cost
n.(名词)An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.费用:为购买而付出的或要求的数量;价格The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal.See Synonyms at price 成本:某物的花费,例如时间或劳动,是为达到某一目的而必需的参见 pricecosts Law The charges fixed for litigation, often payable by the losing party. costs 【法律】 诉讼费:通常由失败付出的固定的讼费n.attributive.(定语名词)Often used to modify another noun:通常用来修饰另一个名词:例句:cost consciousness; cost overruns.成本意识;成本增量
v.(动词)cost,cost.ing,costs v.intr.(不及物动词)To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss:需要花费:需要特定的费用、支出、努力或损失:例句:It costs more to live in the city.在城市居住要付出更多东西
v.tr.(及物动词)To have as a price.价钱为:作为价格而具有To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice:导致失去、受苦或牺牲:例句:Participating in the strike cost me my job.参加罢工而使我失去工作
past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of:过去式和过去分词 costed 估价:估计或决定…价格:例句:The accountants costed out our expenses.付帐人对我们的花费进行了估价
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old French 源自 古法语 from coster [to cost] 源自 coster [花费] from Latin cônst3re [to be fixed, cost] * see constant 源自 拉丁语 cônst3re [被固定,估价] *参见 constant
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cost.less
adj.(形容词)cost.lessness
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