set sb back sth

  • 网络使花费
set sb back sthset sb back sth

These are all words that can be used when sth costs a particular amount of money and you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it.以上各词均涉及成本、售价、需付费用。

if sth costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it指价钱为、需付费:

How much did it cost?

这东西要多少钱?

All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive) .

所有这些改革都要花钱。

This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.

这每年要花费纳税人100亿英镑。

to cost指花费、值:

‘How much is that dress?’ ‘Eighty dollars.’

“那条连衣裙多少钱?”“八十元。”

to be sold at a particular price指售价是、以…价格销售:

The painting sold for £10 000 at auction.

这幅画拍卖了1万英镑。

( business ) to be sold in a shop/store at a particular price指零售价是、以…价格销售:

The book retails at £14.95.

这本书零售价为14.95英镑。

Sell is a more general word than retail which is used mostly in Business English, and only for goods that are sold to the public through shops/stores.

( informal ) to cost sb a particular amount of money指使某人花费、破费:

The repairs set him back over £200.

修理费花掉他200多英镑。