cost

【发音】

美 /kɔst/ 英 /kɒst/

【翻译】

1. n.价格；代价；成本

   英释:the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something

【短语】

1. the cost of : 以…为代价

2. low cost : 低成本，廉价的

3. production cost : 生产成本

4. at the cost of : 以…为代价

5. cost control : 成本控制

6. cost management : 成本管理

7. high cost : 高成本

8. project cost : 工程项目成本；施工费用

9. operation cost : 营业成本；业务费用；经营费用

10. total cost : 总成本

11. cost accounting : 成本会计，成本核算

12. construction cost : 建造成本；工程费

13. manufacturing cost : 制造成本

14. at any cost : 无论如何；不惜任何代价（等于at all costs）

15. transaction cost : 交易成本，交易费用

16. at cost : adv. 按成本；照原价

17. product cost : 产品成本

18. operating cost : 使用费；使用费用；生产费用；营业费；运转成本

19. cost effective : 有成本效益的；划算的；成本效率

20. maintenance cost : 维护费用

【例句】

1. I offered to pay the cost of the taxi.

   我提出支付出租车费。

2. Insurance to cover the cost of a funeral is possible.

   可以用保险支付葬礼费用。

3. This doesn’t include the cost of repairing the damage.

   这不包括修理破损的费用。

4. the terrible cost of the war in death and suffering

   这场战争造成的死亡与苦难的惨重代价

5. low cost housing

   低成本住宅

6. the high cost of production

   很高的生产成本

7. A cassette/radio is included at no extra cost .

   附送一台卡式收录机。

8. The funds will just cover the museum’s running costs .

   这些资金只够支付博物馆的运转费用。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...Because of the high cost of disposing of these things in landfills...

2. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum...

3. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century...

4. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...a Bible cost more than a middle-class house...

5. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...it was reported that the cost of enrolling an infant or small kid at a childcare center rose 3% in 2012...

6. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...faster than the overall cost of living...

7. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...which cost more but sounded less fun...

8. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Tax breaks bring the cost down...

9. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...for other students who don’t have such a luxury it’s an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that...

10. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Over the years the cost of a college education has increased almost by 100%...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.花费；使付出；使花许多钱

   invested/spend/expend/

2. n.费用，[贸易]代价，[会计]成本；损失

   fee/charge/expense/price/losing/

【同根词】

1. adj

   costly : 昂贵的；代价高的

   costless : 不花钱的；无须付出代价的

2. n

   costing : 成本计算；生产费用

3. v

   costing : 花费（cost的ing形式）