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cost

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基本解释

  • n. 费用，代价，成本；损失；诉讼费用
  • v. 成本为……；花费；使付出；使花许多钱（非正式）；给……估价
  • n. (Cost) （美、英、罗、巴、法、荷）科斯特（人名）

词源解说

  • 直接源自古法语的coster；最初源自拉丁语的constare，意为价值，花费，成本，费用，代价。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    costly：昂贵的；代价高的。
    costless：不花钱的；无须付出代价的。
  • n性质的同根词
    costing：成本计算；生产费用。
  • v性质的同根词
    costing：花费（cost的ing形式）。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • cost作名词时,意思是“成本,费用,价钱,代价”。引申可指“损失,牺牲”,包括时间或精力方面的消耗。
  • cost作“成本”“费用”解时,可用单数形式,也可用复数形式; 作“代价”解时,一般用单数形式。

    • v. (动词)

  • cost的基本意思是“对得到的事物、行为或事情的结果付出代价”,可依据上下文灵活译为“值…”“花费”或“失去”“蒙受”“招致”等。引申还可表示“估算成本”“计算费用”。cost侧重的是“以…为代价”,而不仅仅是数量的陈述。
  • cost主要用作及物动词。作“花费”“付出代价”解时,不用于被动结构,主语通常是物或事物。接名词或代词作宾语时,宾语为金钱、时间、精力等(在当代英语中,这一范围正不断扩大)。接双宾语时,直接宾语为金钱、时间、精力等,间接宾语则总是人。作“计算费用”“估算”解时主语一定是人,且可用于被动结构。
  • cost也可用作不及物动词,意为“需要花费”“需要付出代价”,这时其后一般有副词性状语。
  • cost也可用作系动词,可接形容词,表被动意义。
  • cost的过去式和过去分词有两种形式,作“花费”“失去”解时用cost,作“估算”解时则是costed。
  • at the cost of表示“以……为代价”，后一般接表示损失或花费的东西的词，如life，health，time和money。偶尔，也接表示被遭受的东西的词，如discomfort，misery和sufferin等；
  • at all cost表示“不惜任何代价，无论如何”，它的用法比at any cost更为普遍；

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The scientific books will be sent without cost.
    这些科学书籍将免费赠送。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • The sofa really cost.
    那沙发可真值钱。

    • S+～+to- v

  • Does it cost much to live here?
    在这儿住费用很贵吗?

    • 用作系动词: S+～+ adj.

  • It costs dear.
    这很值钱。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • You do not know what these roses have cost your father.
    你不知道为了这几朵玫瑰花,你父亲付出了多大代价。

    • It ～s/ed+ n./pron. +to- v

  • It will cost you to go by train, so why not by bus?
    既然乘火车花费大,你为什么不乘公共汽车呢?

    • 用作双宾动词: S+～+ n./pron. + pron./n.

  • This battle cost the enemy 1000 men.
    这一仗敌人损失1000名士兵。

    • It ～s/ed+ n./pron. +to- v

  • It will cost you 800 yuan to fly to Shanghai.
    乘飞机去上海将花费你800元。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • absorb the cost 承担费用
  • avoid the cost 避免损失
  • bear the cost 承担费用
  • bring the cost 控制费用
  • calculate cost 计算成本

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (MONEY SPENT) the amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something
  • (SOMETHING LOST/GIVEN) something that is given, needed, or lost in order to get a particular thing
  • (MONEY) If something costs an amount of money, you must pay that amount to buy or do it.
  • (DESTROY) to cause someone to lose or destroy something valuable

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.
  • If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.
  • When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance.
  • If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it.
  • Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.
  • If someone is ordered by a court of law to pay costs, they have to pay a sum of money toward the expenses of a court case they are involved in.
  • If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
  • The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.
  • If you say that something must be avoided at all costs, you are emphasizing that it must not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
  • If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.

专业释义

    经济学

  • 成本

    Cost management is the constant topic of Enterprise Management.
    成本管理是企业管理的永恒话题。

  • 费用

    • 计算机科学技术

  • 成本

    This immateriality will advance the company’s cost.
    这无形之中会提高了企业的成本。

    电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 代价

    The proposed scheme has the lower handover call probability at the cost of little utility.
    该策略以少量的效用代价换取较低的切换掉话率。

    法学

  • 诉讼费(尤指判处败方偿付胜方的诉讼费用)

    • 地球科学

  • 成本

    • 管理学

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