| 释义 |
price/prais/ n. & v.●n. 1a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold 价格；价钱 b value or worth 价值；值钱 a pearl of great price 价值很高的珍珠; beyond price 无价之宝的 2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something 代价 3 the odds in betting (打赌中的)投注赔率 starting price 临赛赔率 ●v. tr. 1 fix or find the price of (a thing for sale) 给(出售物品)定价；标价 2 estimate the value of 给…估价 □ above (or beyond or without) price so valuable that no price can be stated 极其珍贵的；无价的 □ at any price no matter what the cost, sacrifice, etc. 不惜任何代价 peace at any price 不惜任何代价也要和平 □ at a price at a high cost 以很高的价钱 □ price on a person's head a reward for a person's capture or death 悬赏缉拿(处死) (某人) □ price oneself out of the market lose to one's competitors by charging more than customers are willing to pay 漫天要价以致无人问津 □ set a price on declare the price of 给某物定价格 □ what price ...? (often foll. by 常后跟 verbal noun) colloq. [口] 1 what is the chance of ...? 有可能吗？ what price your finishing the course? 你有可能完成课程吗 ? 2 iron. the expected or much boasted ... proves disappointing [讽]有什么用处？ what price your friendship now? 现在你们的友谊又顶什么用处？ □ priced adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ pricer n.[the noun Middle English via Old French pris from Latin pretium: the verb a variant of prise = PRIZE1: cf. PRAISE] |