新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

costIELTS重点词汇

英 [kɒst]

美 [kɔːst]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

costs
1. [C 可数名词] 费用
The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.
近义词
price , value
双语例句
例：
The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold.
一块面包的价格已经涨了4倍。
例：
In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production.
1989年咖啡的价格跌得那么低，在许多国家甚至都收不回生产成本。
例：
Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50.
徽章也有售，价格为2.5英镑。
2. [PL 复数] （家庭或公司）开销
Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.
近义词
expenses , expenditure
反义词
profit , earnings
双语例句
例：
Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent.
开销已经减少了30到50。
例：
The company admits its costs are still too high.
该公司承认其开销仍然过高。
3. [PL 复数] 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.
双语例句
例：
He was jailed for 18 months and ordered to pay $550 costs.
他被判入狱18个月，并支付550美元的诉讼费。
4. [U 不可数名词] 成本价格
If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
双语例句
例：
a shop that provided cigarettes and sweets at cost.
一家以成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店。
5. [SING 单数型名词] 代价
The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.
双语例句
例：
In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of $500 million and 5,000 jobs.
3月，萨利纳斯先生关闭了该市的炼油厂，损失了5亿美元和5000个工作岗位。

PHRASE. 习语

at all costs
1. 不惜任何代价地
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.
双语例句
例：
They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
他们告诉雅克·得洛斯，必须不惜一切代价避免灾难性的世界贸易大战。
at any cost
1. 无论如何
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.
双语例句
例：
This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost.
这本书如此重要，无论如何也要出版。

VERB. 动词

costs , costing , cost
1. [T 及物动词] 要价
If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.
双语例句
例：
This course is limited to 12 people and costs $150.
这门课程限招12人，费用为150美元。
例：
Painted walls look much more interesting and don't cost much.
粉刷过的墙壁看上去更有趣，要价也不高。
例：
The project was abandoned because it cost too much.
该项目因其费用过高而被中止了。
例：
a scheme which cost taxpayers more than £294 million.
一个花费纳税人超过2.94亿英镑的计划。
2. [T 及物动词] 估算…的费用
When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance.
双语例句
例：
The building work has not been fully costed but runs into millions of dollars.
建筑工作的费用还未完全估算出来，但要高达几百万美元。
3. [T 及物动词] 使…付出
If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it.
双语例句
例：
a six-year-old boy whose life was saved by an operation that cost him his sight.
一个通过手术保住生命但双目失明的6岁男孩。