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  • 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
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    co-,强调。-st,站。字面意思即站在旁边的,要求投入的。
      noun(名词)
      1. [ U ] 价格;费用;成本
      2. 成本;支出
      3. [ S or U ] 代价;牺牲;付出
      verb(动词)
      1. 价钱为;需花费
      2. 计算成本;计算花费
      3. 使付出代价;使丧失;使牺牲

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ U ] 价格;费用;成本

      When you buy a new computer, you usually get software included at no extra cost (= for no additional money).

      买电脑时通常免费附送软件。

      In most families, two salaries are essential to cover the cost of (= pay for) raising a family.

      对许多家庭来说,要支付孩子学费双职薪水必不可少。

      The supermarket chain announced that it was cutting the cost (= reducing the price) of all its fresh and frozen meat.

      这家连锁超市宣布其所有鲜肉和冷冻肉降价销售。

      It's difficult for most people to deal with the rising cost of (= increasing price of) healthcare.

      大多数人都难以承受医疗保健费用的上涨。

      I was able to buy the damaged goods at cost (= for only the amount of money needed to produce or get the goods, without any extra money added for profit).

      我能以成本价买到残损商品。

    2. 成本;支出

      We need to cut our advertising costs.

      我们需要削减广告支出。

      The estimated costs of the building project are well over £1 million.

      这项建筑工程的成本预算大大超出100万英镑。

    3. [ S or U ] 代价;牺牲;付出

      We were going to paint the house ourselves, but when we considered the cost in time and effort, we decided to get a painter to do it for us.

      我们本打算自己漆房子,可是考虑到既费时又费力,还是决定请油漆工来做。

      The driver managed not to hit the child who ran in front of his car, but only at the cost of injuring himself.

      司机避开了在他车前乱跑的小孩,可自己却受了伤。

      She has finally got the job she wanted, but at great personal cost (= she has had to give up other things that were important to her).

      她最终得到了想要的那份工作,可是个人付出的代价很大。

      It's not worth getting into an argument with Paula, as I learned to my cost (= from my unpleasant experience of having done so).

      不值得和葆拉发生争执,因为我已有过教训。

    verb(动词)
    1. 价钱为;需花费

      “How much does this book cost?” “It costs £25.”

      “这本书多少钱?”“25英镑。”

      It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of Sydney.

      在悉尼的这一地区买栋房子要花很多钱。

      The trip will cost you $1,000.

      这趟旅游要花去你1000美元。

    2. 计算成本;计算花费

      My boss asked me to cost the materials for the new fence and gate.

      老板让我计算出新围栏和大门的材料费用。

      Has your plan been properly costed (out)?

      你的方案好好计算过成本吗?

    3. 使付出代价;使丧失;使牺牲

      Drinking and driving costs lives (= can cause accidents in which people die).

      酒后驾车会付出生命的代价。

      His affairs cost him his marriage (= his marriage ended because of them).

      婚外情葬送了他的婚姻。

    小知识

    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.

    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.”

    实用短语

    1. fixed cost

    2. opportunity cost

    3. cost price

      成本价,出厂价格,成本价格,原价

    4. cost accounting

    5. cost control

    6. cost of capital

      资本成本,

    7. sunk cost

      沉没成本,沉淀成本,沈没成本,

    8. implicit cost

      隐含成本,隐成本,隐性成本,内含成本

    9. total cost

    常用短语

    1. the cost of

      以…为代价

    2. low cost

      低成本,廉价的

    3. production cost

      生产成本

    4. at the cost of

      以…为代价

    5. cost control

      成本控制

    6. cost management

      成本管理

    7. high cost

      高成本

    8. project cost

      工程项目成本;施工费用

    9. operation cost

      营业成本;业务费用;经营费用

    10. total cost

      总成本

    11. cost accounting

      成本会计,成本核算

    12. construction cost

      建造成本;工程费

    13. manufacturing cost

      制造成本

    14. at any cost

      无论如何;不惜任何代价(等于at all costs)

    15. transaction cost

      交易成本,交易费用

    16. at cost

      adv. 按成本;照原价

    17. product cost

      产品成本

    18. operating cost

      使用费;使用费用;生产费用;营业费;运转成本

    19. cost effective

      有成本效益的;划算的;成本效率

    20. maintenance cost

      维护费用

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些名词均有”价格,费用”的意思
    charge:指提供服务时索取的费用,也指货物的价格、价钱。
    price:指商品在市场出售的价格,尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。
    fee:指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用,还可指会费、借书费等。
    fare:侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。
    cost:指生产某东西的成本,也泛指商品的价格,可与price换用。
    expense:常指实际支付的费用总数额,有时也指钱的花费。
    单词用法
    用事或物作主语(包括形式主语it),不以人作主语。=不用于被动语态。=主要用于花钱的情形,有时也用于花时间,但通常用于笼统时间(如much time,a lot of time等)。
    近似单词
    coast n.海岸

    同义词辨析

    charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense

    这些名词均有”价格,费用”之意。

    • charge: 指提供服务时索取的费用,也指货物的价格、价钱。
    • price: 指商品在市场出售的价格,尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。
    • fee: 指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用,还可指会费、借书费等。
    • fare: 侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。
    • cost: 指生产某东西的成本,也泛指商品的价格,可与price换用。
    • expense: 常指实际支付的费用总数额,有时也指钱的花费。
    cost, expend, spend, take

    这些动词均含”花费”之意。

    • cost: 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物,而不能由人充当,也不用被动形式。
    • expend: 较正式用词,通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。
    • spend: 普通用词,与cost基本同义,但主语必须是人。
    • take: 普通用词,指需要占用空间、时间或精力等,其主语可以是人,也可以是一件事情。

    同义词

    n.代价;损失

    expense  /  sacrifice  /  loss

    n.费用;成本

    price  /  rate  /  charge  /  amount

    其他释义

    price  /  expenditure  /  charge  /  loss  /  rate  /  admission  /  sacrifice  /  subscription  /  amount  /  figure

    同根词

    词根:cost

    adj.

    costly昂贵的;代价高的

    costless不花钱的;无须付出代价的

    n.

    costing成本计算;生产费用

    v.

    costing花费(cost的ing形式)