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🔑costcost1 /kɔst / noun - [countable, uncountable] (
business商业) the money that you have to pay for something费用；成本◆the high cost of insurance after September 11th9·11 事件之后高昂的保险费用◆the cost of living (= the general level of prices for things that you need to live a normal life) 生活成本◆The damage will have to be repaired, regardless of cost.不管费用多高，损坏之处都得修理。➨ THESAURUS 同义词辨析pricecost ◇ value ◇ expense ◇ worthThese words all refer to the amount of money that you have to pay for something.以上词均表示价钱、价格、价值。pricethe amount of money that you have to pay for an item or service（商品或服务的）价格，价钱house prices房价These shoes don't have a price on them.这双鞋没有标价。I can't afford it at that price.这样的价钱我买不起。to ask / charge a high price要价高costthe amount of money that you need in order to buy, make, or do something费用；成本A new computer system has been installed at a cost of $180,000.新的计算机系统已经安装，费用是 18 万美元。The cost of electricity is going up.电价在上涨。the cost of living (= the amount of money you need to pay for food, clothes, and somewhere to live) 生活成本valuehow much something is worth in money or other goods for which it can be exchanged; how much something is worth compared with its price价值；价格；（与其价格相对的）值Sports cars tend to hold their value well.跑车一般容易保值。The house now has a market value of one million dollars.这栋房子目前的市场价值是一百万美元。This restaurant is an excellent value (= is worth the money it costs).这家餐馆很合算。expensethe money that you spend on something; something that makes you spend money花费；费用；开支；花钱的东西The garden was expanded at great expense.花园扩建花了很多钱。Owning a car is a major expense.养一辆车开销很大。worththe financial value of someone or something价值He has a personal net worth of $10 million.他个人身家净值一千万美元。PATTERNS 句型the high price / cost / valuethe real / true price / cost / value / worthto put / set a price / value on sthto increase / reduce the price / cost / value / expenseto raise / double / lower the price / cost / valueto cut the price / cost
- [singular, uncountable] what you have to give or lose in order to obtain something else代价◆He achieved great success, but only at the cost of a happy family life.他取得了巨大的成功，却赔上了幸福的家庭生活。
 ●at all costs●at any costusing all the means that are necessary to achieve something不惜一切代价；无论如何◆We must win at all costs.我们必须不惜一切代价赢得胜利。
🔑costcost2 /kɔst / verb [transitive] - (past tense, past participle cost) (
business商业) to have the price of价钱为；需要花费；使支付◆These apples cost 80¢ a pound.这些苹果每磅 80 美分。◆How much does it cost?这个要多少钱？◆It cost me $10 to have my watch repaired.修表花了我 10 美元。
- (past tense, past participle cost)to make you lose something使付出；使丧失◆That one mistake cost him his job.只因为那一个错误，他的工作就丢了。
- (past tense, past participle cost·ed) (
business商业) to estimate how much money will be needed for something, or the price that should be charged for something估算…的成本；为…估价◆The project needs to be costed in detail.这项工程需要做详细的成本预算。
●cost / pay an arm and a leg (informal) to cost / pay a large amount of money花费（或支付）一大笔钱◆I had to pay an arm and a leg for these plane tickets.我不得不花一大笔钱买这些机票。 |