cost是什么意思_cost怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold);"the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"
"he puts a high price on his services"
"he couldn"t calculate the cost of the collection"

value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;"the cost in human life was enormous"
"the price of success is hard work"
"what price glory?"

Verb:

be priced at;"These shoes cost $100"

require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice;"This mistake cost him his job"

中英词源

cost 成本

co-, 强调。-st, 站。字面意思即站在旁边的，要求投入的。

cost: cost: [13] In Latin, something that cost a particular price literally ‘stood at or with’ that price. The Latin verb constāre was formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand). In Vulgar Latin this became *costāre, which passed into English via Old French coster (the derived noun arrived first, the verb a couple of decades later). The adjective costly is a 14th century formation.
=> stand, statue
cost (n.): c. 1200, from Old French cost (12c., Modern French coût) "cost, outlay, expenditure; hardship, trouble," from Vulgar Latin *costare, from Latin constare, literally "to stand at" (or with), with a wide range of figurative senses including "to cost." The idiom is the same one used in Modern English when someone says something "stands at X dollars" to mean it sells for X dollars. The Latin word is from com- "with" (see com-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
cost (v.): late 14c., from Old French coster (Modern French coûter) "to cost," from cost (see cost (n.)).

词态变化

复数 costs;
第三人称单数 costs;
过去式 cost;
过去分词 cost;
现在分词 costing;

权威造句

1. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.: 各公司正在把工作岗位转移至生活费用较低的城镇。

2. The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.: 新建成的购物中心耗资110万。

3. The company has made heroic efforts at cost reduction.: 公司在降低成本方面付出了艰苦卓绝的努力。

4. The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.: 该项目的总成本会超过2.4亿美元。

5. Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (peak rate) per minute.: 电话每分钟36便士（优惠费率）和48便士（高峰费率）。

近反义词

charge

expense

price

sacrifice

toll

value

相似短语

at cost 照原价,照成本

at the cost of adv.以...为代价

at no cost 以半价［不花钱等］

at the cost 以...为代价

on cost 按照成本, 间接成本, 间接费用

cost to cost 【经】成本比例法

cost or historical cost principle 【经】成本或历史成本原则

business cost 经营成本，经营成本

legal cost n. 诉讼费

amortized cost 摊提成本，摊余成本，已摊销成本

单词分析

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。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。

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