cost
美 [kɔst] 
英 [kɒst]
- n.成本；费用；代价；花费
- v.估价；需付费；价钱为；使丧失
- 网络价格；价值；开销
词形变化
复数：costs 现在分词：costing 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c][u] 费用；花费；价钱the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do sth |
| the high/low cost of housing 住宅的高昂╱低廉费用 |
| A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000. 新的计算机系统已安装，费用为 8 万英镑。 |
| The plan had to be abandoned on grounds of cost. 由于经费的原因此项计划被迫放弃。 |
| We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food. 我们挣的钱甚至无法糊口。 |
| Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases. 消费者将不得不承担增加工资所需的全部费用。 |
| The total cost to you(= the amount you have to pay) is £3 000. 你总共要支付 3 000 英镑。 |
2. | [pl] 成本the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business |
| The use of cheap labour helped to keep costs down. 使用廉价劳动力有助于降低成本。 |
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| running/operating/labour costs 营运╱经营╱人工成本 |
| We have had to raise our prices because of rising costs. 因为成本不断上涨，我们不得不提高价格。 |
3. | [u][sing] （为做某事涉及的）努力，代价，损失the effort, loss or damage that is involved in order to do or achieve sth |
| the terrible cost of the war in death and suffering 这场战争造成的死亡与苦难的惨重代价 |
| the environmental cost of nuclear power 核动力对环境的破坏 |
| She saved him from the fire but at the cost of her own life(= she died) . 她从火中把他救了出来，却牺牲了自己的生命。 |
| He worked non-stop for three months, at considerable cost to his health. 他连续不断地工作了三个月，大大损害了自己的身体健康。 |
| I felt a need to please people, whatever the cost in time and energy. 我感到一定要使人们满意，耗费多少时间和精力都在所不惜。 |
4. | [pl] 诉讼费用the sum of money that sb is ordered to pay for lawyers, etc. in a legal case |
| He was ordered to pay £2 000 costs. 他被责令缴纳 2 000 英镑诉讼费。 |
1. | 需付费；价钱为if sthcosts a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it |
| How much did it cost? 这东西要多少钱？ |
| I didn't get it because it cost too much. 因为那东西太昂贵我没买。 |
| Tickets cost ten dollars each. 每张票价为十元。 |
| Calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute. 打服务热线每分钟为 38 便士。 |
| Don't use too much of it─it cost a lot of money . 这东西很贵，不要用得太多。 |
| All these reforms will cost money(= be expensive) . 所有这些改革都要花很多钱。 |
| Good food need not cost a fortune(= cost a lot of money) . 好食物不一定要花很多的钱。 |
| The meal cost us about £40. 这顿饭花了我们约 40 英镑。 |
| This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year. 这要花费纳税人每年 100 亿英镑。 |
| The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build. 修建这座医院估计要耗费 200 万英镑。 |
| It costs a fortune to fly first class. 乘坐飞机头等舱要花一大笔钱。 |
2. | 使丧失；使损失to cause the loss of sth |
| That one mistake almost cost him his life. 那一个差错几乎使他丧命。 |
| A late penalty cost United the game(= meant that they did not win the game) . 临近终场点球得分使得联队输掉那场比赛。 |
| The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs. 那家工厂一关闭，很可能 1 000 个工作岗位就没有了。 |
3. | ~ sb sth 使付出努力；使做不愉快的事to involve you in making an effort or doing sth unpleasant |
| The accident cost me a visit to the doctor. 那事故害得我去看了一趟医生。 |
| Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights. 她为钱发愁，许多夜晚无法入睡。 |
4. | [usupass] 估算成本；估价to estimate how much money will be needed for sth or the price that should be charged for sth |
| The project needs to be costed in detail. 这项工程需要作详细的成本估算。 |
| Their accountants have costed the project at $8.1 million. 他们的会计师估算此项工程成本为 810 万元。 |
| Have you costed out these proposals yet? 你估算过这些提案所涉及的费用吗？ |
习惯用语
at all cost/costs
不惜任何代价whatever is needed to achieve sth
| You must stop the press from finding out at all costs. 你必须不惜一切代价阻止媒体查明真相。 |
at any cost
在任何情况下；无论如何under any circumstances
| He is determined to win at any cost. 他决心无论如何要争取胜利。 |
at cost
按成本；按成本价格for only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on
| goods sold at cost 按成本价销售的商品 |
know/learn/find sth to your cost
付出过代价（或吃了苦头）才知道to know sth because of sth unpleasant that has happened to you
| He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost. 我吃了苦头后才知道他是个无情的商人。 |
cost sb dear
使饱尝苦头；使付出沉重的代价to make sb suffer a lot
| That one mistake has cost him dear over the years. 那一个差错使他多年来付出了沉重的代价。 |
it will cost you
贵得很；要花很多钱used to say that sth will be expensive
| There is a de luxe model available, but it'll cost you. 有豪华型的，但贵得很。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
How much does a doctor's visit cost? A visit to the hospital?
医生上门治疗要多少钱？自己去医院看病又要多少钱呢？。
Americans insist that they "support the troops. " But for most of them, it has been a cost-free form of support.
美国人民说他们“支持军队”，但对他们中的大多数人来说，那不过是一种不花钱的支持。
Andersen said the system can work if developers know the long-term cost of their energy output.
不过，安德生说，如果开发商了解他们的能源产出的长期成本，上述体系还是可以发挥作用。
low-cost, step-by-step description of the advantages of great importance to be business as a respected means of marketing.
成本低，渐进式的叙述等优点而被企业重视而成为推崇的营销手段之一。
Arab Iraqis reject this dream, fearing that Kurdish secession would destroy their country and, by the by, cost it a lot of oil.
伊拉克阿拉伯人反对这个梦想，担心库尔德人的脱离将毁灭他们的国家，且由此损失很多石油资源。
The solid propellant B-611 seems to have been designed for low-cost tactical army use, with a range limited to 250 km.
固体推进剂B-611已经设计用于低-成本战术陆军使用，具有一个限制到250公里的射程。
how much is the damn game gonna cost per month?
这该死的游戏每个月要从我口袋中掏走多少钱？
At the limit and to force things a little, which is to our cost as you are going to see, we might say that he enjoys only his leisure.
让我们勉强将它发挥的极限，勉为其难地说，因为后来你们会看出，那其实是不够周延的说法：主人只享受到他的悠闲。
The overall cost of owning an air purifier isn't just the price that you foot at the store; it is the price overtime.
总体拥有成本不仅仅是一个空气净化器的价格在你脚下商店；它的价格加班费。
Others said the reason was the high cost of food and price gouging by the merchants who owned stores, shops, and other businesses in Harlem.
另一些人说也可能是那些拥有商店或商业的商人哄抬物价，消费过高的原因。
His latest project is a mobile home the size of two tatami mats, made up of DIY assembly parts and with a total cost of 26, 000 yen.
他的最新项目是两个榻榻米大小的流动之家，由DIY组装件组成，总成本为26000日元。
How much does a small piece of solar panel cost?
一小块太阳能面板值多少钱？
You almost cost me my job. You were a week late with this project.
你几乎害我丢了工作。你的这项计划已经迟了一个星期。
How much did that dress cost you?
这件衣服你花了多少钱？
Second, the cost of extracting minerals from several kilometres below the surface of the sea was prohibitive.
其次，数千公里的深海采矿耗费数目在当时也令人膛目。
How much is the premium cost ( our enquiry price is CIF Singapore ) .
cif新加坡的价格是多少？。
Hospitals throughout the city started issuing lists of the dead and wounded as Mumbai began to count the cost of the massacre.
全城的医院开始统计伤亡名单，而孟买，也开始统计这场屠杀带来的伤痛究竟有多深。
When I asked him to pay for the 600 dollar replacement cost, he said he wasn't responsible for his drunken actions.
作为赔偿，我向他要求600刀，他却说他对他醉酒后的行为不负责。
Please send us PM with how many techniques you can suggest, list the techniques and tell us how much it will cost per technique.
请给我们用多少技术，你可以建议，列出的技巧，并告诉我们将花费多少按技术规程下午。
While Downey's mother could afford the cost of these packages, it was a financial hardship for Fecteau's parents.
虽然唐尼的母亲能负担得起寄给他的包裹费用，但是对费克图的父母来说，这构成了经济上的困难。
I can't stand being alone with Pitt after dinner, and horses there and back will cost us twenty pounds.
我可不能忍受饭后单独与毕脱面面相对，而且光是雇马车来回就得花掉我们二十英镑。
The man was ordered to pay 345 pounds for the cost of the trip.
那人被责令付旅程费三百四十五英磅。
The rule for stock valuation is that it should be taken at cost price or market price, whichever is the lower.
库存估价的原则是：按成本价或市场价估算，两数中取其小。
The cost of living is mounting steadily.
生活费用在持续上涨。
Once a cost reduction program loses momentum, it eventually dies out.
一旦降低成本计划失去了活力，它最终就会销声匿迹。
We calculated the cost of building a new house.
我们计算了造1座新房子的费用。
The project was estimated to have cost 570000 yuan.
估计这项工程花费了57万元。
Remember to add in the cost of drinks.
记住把饮料费加进去。
He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.
我吃了苦头后才知道他是个无情的商人。
The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1000 jobs.
那家工厂一关闭，很可能1000个工作岗位就没有了。
She smiled at him, but tremulously, as though it cost her an effort.
她向他露出笑容，但是怯生生地似乎经过了一番挣扎。
How much did the telegram cost?
拍那份电报花了多少钱？
She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.
她对她那件衣服花了多少钱有点吞吞吐吐。
It is a little like medieval justice: sometimes innocence can be proved only at the cost of a career.
这有点象中世纪的司法制度；有时候，只是牺牲一个人的前程，才能证明他无辜。
You could have claimed the cost of the hotel room from your insurance.
你本可以从你的保险中索取旅馆住房费。
The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
这个镇未采取充分的防洪措施，现在尝到苦头了。
The rise of wages in the United States has often caused cost problems for the American producers who would sell in many foreign countries.
在美国工资上涨，常引起美国外销厂商的成本问题。
Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.
消费者将不得不承担增加工资所需的全部费用。
We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.
我们挣的钱甚至无法糊口。
When Mrs. H Jennings talked of Edward's affection, it cost her only a spasm in her throat.
当詹宁斯太太谈到爱德华的深情时，那番话只换得她喉咙里的一阵痉挛。
International trade can also be limited due to the high cost of transporting bulky or perishable goods.
装运体积庞大和易变质商品的高额费用，对国际贸易也起了一种限制作用。
Also, he must keep careful cost accounting of each block of fruit to be sure it is profitable.
他还应慎重计算开支，保证每一批果品都能获利。
The cost of obtaining legal advice needs to be balanced against its benefits.
法律咨询的费用与其效益需要权衡一下。
Book value is the unamortized cost of the asset which still appears on the accounting books of the business.
帐面价值是依旧保留在企业帐册中的未摊提的资本成本。
If anything were to happen, it would cost me my place all right.
倘使出了什么毛病，我的位置就压根儿完蛋了。
The cost of the building runs into six figures.
这幢大楼的造价达数10万元。
It is doubtful, then, that cost alone can be blamed for anything more than a mild inflation.
因此，通货膨胀稍微严重一点就说成本是唯一罪薮是不可相信的。
The rent might cost twenty-five to fifty pounds an hour, or more, depending on the computer.
租金每小时可能是25到50英磅，或者更多些，这要看计算机而定。
The cost of the building amounts to 10000 yuan.
这屋的造价合计一万元。
We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.
我们估计费用（或成本）为4000美元。
No degree of query optimizer intelligence can eliminate the resource cost of these constructs when compared to a less complex query.
与不太复杂的查询相比，查询优化器的智能水平无法消除这些构造的资源开销。
e. g. How much did the radio cost you?
这台收音机花了你多少钱？
This compares with $250bn a year the economists calculate would be the probable cost of cutting emissions.
而两位经济学家估算，减排的成本可能是每年2500亿美元。
However, if the payroll tax cut is only a temporary holiday it is unlikely to affect business' perception of the marginal cost of labor.
然后，如果只是短暂地削减工资税，不可能影响到企业对于劳动力边际成本的态度。
How much will it cost now? Can you give me a ballpark figure?
还要花多少费用？你可以给我一个大概的数字吗？
Devaluation of a currency also directly harms importers as the cost of imported goods is inflated by the devaluation of the currency.
货币贬值也直接损害进口国的进口商品的成本是由膨胀货币的贬值。
How much does it cost to do something ?
去做……要花多少钱？
How much will it cost for participate the exhibition?
参展的费用是多少？
The total cost of that would be about $6 billion to $7 billion in total.
这项工程的总花费大约在60亿到70亿美金之间。
At least people have jobs, and will be able to survive, maybe wages aren't keeping up with the cost of living, but people can still survive.
但至少人们有工作，有能力生存，也许工资的上涨无法跟上生活费用的上涨，但人们能够生存。
"One mile of driving completely dwarfs the cost of a search, " he said.
驾车一英里的能耗和在网页上完成一次搜索的能耗，谁高谁低是显而易见的。
While I agree that it is possible to have quite efficient encoding of primitive types as objects there is always a cost.
尽管我也认为将原生类型编码为对象可以非常高效，但是总会有损失的。
Because it needs to survive transport, increased shelf-life and cooking fats and preservatives are added. And how much does it really cost.
由于它需要在运输后完好、增加货架寿命及油脂不变质，于是需加入防腐剂，那到底要多少钱呢！
A What's wrong? How much does it cost?
A怎么了？多少钱？
Other entrepreneurs are trying to break out of the dependence on low-cost labor by investing more in capital equipment.
其他厂主则开始试图通过更多地投资资本设备来摆脱对低成本劳动力的依赖。
Understanding how credit cards work and how much balances can cost over time is crucial.
了解信用卡怎么运作和在规定时间内保持平衡是关键的。
The poor fellow had got into a bit of debt over the cost of his machine which we repaid for him.
这个可怜的人在购买机器上欠了一笔债，我们替他还清了。
how much does it cost? on hearing the inspiring news, he is so excited that he can't get asleep.
好飘亮的裙子！你花了多少钱？听到这令人兴奋的消息，他睡不着了。
This can replicate at a cost of thousands of dollars the sort of genetic modifications that have previously cost millions.
这样的复制成本在几千美元，而同样的基因修饰以前要花费数百万。
But what's also just as important are that the funds that come from the transaction are going to help offset the cost of the new city hall.
同等重要的是，此次交易的资金将会抵消新建市政厅的费用。
The computer cost them a cool thousand dollars.
这台计算机花了他们整整1000美元。
The actual cost was higher than we expected.
实际成本比我们预计的要高。
Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized.
显而易见，这将比我们以前了解到的花费要多得多。
He has a habit of planking out the whole cost all at once.
他习惯于将全部费用一次付清。
Tickets cost ten dollars each.
每张票价为十元。
That'll cost a few bob.
那东西很值钱。
The cost of living figures out at $300.
生活费合计为300美元。
"I know, " Celia said. "It will probably cost my job. "
“我知道，”西莉亚说，“很可能会砸掉我的饭碗。”
There is a de luxe model available, but it'll cost you.
有豪华型的，但贵得很。
Oh, bugger the cost! Let's get it anyway.
嗨，管它多贵！咱们还是买了吧。
