| 单词 | cost |
| 释义 | cost2 /kost US: kxst; kost/ n 1 [C, U] price (to be) paid for a thing: 价钱; 成本; 费用： the ~ of living; 生活费用; living ~s, the general level of prices; 生活费用 (物价的一般水准); the ~-of-living index, 生活费指数， → index (3); the ~ price of an article, the ~ of producing it or the price at which it may be bought wholesale, retail; 货品的成本价格; 批发价 (格); to sell sth at ~, ie at ~ price; 按批发价售资某物; 照成本卖。 He built his house without regard to ~, without considering how much money would be needed. 他不计花钱多寡盖房子。 ' ~ accountant/clerk, one who keeps a record of every item of expense in a business, etc. (I 商企业的) 成本会计员。 .cost-ef'factive adj economical compared with money spent; 划算的; hence, 由此产生， ,cost-effectiveness n [U]. 2 [C, U sing only] that which is used, needed or given to obtain sth: (欲获得某物所付的) 代价： The battle was won at a great ~ in human lives, only after many soldiers had been killed. 牺牲了许多士兵的性命才换来这场战役的胜利。 st all ~s, whatever the ~ may be. 不惜任何代价; 无论如何。 at the ~ of. at the loss or expense of: 丧失; 牺牲： He saved his son from drowning, but only at the ~ of his own life. 他救了他儿子的命使免溺死, 但却牺牲了他自己的生命。 count the ~, consider the risks, possible losses, etc before doing sth. 事前详细盘算得失等。 to one's ~, to one's loss or disadvantage: 使某人遭受损失或不便： Wasps' stings are serious, as I know to my ~, as I know because of personal suffering from them. 我知道被黄蜂蟹了是严重的事情, 因为我曾身受其害。 3 (pl) (legal) expense of having sth settled in a law court: (复) (法律) 诉讼费用： pay a £25 fine and £7 ~s. 缴二十五镑罚金和七镑诉讼费。 |
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