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。
to cut/reduce costs降低成本
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。
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。
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。
He is determined to win at any cost.他决心无论如何要争取胜利。
He is determined to win at any cost.他决心无论如何要争取胜利。
goods sold at cost按成本价销售的商品
goods sold at cost按成本价销售的商品
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。
There is a de luxe model available, but it'll cost you.有豪华型的，但贵得很。
There is a de luxe model available, but it'll cost you.有豪华型的，但贵得很。
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？
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