cost/kɒst/

n

1. U 价钱，价格；费用

• The cost of the used car is $1,500. 那辆旧车得花1,500 美元。

• They had to abandon the project on the grounds of cost 他们因费用问题不得不放弃这个项目。

2. C,常用复 成本，花费

• high production costs 高额的生产成本

• the running costs. 管理费。

• cut costs 削减经费

3. U,用作单 代价；牺牲

• He saved the boy at the cost of his life. 他牺牲自己的生命救了那个男孩。

• at the cost of one's health 以牺牲健康为代价

4. [～s] [亦作 court ～s]【律】 诉讼费用

词组at all costs 不惜任何代价；无论如何 at any cost = at all costs at cost 按成本(价)

• sell the goods at cost 按成本价销售货物

count the cost (行动前)考虑得失，考虑不利之处 to one's cost (使某人) 吃了苦头，付出了代价

• I knew it to my cost. 我是吃过苦头才认识到这一点的。