市的炼油场，造成5亿美元的损失，并使5,000人失去了工作。
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VERB 使丧失;使损失
If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it....a six-year-old boy whose life was saved by an operation that cost him his sight...
手术救了一名6岁男孩的命，却使他失明了
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不要混淆 cost 和 costs，cost 表示买某物、做某事或制作某物所需要的花费。例如，the cost of the telephone call (电话费)，the total cost was over a million pounds (总价超过100万英镑)。企业或家庭的 costs 指经营或维持它所必须花费的钱，包括电费、维修费和税费，例如，attempts to cut costs and boost profits (降低成本、增加利润的努力)。货物的 cost 通常即为它们的 price。亦见 price 词条下的说明。
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PHRASE 不惜任何代价
If you say that something must be avoided at all costs, you are emphasizing that it must not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
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PHRASE 无论如何;在任何代价下
If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost...
这本书非常重要，无论如何也要出版。
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PHRASE 计算代价;考虑后果
If someone counts the cost of something that has happened or will happen, they consider how the consequences of that action or event affect them.Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake...
东欧的几个国家正在计算昨天的地震带来的损失。
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PHRASE 需付钱的;价格昂贵的
If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.Well-designed clothes cost money.
设计精美的服装价格昂贵。
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PHRASE 付出代价;吃了苦头
If you know something to your cost, you know it because of an unpleasant experience that you have had.Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence...
凯瑟琳吃了苦头才知道服过刑会给一个人带来什么影响。
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to cost someone dear→ see:dear
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- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver
- he puts a high price on his services
- he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
- Synonym: monetary value price
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- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the cost in human life was enormous
- the price of success is hard work
- what price glory?
- Synonym: price toll
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- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
verb
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- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- This mistake cost him his job
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- be priced at
- These shoes cost $100
- Synonym: be
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A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £ 80 000 .
新的计算机系统已安装，费用为8万英镑。
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The cost should average out at about £ 6 per person .
费用应该是平均每人约6英镑。
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Let 's be practical and work out the cost first .
咱们实际一点儿，先计算一下成本费用。
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The cost in terms of human life was high .
付出了很大的生命代价。
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And again , we must think of the cost .
再说，我们必须考虑成本。
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Just out of interest , how much did it cost ?
我只是好奇问问，这个花了你多少钱？
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How much will it cost , more or less ?
这个大概得花多少钱？
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The total cost to you is £ 3 000 .
你总共要支付3000英镑。
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How much does it cost to become a member ?
要成为会员得花多少钱？
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It 's time we got on to the question of costs .
我们该讨论成本问题了。
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That one mistake has cost him dear over the years .
那一个差错使他多年来付出了沉重的代价。
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Cost was a key element in our decision .
价钱是我们决策时考虑的主要因素。
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It 'll cost € 100 or so .
这大约要花100欧元。
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We estimated it would cost about € 5 000 .
我们估计要花费大约5000欧元。
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That one mistake almost cost him his life .
那一个差错几乎使他丧命。
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I know it won 't cost very much but that 's not the point .
我知道那花不了多少钱，但这不是重点。
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It cost us nothing to go in .
我们没花钱就进去了。
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Don 't use too much of it ─ it cost a lot of money .
这东西很贵，不要用得太多。
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However you look at it , it 's going to cost a lot .
不管你怎么看，它都要花很多钱。
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The cost would be somewhere around £ 1 500 .
费用要在1500英镑上下。
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The actual cost was higher than we expected .
实际成本比我们预计的要高。
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The work will cost £ 10 000 plus .
这项工作将耗资万余英镑。
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The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair .
损坏严重，要修好就得花几千块钱。
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Costs have been reduced by 20 % over the past year .
过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
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The cost will be met by the company .
费用将由公司支付。
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A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one .
二手车的花费只是新车的零头。
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The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago .
现在的价格比两年前提高约一半。
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Be careful with that ─ it cost a lot of money .
小心别弄坏那东西，它可值钱了。
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What does this mean in terms of cost ?
这在成本上意味着什么？
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How much did it cost ?
这东西要多少钱？
指付给专业人员的服务费， 也可指为加入某组织或做某事而支付的费用。
doctor's/lawyer's fees
医生诊费/律师费
membership fee
会费
He was looking for a part-time job in order to pay his school fees next semester.
为了交下一学期的学费，他在找兼职。
指商家对欲购买其商品或服务的买者收取的费用。
The seller will send the goods to your house for an extra charge.
卖家会送货上门，但是要收取一笔额外费用。
Gas charges won't change until the end of this year.
今年年底之前煤气费不会发生变化。
指为购买商品、完成某事或生产产品而支付的款项。
The total cost of this picnic was about 200 yuan.
这次野餐的全部费用大约200元。
He insisted that he pay for the cost of the taxi.
他坚持由他来付打车的钱。
指乘坐火车、汽车、飞机等交通工具的费用。
He has no money to pay his air fare to London.
他没钱买去伦敦的机票。
Children under 14 travel at half fare.
14岁以下儿童票价减半。
指消费者为购买某种商品或服务而需要支付的钱。
retail prices
零售价
The price of a coat in that mall is almost half my monthly salary.
那个商场里一件大衣的价格几乎是我每月工资的一半。
指额外付给餐厅侍者等服务人员的小额服务费。
The waiter received a big tip.
那名服务生得到了一大笔小费。
Is it customary in the United States to leave a tip for every meal?
在美国有每餐之后都给小费的习俗吗？
普通用词，指花费金钱、时间、精力等，主语通常为人或机构，常用于 spend sth on sth/(in) doing sth 结构中。
She spent 600 dollars on the watch.
她买这块手表花了600美元。
I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy to do it every day.
我喜欢烹饪，但不愿意每天都花精力去做。
Apart from school work, he spends his spare time (in) singing and angling.
除了做学校功课之外，业余时间他喜爱唱歌和钓鱼。
主语通常为事物，可后接双宾语，通常不用被动语态。
The new house cost me a lot of money.
新房子花了我好多钱。
His error will cost him points on the test.
他的失误会使他在测验中丢分。
Dangerous driving could cost you your life.
开车不注意安全会有生命危险。
主语可以是人，也可以是事物，通常以 it 作形式主语，可后接双宾语。
It took me an hour to come here.
到这里来花了我一个小时。
It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.
也许要花很长时间才能找到解决该问题的办法。
The alterations to your coat will take a week or so.
改你的外套需要一个星期左右。
He took half an hour to solve the riddle.
他用了半个小时猜出谜底。
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