costs
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
- 网络诉讼费；投资成本
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
I want a control panel that I can control how much a contract costs.
我希望有一个控制面板，我可以控制多少合同成本。
But addiction can also inflict misery on the families and especially the children of any addict, and involves wider social costs.
但是上瘾也会给家庭尤其是有任何毒瘾的孩子们造成悲剧，并且造成了极大的社会成本。
"The costs of a complete switch to renewables are a lot less than the costs to future generations that climate change will cause, " he said.
“完全切换为可再生能源的成本将大大少于将来因气候变化所导致的成本”。他说。
Ford Motor Co. is considering ramping up exports if it can bring labor costs down, people familiar with the matter said.
据知情人士称，福特汽车（FordMotorCo。）也在考虑增加出口，但前提是该公司能降低劳动力成本。
In fact, the experts don't even agree on how much solar electricity costs today.
事实上，专家们甚至都还无法确定目前太阳能发电的成本有多大。
A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who give it. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
微笑不费分文，受者得益良多，施者更加富有。弹指瞬间事，它有时令人终身难忘坏。
Fillon warned that European governments will not be able to cover social costs or reduce public debt without a change of course.
Fillon警告不改变做法欧洲各国政府将负担不起社会开销也不能减少公债。
However, the reunification of Germany drove home just how much it costs a rich capitalist country to absorb a poor Communist one.
然而，德国统一的代价，仅仅只是一个富足的资本主义国家吸收一个贫穷的共产主义国家的花费。
"As many staff are eligible for government funding under the Train to Gain scheme, the costs to the company are minimal, " he said.
“由于许多工作人员有资格获得政府的资助下乘火车到增益计划，该公司的成本是最低限度的，”他说。
The map of the MRT lines shows you how much it costs to get to your destination.
妳可以从捷运路线图上，找到目的地的票价。
The requirement that most food aid must be sent on American ships raises costs, and benefits just a few shippers.
多数食品援助都必须用美国船只运送，这一规定提高了成本，只有少数承运人受益。
It is not at all clear that it costs half as much to create a game of half the size, since these start-up costs are so significant.
人们完全不清楚，开发一半大小的游戏的费用是否仅会便宜一半，因为这些初始成本非常高昂。
Finally, holding costs include the cost of funds that could be used for other purposes if they were not tied up in inventory.
最后，储备成本还必须算上为库存投入资金而付出的代价。
"We cannot continue with costs that are out of control because reform is a necessity that cannot wait, " he said.
“我们不能让成本失控继续下去，因为改革是一项不能等待的必然之举，”奥巴马说。
I am thinking here of energy costs that do not seem to have gone down with the price of oil.
我这里所说的是能源成本并没有随着石油价格下跌而走低。
Everything that the game designer wants to do with her game costs memory, and memory is always in short supply with microcomputers.
游戏设计人员对游戏的所有处理，都要占用电脑内存，而微机的内存又通常不够用。
Every time I think about buying a car, I consider how much it costs to keep one up.
每次当我想买一辆车时，我会考虑到要花多少钱来维修和保养它。
We get so wrapped up in deadlines, clients, costs and all the rest that it's easy to forget to search for creative solutions.
我们平日中被截止日期、客户、成本以及其他各种因素重重包裹，以至于轻易便忘记了去寻找富有创造力的新解决方法。
The earthquake and its associated rebuilding costs might have left Japan more vulnerable to a fiscal crisis.
这次地震以及地震相关的重建费用更有可能让日本陷入财政危机。
How much money would that need given software development costs today?
那么，今天需要付出的软件开发成本会是多少呢？
The show barely covered its costs .
这场演出勉强够本。
First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.
我们首先看一下成本的详细数字。
This book costs round $30.
这本书的价格约在30美元左右。
It costs me eight prime field hands.
它叫我失去八个上好的农夫。
It costs a fortune to fly first class.
乘坐飞机头等舱要花一大笔钱。
It costs above $50.
这东西价格超过50美元。
It costs about $10.
这大约要花10元钱。
It costs a lot of time and money to build an aircraft carrier.
建造一艘航空母舰需要花费大量的时间和金钱。
Yesterday I had been a hero. Today I was somebody to be avoided at all costs.
昨天我还是一名英雄，而今天我就成了人们无论如何要予以回避的人物了。
There is no need to send a representative to call on us until I narrow the field from a comparison study of features and costs.
没有必要派代表来访我公司，待我从一些产品的特色和价格的比较研究中得出较相近的结果再说。
It is well for the battery manufacturer to make a detailed study of the local conditions, balancing mold tooling costs against labor costs.
蓄电池制造厂最好是对当地条件进行详细研究以便平衡模具成本和劳动费用。
The possible drawbacks of this approach are the costs and difficulties of private borrowing, especially for the poorest countries.
这种方法可能存在的弊端是，向私人借款需要费用并会遇到困难，特别是对于最贫穷的国家来说。
It costs a bit more than I wanted to spend.
它比我预计的消费高了一点。
In many cases, however, the best place to locate a processing industry depends on a wide range of production costs.
然而，在许多情况下，使加工工业处在最好的地点要取决于许多项生产成本。
Cottage weaving in India is discouraged by the heavy costs of inventories in thousands of scattered locations.
印度的家庭编织业，由于分散在成千上万个地点，存货成本高，因而发展受到妨碍。
Even making allowances for the costs involved in urban renewal, it is still rather surprising that so little has taken place.
既使考虑到城市更新存在着这些代价问题，这方面的工作进展如此之缓慢，还是出人意料的。
It may be possible to reclaim such lands by modern technology, but the costs will certainly be great.
这样的土地用现代化技术能够改良，但是费用一定很大。
Chapter 6 reviews policies in industrial countries and counts their costs and benefits domestically and internationally.
第六章考察工业国的政策，并且计算这些政策在国内和国际方面付出的代价和获得的利益。
Costs rapidly escalated, and the potential "pay-off" for alloy development was diminishing.
费用增加，而用于合金发展的经费来源却反而减少。
A prescription drug costs millions to research and takes five, six years before it's ready for selling.
研制一种处方药品要耗费几百万资金，往往需要五六年时间才能出售。
Although predictions as to long-run costs were impossible, two facts became apparent almost at once.
虽然预计长远耗费不可能，但是有两件事几乎立即就显而易见。
The annual costs of motor vehicle control programs are staggering.
每年用在汽车控制计划的费用使人震惊。
Costs have been spiralling all month.
整个月以来费用在不断急剧地上涨着。
This clearly imposes costs on individuals.
这当然会给个人增加若干费用。
We were cutting costs right and left.
我们正在各个方面压缩开支。
The costs of legal action ate deep into his savings.
诉讼费使他花掉了大量积蓄。
It costs quite a lot to clothe a family of six.
给一个6口之家买衣服穿须花不少钱。
Subtracting the costs, the profit would be 1, 000 pounds.
扣除费用，其利润为1000镑。
This may be a bit more expensive in the short run, but in the long run could help your organization save money on implementation costs.
在短期的运行中，费用可能会多一些，但是长期的运行将有助于您的企业节约实现成本。
And if it asked a supplier to pay for every click on its webpage, the company's rivals might click maliciously to raise its marketing costs.
而如果按每登录一次网站收一次费的方式，阿里巴巴的竞争对手则会恶意登录其网站，从而导致其的经营成本提升。
Today she sounds like a lobbyist for German business, listing the industries that must be shielded from the full costs of her package.
今天看来，她就是一个为发展德国商业的游说家，她列举出了许多产业，而这些产业是必须绕开她的方案所导致的完全成本。
Trying to go head-to-head with Google costs Microsoft upward of $5 billion a year, industry executives and analysts estimate.
产业高管们和分析家估计，与Google展开网络世界的争夺战每年要花费微软50多亿美元。
If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything, it is a delight, but it costs those who do not love Him a good deal.
如果我们爱上帝，顺服祂会给我们带来喜悦，而不是损失，但对那些不爱祂的人来说损失就大了。
I'm sorry. I don't know. You should ask the salesman. He can tell you how much this TV costs.
对不起，我不知道。你应该问售货员。他可以告诉你这台电视要多少钱。
Analysts say BP may not be able to cover such costs, and pay its dividend, out of cashflow alone, forcing additional borrowing.
分析师称，BP可能无法单靠现金流支付所有费用，以及派发红利，将被迫另行举债。
We know exactly, to the cent, how much it costs to generate a trading ticket.
我们对生成一张交易单需要多少成本一清二楚。
Still, Liddell said he was encouraged by the company's ability to cut costs.
然而，Liddell说他还是被公司巨大的缩减开支的能力所鼓舞了。
Analysts said safety fears and rising costs are creating the risk of a domino effect, in which companies pull out of the complex en masse.
分析人士认为，安全担忧和不断上升的各种成本正在产生连锁反应的风险，导致大量韩国企业撤离开城。
How much does this book cost? It costs 20 yuan.
这本书值多少钱？它值二十元。
No matter how much it costs, I'll buy it for you.
无论要花多少钱，我都要为你买下来。
There are other long-term costs, including the fact that the children of these rural migrants failed at schools.
其它的长期代价，包括这些农民工子女的教育问题。
You need to know how much your electricity costs, so check a recent bill.
你想知道你的电器花了多少电费，去查一下最近的账单好了。
A receptionist of Changsha Huatian Hotel told the reporter that such a move can help the Hotel save costs up to one million RMB.
长沙华天大酒店前台一位接待人员告诉记者，此举每年至少可为酒店节约上百万元。
For consumers, all this means continuing pain from high-food costs, at least for the foreseeable future.
对消费者而言，这些都意味着至少在可预见的未来他们还将承受粮价上涨之苦。
Do you know how much money it costs to go to New York?
你知道去纽约的花费吗？
Academics then found trading costs rose for stocks with bans, while share prices were elevated for only a week and a bit.
学术界之后发现，受到禁令保护的股票交易成本上升，而股价的提升只能维持一周，且升幅不大。
Lenovo said the cuts would save the company $250m a year in labour costs.
联想表示，裁员将为公司每年节省人力成本2.5亿美元。
The foundation will use BT's support to raise sponsorship and cover the costs of launching at least two new prizes a year.
X基金会将利用英国电信的支持筹集更多赞助，弥补一年至少推出两项新奖金的成本。
