[k?st]
costlessness
n.
cost的變形
cost
[k?st]
n.
價錢，價格；代價；費用；成本
犧牲，損失
支出，花費，開支
[用復數(shù)]【法律】訴訟費(尤指判處敗方償付勝方的訴訟費用)
vt.
花費；價格為；值：
It must cost a good deal to live here.
住在這里一定要花很多錢的。
使付出；使損失，使失去：
Careless driving cost him his life.
開車不小心使他喪了命。
需(努力)；費(事)：
Courtesy costs little and means much.
禮貌不費事，意義卻很大。
costed, costing 估計…的成本：
The work was costed by the engineer at $50,000.
這項工程據(jù)工程師估價為50 000美元。
vi.
估計成本：
We want a man who must be able to cost.
我們需要一個能計算成本的人。
需要花費，需要付出高昂代價：
The furniture in the living room really costs.
起居室里的這套家具真花了不少錢。
短語:
at all costs
不惜任何代價，無論如何
at any cost
=at all costs
at cost
按原價，照成本
at the cost of
以…為代價
cost someone dear (或 dearly)
使某人付出沉重代價，使某人大受損失
cost what it may
不惜任何代價，無論如何
count the cost
(做事前)權衡利害得失；估計不利條件
to one's cost
吃了苦頭之后才…，由于付了代價才…
變形：
vt.
cost或costed
. costing