cost 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのcostの意味

• 0 the amount of money that you need to buy or do something -- 費用

  • The cost of rail travel is terrible.

• 1 If something must be done at all costs, it is very important that it is done. -- なんとしても

  • We have to succeed at all costs.

• 2 If something costs a particular amount of money, you have to pay that in order to buy or do it. -- （お金が）かかる

  • How much do these shoes cost?

  • It costs $5 to send the package by airmail.

• 3 to cause someone to lose something valuable -- （犠牲、損失）を払わせる

  • Drinking and driving costs lives (= can cause death).

  • His affairs cost him his marriage.

• 4 to be extremely expensive -- 手が出ないほど高い

  • I’d love to buy a new car, but they cost an arm and a leg.