costs
- n.成本;费用;(为做某事涉及的)努力，代价，损失;花费;价钱
- v.使损失;使丧失;需付费;价钱为;使付出努力;使做不愉快的事
- cost的第三人称单数和复数
costsThese are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.以上各词均指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费。
the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business指成本：
labour/production costs
人工 / 生产成本
rising costs
正在上涨的成本
the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization尤指政府或机构的开支、支出、花销：
public spending
公共开支
More spending on health was promised.
已承诺增加医疗开支。
( rather formal ) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费：
expenditure on education
教育费用
money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working which your employer will pay back to you later指个人或机构必需的开支、花费或报销的费用：
legal expenses
律师费
travel expenses
差旅费
the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later指必要的开支、费用：
The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。
( BrE ) the regular costs that a person or business has, such as rent and electricity指个人或企业的经常性费用或开支，如房租、电费等
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N-COUNT 费用;花费;价钱
The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold...
一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。
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VERB 需付费;价钱为
If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50...
该课程只招收12人，学费为50英镑。
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N-PLURAL 成本
Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent...
成本降低了30%到50%。
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VERB 估算成本;估价
When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance.Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed.
制作节目的所有成本：人工、租用场地、灯光现在都已经估算了。
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N-PLURAL 诉讼费用
If someone is ordered by a court of law to pay costs, they have to pay a sum of money towards the expenses of a court case they are involved in.He was jailed for 18 months and ordered to pay £550 costs.
他被监禁了18个月，还责令他支付550英镑的诉讼费。
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N-UNCOUNT 成本价
If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it....a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost.
按成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店
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N-SING 代价;损失
The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of $500 million and 5,000 jobs.
3月份，萨利纳斯先生关闭了该市的炼油场，造成5亿美元的损失，并使5,000人失去了工作。
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VERB 使丧失;使损失
If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it....a six-year-old boy whose life was saved by an operation that cost him his sight...
手术救了一名6岁男孩的命，却使他失明了
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不要混淆 cost 和 costs，cost 表示买某物、做某事或制作某物所需要的花费。例如，the cost of the telephone call (电话费)，the total cost was over a million pounds (总价超过100万英镑)。企业或家庭的 costs 指经营或维持它所必须花费的钱，包括电费、维修费和税费，例如，attempts to cut costs and boost profits (降低成本、增加利润的努力)。货物的 cost 通常即为它们的 price。亦见 price 词条下的说明。
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PHRASE 不惜任何代价
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.They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
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PHRASE 无论如何;在任何代价下
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.This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost...
这本书非常重要，无论如何也要出版。
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PHRASE 计算代价;考虑后果
If someone counts the cost of something that has happened or will happen, they consider how the consequences of that action or event affect them.Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake...
东欧的几个国家正在计算昨天的地震带来的损失。
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PHRASE 需付钱的;价格昂贵的
If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.Well-designed clothes cost money.
设计精美的服装价格昂贵。
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PHRASE 付出代价;吃了苦头
If you know something to your cost, you know it because of an unpleasant experience that you have had.Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence...
凯瑟琳吃了苦头才知道服过刑会给一个人带来什么影响。
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to cost someone dear→ see:dear
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Costs have been reduced by 20 % over the past year .
过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
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Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs .
为削减费用，关闭了两家工厂。
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Let 's be practical and work out the cost first .
咱们实际一点儿，先计算一下成本费用。
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The cost in terms of human life was high .
付出了很大的生命代价。
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And again , we must think of the cost .
再说，我们必须考虑成本。
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Just out of interest , how much did it cost ?
我只是好奇问问，这个花了你多少钱？
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How much will it cost , more or less ?
这个大概得花多少钱？
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The total cost to you is £ 3 000 .
你总共要支付3000英镑。
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How much does it cost to become a member ?
要成为会员得花多少钱？
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It 's time we got on to the question of costs .
我们该讨论成本问题了。
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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。
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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。
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Cost was a key element in our decision .
价钱是我们决策时考虑的主要因素。
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It 'll cost € 100 or so .
这大约要花100欧元。
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The cost should average out at about £ 6 per person .
费用应该是平均每人约6英镑。
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We estimated it would cost about € 5 000 .
我们估计要花费大约5000欧元。
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That one mistake almost cost him his life .
那一个差错几乎使他丧命。
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I know it won 't cost very much but that 's not the point .
我知道那花不了多少钱，但这不是重点。
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It cost us nothing to go in .
我们没花钱就进去了。
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Don 't use too much of it ─ it cost a lot of money .
这东西很贵，不要用得太多。
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However you look at it , it 's going to cost a lot .
不管你怎么看，它都要花很多钱。
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The cost would be somewhere around £ 1 500 .
费用要在1500英镑上下。
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The actual cost was higher than we expected .
实际成本比我们预计的要高。
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The work will cost £ 10 000 plus .
这项工作将耗资万余英镑。
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The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair .
损坏严重，要修好就得花几千块钱。
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The cost will be met by the company .
费用将由公司支付。
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A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one .
二手车的花费只是新车的零头。
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The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago .
现在的价格比两年前提高约一半。
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Be careful with that ─ it cost a lot of money .
小心别弄坏那东西，它可值钱了。
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What does this mean in terms of cost ?
这在成本上意味着什么？