Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #342
cost
成本；费用；价格
核心释义
The amount of money, time, or effort that is required or spent to obtain something.
- 1.
所需或使用的金钱、时间等数量
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- 2.
质量；状态；属性；价值；习惯；性情；性质；种类；特征
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- 3.
(纹章)狭小横带
A cottise.
- 4.
获得商品或服务所花费的总额,包括金钱、时间和劳动
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- 5.
产生的负面后果或损失
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
- 6.
具有物质价值的属性(通常通过出售时的金额来表示)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- 7.
通过获得某物所需付出或经历的价值
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
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
用法In use
The cost of living in the city is quite high.
用法提示：这里的'cost'表示生活的费用。
We need to calculate the total cost of the project before starting.
用法提示：这里的'cost'表示项目的总成本。
The cost of the new phone was more than I expected.
用法提示：这里的'cost'表示新手机的价格。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
cost（成本）包括金钱、时间和劳力，三者缺一不可。
语境与语域Context & Register
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发音与拼写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'.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级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。
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