cost noun ⇨costs (running costs)⇨price (the cost of living)cost verb ⇨cost (How much does this cost?)⇨price (cost a project)cost
verb
cost ♦︎ be ♦︎ sell ♦︎ trade ♦︎ go ♦︎ retail ♦︎ set sb back sthThese are all words that can be used when sth costs a particular amount of money and you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it.这些词均表示价格或费用为某数额。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆How much does this cost / is this?◆That costs / will set you back a lot of money.◆sth sells / trades / retails at £9.95◆sth sells / goes / retails for £9.95■cost(cost, cost) [transitive] If sth costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it.需付费;价钱为◆I didn't get it because it cost too much.我没买,因为太贵了。◆Calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute.拨打热线服务电话每分钟收费38便士。◆All these reforms will cost money(= be expensive).所有这些改革都要花很多钱。◆Good food need not cost a fortune(= be very expensive).好吃的东西不一定要花费很多。 see also cost ⇨ pricenoun■be
linking verb
(especiallyspoken) to cost需花费;价格为◆'How much is that dress?' 'Eighty dollars.'“那条连衣裙多少钱?”“八十元。”■sell(sold, sold) [intransitive] to be sold at a particular price(以某一价格)出售;售价为◆The painting sold for $70 000 at auction.那幅画以7万元拍卖售出了。■trade [intransitive, transitive] (business商业) to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell sth, on a stock exchange(= a place where shares in companies are bought and sold)(在证券交易所)交易,买卖◆Shares were trading at under half their usual value.那些股份的交易价低于通常价值的一半。◆The futures contract is traded at a clean price and does not include accrued interest payments.那份期货合约以净价交易,不含应计利息。■go(goes, went, gone) [intransitive] (ratherinformal) to be sold, especially for a particular price on a particular occasion(尤指在某一场合以某一价格)出售◆We won't let the house go for less than £200 000.这房子低于20万英镑我们是不会卖的。◆There was usually some bread going cheap(= being sold cheaply) at the end of the day.在收市之前有些面包常降价出售。■retail ˈriːteɪl [intransitive] (business商业) to be sold in a shop at a particular price(以某一价格)销售;零售价为◆The book retails for $14.95.这本书的零售价是14.95元。NOTE辨析 Sell, go or retail?Sell is a more general word than retail, which is used mostly in Business English, and only for goods that are sold to the public through shops. * sell较retail含义广,后者主要为商务用语,且只用于经商店向大众销售的商品◆The book retails / sells at £14.95.这本书的零售价是14.95英镑。◆The painting retailed for $70 000 at auction.Go in this meaning is more informal than sell. In British English it is used especially in the phrase going cheap and about particular items being sold on particular occasions.表达此义时,go比sell较为非正式。在英式英语中,go尤用于短语going cheap,以及某些场合下出售的某些物品◆The painting went for $70 000 at auction.那幅画以7万元拍卖售出了。In informal American English you can also use go to talk about the usual price of sth in a shop.在非正式的美式英语中,也可以用go指某物在商店里的通常价格◆These boots usually go for around $30 a pair.这些靴子一般每双卖30元左右。■ˌset sb ˈback sth
phrasal verb
(setting, set, set) [no passive] (informal) to cost sb a particular amount of money使花费;使破费◆The repairs could set you back over £200.修理这些部件大概要花你200多英镑。ⓘ Set sb back sth is used especially about things that are considered expensive. * set sb back sth尤用于昂贵的东西。
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