cost[kɒst]
汉语翻译
n. 代价, 价值, 费用
vi. 花费
vt. 使失去, 值, 使花费
【经】 原价, 成本, 费用
相关词组:
at the cost of
cost sb dear
count the cost
to one's cost
词型变化
形容词:costless 名词:cost-lessness 动词过去式:cost 过去分词:cost 现在分词:costing 第三人称单数:costs
词意辨析
charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense这些名词均有“价格，费用”之意。
charge: 指提供服务时索取的费用，也指货物的价格、价钱。
price: 指商品在市场出售的价格，尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。
fee: 指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用，还可指会费、借书费等。
fare: 侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。
cost: 指生产某东西的成本，也泛指商品的价格，可与price换用。
expense: 常指实际支付的费用总数额，有时也指钱的花费。cost, expend, spend, take, pay这些动词均含“花费”之意。
cost: 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。
expend: 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。
spend: 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。
take: 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。
pay: “付款、给……报酬”，它可作及物动词也可作不及物动词。pay常用于以下几种句型：①sb．pay（s）sb．money意为“某人付款给另一个人或某人给另一个人多少报酬”。 - he pays me fifty yuan a week．
他每周给我五十元的报酬。
②pay for sth．意为“付……款、给……报酬”。 - he has paid for the meal．
他已付了那顿饭的钱。
③pay money for sth．意为“花多少钱买某物”。- my father paid 40 pounds for the desk．
我父亲花了40英磅买了这张书桌。
英语解释
名词 cost:
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)同义词：monetary value, price
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something同义词：price, toll
动词 cost:
- be priced at同义词：be
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
例句
- Dangerous driving could cost you your life.开车不注意安全有生命危险。
- Her irresponsible behaviour cost her father many sleepless nights.她那不负责任的行为使她父亲许多夜不得安眠。
- Your crime will cost you your life.你的罪行将使你失去生命。
- He saved his daughter from the fire but at the cost of his own life.他牺牲了生命，把女儿从大火中救出来。
详细解释
cost
n.（名词）An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.费用：为购买而付出的或要求的数量；价格The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal.See Synonyms at price 成本：某物的花费，例如时间或劳动，是为达到某一目的而必需的参见 pricecosts Law The charges fixed for litigation, often payable by the losing party. costs 【法律】 诉讼费：通常由失败付出的固定的讼费n.attributive.（定语名词）Often used to modify another noun:通常用来修饰另一个名词：例句：cost consciousness; cost overruns.成本意识；成本增量
v.（动词）cost,cost.ing,costs v.intr.（不及物动词）To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss:需要花费：需要特定的费用、支出、努力或损失：例句：It costs more to live in the city.在城市居住要付出更多东西
v.tr.（及物动词）To have as a price.价钱为：作为价格而具有To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice:导致失去、受苦或牺牲：例句：Participating in the strike cost me my job.参加罢工而使我失去工作
past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of:过去式和过去分词 costed 估价：估计或决定…价格：例句：The accountants costed out our expenses.付帐人对我们的花费进行了估价
来源：Middle English 中古英语 from Old French 源自 古法语 from coster [to cost] 源自 coster [花费] from Latin cônst3re [to be fixed, cost] * see constant 源自 拉丁语 cônst3re [被固定，估价] *参见 constant
【引伸】
cost.less
adj.（形容词）cost.lessness
n.（名词）