cost

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n. 代价, 价值, 费用 vi. 花费 vt. 使失去, 值, 使花费

发音

UK /ˈkɒst/
US /ˈkɔst/
/ˈkɑ̟st/
/ˈkɒ̟st/

词形变化

costs 复数 costed costest costeth costing costs 三单 costs costing 现在分词 costed 过去式 costed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

花费;使付出;使花许多钱

to calculate the total price of something or decide how much the price of something should be

动词

花费

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

    费用

    成本

    花费

    可数 不可数

    The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.

    We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy.

    The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago.

  2. 2.

    A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

    可数 不可数

    Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.

    The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost of many lives.

  3. 1.

    Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.

    废旧
  4. 2.

    Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

  5. 1.

    A rib; a side.

    废旧
  6. 2.

    A cottise.

    政治 纹章
v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

    花费

    双及物 及物

    This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.

    It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.

  2. 2.

    To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.

    双及物 及物

    Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.

  3. 3.

    To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

  4. 4.

    To calculate or estimate a price.

    I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.

  5. 5.

    To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.

    非正式 及物

    I can give you the names, but it'll cost you.

    That's going to cost you!

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), from the same source as above.

来源:wiktionary