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*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 expense
Use 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 |