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| 1 | if something costs an amount of money , that amount is needed in order to buy it , pay for it , or do it 价钱为；花费 |
| A new computer costs around £1,000. 一台新的电脑要花1000英镑左右。 |
| cost sb sth Unemployment costs the taxpayer billions each year. 失业救济每年要花掉纳税人几十个亿。 |
| cost sth per minute/hour/year etc Calls cost 36p per minute. 电话费每分钟36便士。 |
| cost sth per person/head/adult etc Dinner cost £35 per person including wine. 晚餐含酒水花去每人35英镑。 |
| cost sth to do sth How much does it cost to hire a bike? 租一辆自行车要多少钱？ |
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| 2 | to cause someone to lose something good or valuable 使付出；使丧失 |
| The merger will cost jobs. 兼并会减少工作岗位。 |
| cost sb sth His decision to take the car cost him his life. 他买那辆车的决定要了他的命。 |
| cost sb dearly (=cause a serious loss) We made two mistakes that cost us dearly. 使某人损失惨重 |
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| 3 | to calculate exactly how much something will cost 计算…的成本；计算…的花费 |
| All your proposals must be costed before we can consider them. 你们所有的提案得先计算一下成本，我们才能考虑是否接受。 |
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| - | cost an arm and a leg informal
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| to cost a lot of money |
| 花一大笔钱 |
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| - | cost a fortune/the earth/a bomb informal
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| to cost a lot of money |
| 花一大笔钱 |
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| - | it’ ll cost you spoken
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| used for saying that if someone wants something they will have to pay a lot for it |
| 要花你很多钱 |
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| - | sth costs money
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| used for saying that something is expensive , so someone should not expect to have it |
| 某物很费钱 |
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| The kids want new trainers, and they cost money. 孩子们想要新的运动鞋，可那是很费钱的。 |
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