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cost n.费用；成本；代价；[律]诉讼费用v.花费；使付出；使做不愉快的事；估算成本 (1) 我们计算了造1座新房子的费用。(2) 我们得计算一下生产成本。(3) 我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。(4) 他以牺牲自己的生命挽救了女儿。(5) 他被责令缴纳2000美元诉讼费用。(6) 估计最少也值5000英镑。(7) 这辆汽车一定值很多钱。(8) 这些蔬菜值多少钱？(9) 开车不注意安全有生命危险。(10) 她那不负责任的行为使她父亲许多夜不得安眠。(11) 这项工程据工程师估价为50 000美元。(12) 已经对其实际成本进行过估算。 A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece. Cost also means "cause a loss," as when a bad fumble costs your favorite football team the game, or your brother's cheating on a test costs him the respect of his favorite teacher. The Old French cost meant "outlay, expenditure, hardship, or trouble," from the Latin root constare, "to stand at or to cost."

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英 [kɒst] 美 [kɔːst] (1) We calculated the cost of building a new house .(2) We have to sum up the costs of production.(3) I'm determined to attain my purpose at any cost.(4) He saved his daughter at the cost of his life.(5) He was ordered to pay USD2000 costs.(6) It will cost 5000 at the lowest computation.(7) That car must have cost a bundle.(8) How much do the vegetables cost?(9) Dangerous driving could cost you your life.(10) Her irresponsible behaviour cost her father many sleepless nights.(11) The work was costed by the engineer at $50,000.(12) The real cost of this has already been costed out. The cost of something is how much money you need to spend on it. The high cost of a fancy coffee drink might surprise you. 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 可数名词]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.   [usu sing]The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold...一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production...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。Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50.徽章也有卖的，2.5英镑一枚。2[VERB 动词]需付费；价钱为 If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.   [V amount]  [V n 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。Painted walls look much more interesting and doesn't cost much...彩绘墙壁看上去更有趣而且花费也不高。It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks.买几辆新卡车将花掉我10万多美元。3[N-PLURAL 复数名词]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%。The company admits its costs are still too high.该公司承认其成本仍然过高。4[VERB 动词]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.   [be V-ed]  [V-ed]  [V P n (not pron)]  [have n V-ed P]  [Also V n P]  [usu passive]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。...seventy apartments, shops, offices, a restaurant and hotel, costed at around 10 million pounds.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 复数名词]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。6[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]成本价 If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.   [prep N]...a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost.按成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店...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 单数名词]代价；损失 The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.   [oft N of n]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。...being so afraid of something that you feel you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle.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 动词]使丧失；使损失 If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it.   [V n n]  [V n]...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The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.这种增长会使小企业受损并使成千上万的人失去工作。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 短语]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.   [PHR after v]  [emphasis]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。10[PHRASE 短语]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.   [PHR after v]  [emphasis]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。He ordered the army to recapture the camp at any cost.他命令军队无论如何也要夺回营地。11[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]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。Many people act on impulse without counting the cost.很多人不考虑后果就莽撞行事。12[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]Well-designed clothes cost money.设计精美的服装价格昂贵。13[PHRASE 短语]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.   [PHR after v]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。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。14 to cost someone dear→see: dear； 相关词组：cost out

英语单词	cost
英美音标	英 [kɒst] 美 [kɔːst]
中文释义	n.费用；成本；代价；[律]诉讼费用 v.花费；使付出；使做不愉快的事；估算成本
英语例句	(1) We calculated the cost of building a new house . (2) We have to sum up the costs of production. (3) I'm determined to attain my purpose at any cost. (4) He saved his daughter at the cost of his life. (5) He was ordered to pay USD2000 costs. (6) It will cost 5000 at the lowest computation. (7) That car must have cost a bundle. (8) How much do the vegetables cost? (9) Dangerous driving could cost you your life. (10) Her irresponsible behaviour cost her father many sleepless nights. (11) The work was costed by the engineer at $50,000. (12) The real cost of this has already been costed out.
中文例句	(1) 我们计算了造1座新房子的费用。 (2) 我们得计算一下生产成本。 (3) 我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。 (4) 他以牺牲自己的生命挽救了女儿。 (5) 他被责令缴纳2000美元诉讼费用。 (6) 估计最少也值5000英镑。 (7) 这辆汽车一定值很多钱。 (8) 这些蔬菜值多少钱？ (9) 开车不注意安全有生命危险。 (10) 她那不负责任的行为使她父亲许多夜不得安眠。 (11) 这项工程据工程师估价为50 000美元。 (12) 已经对其实际成本进行过估算。
vocabulary简明	The cost of something is how much money you need to spend on it. The high cost of a fancy coffee drink might surprise you.
vocabulary扩展	A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece. Cost also means "cause a loss," as when a bad fumble costs your favorite football team the game, or your brother's cheating on a test costs him the respect of his favorite teacher. The Old French cost meant "outlay, expenditure, hardship, or trouble," from the Latin root constare, "to stand at or to cost."
柯林斯解释	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 可数名词]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. [usu sing] The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold... 一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。 In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production... 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。 Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50. 徽章也有卖的，2.5英镑一枚。 2 [VERB 动词]需付费；价钱为 If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount. [V amount] [V n 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。 Painted walls look much more interesting and doesn't cost much... 彩绘墙壁看上去更有趣而且花费也不高。 It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks. 买几辆新卡车将花掉我10万多美元。 3 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]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%。 The company admits its costs are still too high. 该公司承认其成本仍然过高。 4 [VERB 动词]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. [be V-ed] [V-ed] [V P n (not pron)] [have n V-ed P] [Also V n P] [usu passive] 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。 ...seventy apartments, shops, offices, a restaurant and hotel, costed at around 10 million pounds. 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 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 复数名词]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。 6 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]成本价 If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it. [prep N] ...a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost. 按成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店 ...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 单数名词]代价；损失 The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it. [oft N of n] 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。 ...being so afraid of something that you feel you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle. 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 动词]使丧失；使损失 If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it. [V n n] [V n] ...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 The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs. 这种增长会使小企业受损并使成千上万的人失去工作。 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 短语]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. [PHR after v] [emphasis] 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。 10 [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR after v] [emphasis] 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。 He ordered the army to recapture the camp at any cost. 他命令军队无论如何也要夺回营地。 11 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 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。 Many people act on impulse without counting the cost. 很多人不考虑后果就莽撞行事。 12 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] Well-designed clothes cost money. 设计精美的服装价格昂贵。 13 [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR after v] 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。 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。 14 to cost someone dear→see: dear ；相关词组： cost out

Cost Money [V N Amount Price Phrase 短语