cost是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something -- 價格；費用；成本

  • When you buy a new computer, you usually get software included at no extra cost (= for no additional money). 買電腦時通常免費附送軟體。

  • In most families, two salaries are essential to cover the cost of (= pay for) raising a family. 對許多家庭來說，要支付孩子學費雙職薪水必不可少。

  • The supermarket chain announced that it was cutting the cost (= reducing the price) of all its fresh and frozen meat. 這家連鎖超市宣佈其所有鮮肉和冷凍肉減價銷售。

  • It's difficult for most people to deal with the rising cost of (= increasing price of) healthcare. 大多數人都難以承受醫療保健費用的上漲。

  • 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). 我能以成本價買到殘損商品。

  • We need to cut our advertising costs. 我們需要削減廣告支出。

  • The estimated costs of the building project are well over £1 million. 這項建築工程的成本預算大大超出100萬英鎊。

• 1 something that is given, needed, or lost in order to get a particular thing -- 代價；犧牲；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. 我們本打算自己漆房子，可是考慮到既費時又費力，還是決定請油漆工來做。

  • The driver managed not to hit the child who ran in front of his car, but only at the cost of injuring himself. 司機避開了在他車前亂跑的小孩，可自己卻受了傷。

  • 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). 她最終得到了想要的那份工作，可是個人付出的代價很大。

  • UK It's not worth getting into an argument with Paula, as I learned to my cost (= from my unpleasant experience of having done so). 不值得和寶拉發生爭執，因為我已有過教訓。

• 2 If something costs an amount of money, you must pay that amount to buy or do it. -- 價錢為；需花費

  • "How much does this book cost?" "It costs £25." 「這本書多少錢？」「25英鎊。」

  • It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of Sydney. 在雪梨的這一地區買棟房子要花很多錢。

  • [ + two objects ] The trip will cost you $1,000. 這趟旅遊要花去你1000美元。

  • My boss asked me to cost the materials for the new fence and gate. 老闆讓我計算出新圍欄和大門的材料費用。

  • Has your plan been properly costed (out)? 你的方案好好計算過成本嗎？

• 3 to cause someone to lose or destroy something valuable -- 使付出代價；使喪失；使���牲

  • Drinking and driving costs lives (= can cause accidents in which people die). 酒後駕車會付出生命的代價。

  • [ + two objects ] His affairs cost him his marriage (= his marriage ended because of them). 婚外情葬送了他的婚姻。