costs

1. 以上各词均指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费。
   These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.
2. 指成本：
   the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business
   1. labour/production costs
      人工 / 生产成本
   2. rising costs
      正在上涨的成本
3. 尤指政府或机构的开支、支出、花销：
   the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization
   1. public spending
      公共开支
   2. More spending on health was promised.
      已承诺增加医疗开支。
4. 指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费：
   ( rather formal ) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person
   1. expenditure on education
      教育费用
5. 指个人或机构必需的开支、花费或报销的费用：
   money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working which your employer will pay back to you later
   1. legal expenses
      律师费
   2. travel expenses
      差旅费
6. 指必要的开支、费用：
   the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later
   1. The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
      最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。
7. 指个人或企业的经常性费用或开支，如房租、电费等
   ( BrE ) the regular costs that a person or business has, such as rent and electricity

The form cost is used in the present tense, and is also the past tense and participle, except for meaning 4, where the form costed is used. cost 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同，但义项4除外，其所用形式为 costed。


1. N-COUNT 费用;花费;价钱
   The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.
   1. The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold...
      一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。
   2. In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production...
      1989年咖啡的价格跌至低谷，在很多国家甚至连生产成本都收不回来。
   3. Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50.
      徽章也有卖的，2.5英镑一枚。
2. VERB 需付费;价钱为
   If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.
   1. This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50...
      该课程只招收12人，学费为50英镑。
   2. Painted walls look much more interesting and doesn't cost much...
      彩绘墙壁看上去更有趣而且花费也不高。
   3. It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks.
      买几辆新卡车将花掉我10万多美元。
3. N-PLURAL 成本
   Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business.
   1. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent...
      成本降低了30%到50%。
   2. The company admits its costs are still too high.
      该公司承认其成本仍然过高。
4. VERB 估算成本;估价
   When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance.
   1. Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed.
      制作节目的所有成本：人工、租用场地、灯光现在都已经估算了。
   2. ...seventy apartments, shops, offices, a restaurant and hotel, costed at around 10 million pounds.
      估价约为1,000万英镑的70套公寓、店铺、办公室、一家大饭店
   3. Cost out means the same as cost .
      cost out 同 cost
   4. ...training days for charity staff on how to draw up contracts and cost out proposals...
      指导慈善机构员工如何起草合同和为提案估价的短期培训
   5. It is always worth having a loft conversion costed out.
      估算一下改建阁楼的费用总是很有必要的。
5. N-PLURAL 诉讼费用
   If someone is ordered by a court of law to pay costs, they have to pay a sum of money towards the expenses of a court case they are involved in.
   1. He was jailed for 18 months and ordered to pay £550 costs.
      他被监禁了18个月，还责令他支付550英镑的诉讼费。
6. N-UNCOUNT 成本价
   If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
   1. ...a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost.
      按成本价出售香烟和糖果的商店
   2. ...a practice known as dumping – that is, selling below cost to drive competition out of business.
      倾销行为——即通过以低于成本的价格销售产品来挤垮竞争对手
7. N-SING 代价;损失
   The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it.
   1. In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of $500 million and 5,000 jobs.
      3月份，萨利纳斯先生关闭了该市的炼油场，造成5亿美元的损失，并使5,000人失去了工作。
   2. ...being so afraid of something that you feel you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle.
      如此地害怕某事觉得必须避开它，无论自己的生活方式因此受到怎样的影响都在所不惜
8. VERB 使丧失;使损失
   If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it.
   1. ...a six-year-old boy whose life was saved by an operation that cost him his sight...
      手术救了一名6岁男孩的命，却使他失明了
   2. The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.
      这种增长会使小企业受损并使成千上万的人失去工作。

Do not confuse cost and costs. The cost of something is the amount of money that you need in order to buy it, do it, or make it. ...the cost of the telephone call. ...the total cost was over a million pounds. The costs of a business or a home are the sums of money that have to be spent on running it. They include money spent on electricity, repairs, and taxes. ...attempts to cut costs and boost profits. The cost of goods is usually the same as their price. See also note at price.
不要混淆 cost 和 costs，cost 表示买某物、做某事或制作某物所需要的花费。例如，the cost of the telephone call (电话费)，the total cost was over a million pounds (总价超过100万英镑)。企业或家庭的 costs 指经营或维持它所必须花费的钱，包括电费、维修费和税费，例如，attempts to cut costs and boost profits (降低成本、增加利润的努力)。货物的 cost 通常即为它们的 price。亦见 price 词条下的说明。

9. PHRASE 不惜任何代价
   If you say that something must be avoided at all costs, you are emphasizing that it must not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
   1. They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
      他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
10. PHRASE 无论如何;在任何代价下
    If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
    1. This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost...
       这本书非常重要，无论如何也要出版。
    2. He ordered the army to recapture the camp at any cost.
       他命令军队无论如何也要夺回营地。
11. PHRASE 计算代价;考虑后果
    If someone counts the cost of something that has happened or will happen, they consider how the consequences of that action or event affect them.
    1. Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake...
       东欧的几个国家正在计算昨天的地震带来的损失。
    2. Many people act on impulse without counting the cost.
       很多人不考虑后果就莽撞行事。
12. PHRASE 需付钱的;价格昂贵的
    If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.
    1. Well-designed clothes cost money.
       设计精美的服装价格昂贵。
13. PHRASE 付出代价;吃了苦头
    If you know something to your cost, you know it because of an unpleasant experience that you have had.
    1. Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence...
       凯瑟琳吃了苦头才知道服过刑会给一个人带来什么影响。
    2. There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.
       他吃了亏后才发现自己真正能够交心的人寥寥无几。
14. to cost someone dear → see: dear

1. The insurer will also have to pay the additional costs of the trial.
   保险公司将不得不支付审判的额外费用。
2. Other industries have had to sack managers to reduce administrative costs
   其他行业只得精简管理人员以减少行政开支。
3. Annual costs, tuition and fees, £ 6,600
   每年的花销、学费和各项杂费6,600英镑。
4. Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment.
   病人不应该自己承担治疗费用。
5. Running costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel
   燃料价格下来了，运营费用也会跟着下降。
6. Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries
   只有通过控制成本，美国才能保持对其他国家的竞争优势。
7. The company admits its costs are still too high.
   该公司承认其成本仍然过高。
8. I really believe that it is possible to both improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs
   我确实认为可以既提高客户满意度又降低成本。
9. Health insurance costs are eating up his income.
   医疗保险费用花掉了他大量的收入。
10. Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years 'salary for a government worker.
    即使是最便宜的汽车，价格也相当于一个公务员70年的薪水。
11. But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at the expense of the patient
    但是持怀疑态度的人担心费用的削减会以牺牲病人的利益为代价。
12. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs
    他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。
13. We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs.
    我们要在搞好劳资关系与削减开支之间保持平衡。
14. Monthly interest costs vary.
    每个月的利息费用都不一样。
15. Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
    对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。
16. Beef now costs well over 30 roubles a pound
    牛肉现在卖到了每磅30多卢布。
17. The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity
    提高的生产率抵消了增加的工资成本后仍有结余。
18. We are having to cut our costs to reduce overheads and remain competitive.
    我们现在必须减少开支以降低营运费用，保持竞争力。
19. We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely
    新武器研发的费用总是大大超支，却还要试图让纳税人出钱资助，我们应该制止这一荒谬至极的行为。
20. The British market alone was not large enough to recover their costs of production.
    单是英国的市场还不足以让他们收回生产成本。
21. Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs.
    现在一些市场人士希望政府实施调控，以降低成本。
22. Wall Street analysts have been highly critical of the company's seeming inability to control costs
    华尔街的分析家们对该公司似乎无力控制成本一事一直都严厉指责。
23. The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels
    核运营成本的计算由于其他燃料的降价而出现了偏差。
24. That is enough to pay the start-up costs for fourteen research projects
    那足够用来支付14个科研项目的启动费用了。
25. They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.
    他们通过将任务转包给当地其他公司来减少成本。
26. Local production virtually eliminates transport costs.
    本地生产实际上消除了运输成本。
27. American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs
    美国公司研究了能够削减这些成本的方法。

noun

1. pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation