【cost音标】 英[kɒst] 美[kɔ:st]
【单词释义】 cost是什么意思:
n.成本;价钱,代价;花费,费用;牺牲;[用复数][法律]诉讼费
vi.价钱为,花费;估计成本
vt.付出代价;估价;使丧失;使付出努力
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] costs [第三人称单数] costs
[单词现在分词] costing
[单词过去式] cost
[单词过去分词] cost
【cost形近词/近似词】
frost n.霜冻;霜
most adv.最,最多 adj. 最多的,最大的
post n.[U]邮件;邮政;[C]柱,桩,杆;岗位 v.投递;邮寄;张贴
lost adj. 迷路的,迷失的;失去的,丢失的;不复存在的;不知所措的 v. 遗失,丢失;失去;输掉(lose 的过去式和过去分词形式)
defrost v.(给…)化霜,除霜;(使)解冻
ghost n.鬼,幽灵;记忆,回忆 v.悄悄地行进;代人写作
host n.主人,东道主;节目主持人 v.主办,主持
【近义词解析】
◇ 花费
cost (v. 花费):主语通常为事物,可后接双宾语,通常不用被动语态。The new house cost me a lot of money
spend (v. 花费):普通用词,指花费金钱、时间、精力等,主语通常为人或机构,常用于 spend sth on sth/(in) doing sth 结构中。She spent 600 dollars on the watch
take (v. 花费):主语可以是人,也可以是事物,通常以 it 作形式主语,可后接双宾语。It took me an hour to come here
◇ 费用
cost (n.费用;花费): 指获取某物或达到某目的所需的费用,可与price换用
charge n.要价,收费): 指提供服务时索取的费用,也指货物的价格、价钱。
expense (n.费用;价钱): 常指实际支付的费用总数额,有时也指钱的花费
fee (n.费用): 指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用,还可指会费、借书费等。
price (n.价格): 指商品或服务的要价,尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价
tip (n. 小费):指额外付给餐厅侍者等服务人员的小额服务费。
value (n.价值): 指别人愿意为某物付出的值
【单词例句】
◇ Though it cost him more time and freedom, he was full of hope.
尽管耗费了他更多的时间和自由,他却充满着希望。
---- A New Farming Way
◇ NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the US space agency said on Friday.
美国国家航空航天局上周五(2019年6月7日)表示,将允许普通民众在国际空间站停留一个月,费用为每晚大约3.5万美元(约合24.2万元人民币)。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ "There will not be enough humans to make the deliveries. We need more and more robots to fill this gap in manpower. And to reduce costs."
他还说:“将来快递员人手不足。我们需要越来越多的机器人来填补这一人力缺口,降低成本。”
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Avoid wire hangers at all costs as they can cause indents in clothing and do not leave enough space between garments for them to breathe.
无论如何都不要使用金属衣架,因为它会在衣物上留下凹痕,还会让衣物挤在一起密不透气。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ Plastic has become one of the world's most popular materials, combining amazing functionality and very low production costs. Its use has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
塑料制品应用广泛、造价低廉,在世界各地都广受人们欢迎。过去五十年中,塑料使用量增长了20倍,并且有望在接下来的20年里再翻一番。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Besides the issue of consumer habits,infrastructure costs are set to be immense,and will have to be met by national states or the private sector before being passed on to users.Platforms do not necessarily have to be expensive.
除了消费者的习惯问题,基础设施的成本开始是很大的。在到达用户之前,先由政府和私人组织过目。平台不需要很昂贵。
◇ She had neither rest nor peace until she secretly set forth and went out into the wide world, hoping to find her brothers and to set them free, whatever it might cost.
有一天,她从家里偷偷地跑了出去,来到外面广阔的世界,到处寻访自己的哥哥。她想:无论他们到了甚么地方,她不惜自己的生命,也要让他们恢复本来面目,获得做人的自由!
---- The Seven Ravens