The form cost is used in the present tense, and is also the past tense and participle, except for meaning 4, where the form costed is used. cost 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同,但义项4除外,其所用形式为 costed。
1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 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.
费用;花费;价钱 -
The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold. [+ of]
一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。
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In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production. [+ of]
1989年咖啡的价格跌至低谷,在很多国家甚至连生产成本都收不回来。
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Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50. [+ of]
徽章也有卖的,2.5英镑一枚。
2 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.
需付费;价钱为 -
This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50. [VERB amount]
该课程只招收12人,学费为50英镑。
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Painted walls look much more interesting and doesn't cost much. [VERB amount]
彩绘墙壁看上去更有趣而且花费也不高。
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It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks. [V n amount]
买几辆新卡车将花掉我10万多美元。
SYN sell at, come to, set (someone) back [informal] , be priced at
3 N-PLURAL 成本 Your
costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.
成本 4 VERB [usually passive] 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.
估算成本;估价 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION] -
Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed. [be VERB-ed]
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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...seventy apartments, shops, offices, a restaurant and hotel, costed at around 10 million pounds. [VERB-ed]
估价约为1,000万英镑的70套公寓、店铺、办公室、一家大饭店
Cost out means the same as
cost .
cost out 同 cost -
...training days for charity staff on how to draw up contracts and cost out proposals.
指导慈善机构员工如何起草合同和为提案估价的短期培训
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It is always worth having a loft conversion costed out.
估算一下改建阁楼的费用总是很有必要的。
5 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.
诉讼费用 6 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.
成本价 -
...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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...a practice known as dumping – that is, selling below cost to drive competition out of business.
倾销行为—即通过以低于成本的价格销售产品来挤垮竞争对手
7 N-SING 代价;损失 The
cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.
代价;损失 -
In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of $500 million and 5,000 jobs. [+ of]
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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...being so afraid of something that you feel you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle. [+ to]
如此地害怕某事觉得必须避开它,无论自己的生活方式因此受到怎样的影响都在所不惜
8 VERB 使丧失;使损失 If an event or mistake
costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it.
使丧失;使损失 SYN lose,
deprive of,
cheat of Usage Note :
Do not confuse cost and costs. The cost of something is the amount of money that you need in order to buy it, do it, or make it. ...the cost of the telephone call. ...the total cost was over a million pounds. The costs of a business or a home are the sums of money that have to be spent on running it. They include money spent on electricity, repairs, and taxes. ...attempts to cut costs and boost profits. The cost of goods is usually the same as their price. See also note at price.
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。
9 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.
不惜任何代价 [emphasis] 10 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.
无论如何;在任何代价下 [emphasis] 11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 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.
计算代价;考虑后果 12 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.
需付钱的;价格昂贵的 13 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.
付出代价;吃了苦头 -
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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There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.
他吃了亏后才发现自己真正能够交心的人寥寥无几。
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Thesaurus | cost Also look up: |
N. | fee, price 1 harm, loss, sacrifice 7 |
Word Partnership | Use cost with: |
N. | cost of living 1 |
VERB. | cover the cost 1 cut costs, keep costs down 3 7 |
ADJ. | additional costs 1 3 5 7 |
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