Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #342
cost
成本；费用；价格
The amount of money, time, or effort that is required or spent to obtain something.
- 1.
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
所需或使用的金钱、时间等数量
- 2.
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
质量；状态；属性；价值；习惯；性情；性质；种类；特征
- 3.
A cottise.
(纹章)狭小横带
- 4.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
获得商品或服务所花费的总额,包括金钱、时间和劳动
- 5.
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
产生的负面后果或损失
- 6.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
具有物质价值的属性(通常通过出售时的金额来表示)
- 7.
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
通过获得某物所需付出或经历的价值
代价；损失；价值；出售价值；性质；特性；习惯；细条；狭带；所需或使用的金钱、时间等数量
In use
The cost of living in the city is quite high.
We need to calculate the total cost of the project before starting.
The cost of the new phone was more than I expected.
he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
the cost in human life was enormous
the cost of (doing) something
后接名词或动名词
The cost of living is rising.
某事物的费用或代价
at a cost of + amount
用于说明具体开销
The damage was repaired at a cost of $500.
Connections
Collocations
- at a cost
- 以…代价
- He won the battle at a great cost.他以巨大的代价赢得了这场战斗。
- cost of living
- 生活费用
- The cost of living has risen sharply.生活费用急剧上涨。
- reduce costs
- 降低成本
- The company needs to reduce costs.公司需要降低成本。
- production costs
- 生产成本
- High production costs affect profits.高生产成本影响利润。
- cost-effective
- 划算的，有成本效益的
- This method is very cost-effective.这种方法非常划算。
- cost savings
- 成本节约
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cost（成本）包括金钱、时间和劳力，三者缺一不可。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in 'ost' often have different pronunciations: 'lost' and 'frost' have /ɔst/; 'cost' has /ɑst/; 'post', 'most', 'host', 'ghost' have /oʊst/. None of these are perfect rhymes with 'cost'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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