cost的用法

2017-03-20

cost的用法大全：

cost的用法1：at the cost of表示“以……为代价”，后一般接表示损失或花费的东西的词，如life，health，time和money。偶尔，也接表示被遭受的东西的词，如discomfort，misery和sufferin等;

cost的用法2：at all cost表示“不惜任何代价，无论如何”，它的用法比at any cost更为普遍;

cost的用法3：cost原属于不及物动词，但是为了方便，不出现及物动词加间接宾语再加状语宾语的特殊结构，习惯上将cost作为及物动词。

This cost me much money.

cost的用法4：cost的状语宾语(或直接宾语)同at the cost of后接的一样，一般都是表示损失或花费掉的东西的词，偶尔接表示被遭受的东西的词。

The accident cost him his life.

他为这场事故付出的代价是他的生命。

cost的用法例句：

1. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.

各公司正在把工作岗位转移至生活费用较低的城镇。

2. The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.

新建成的购物中心耗资110万。

3. The company has made heroic efforts at cost reduction.

公司在降低成本方面付出了艰苦卓绝的努力。

4. The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.

该项目的总成本会超过2.4亿美元。

5. Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (peak rate) per minute.

电话每分钟36便士(优惠费率)和48便士(高峰费率)。

6. His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.

与里根政府日益紧密的关系差点让他失去了连任的机会。

7. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.

投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。

8. All vessels were to be built on a cost-plus basis.

所有的船只都将在成本加利润的基础上制造。

9. The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall.

用煤作燃料的火力发电站的成本有望降低。

10. Many West Germans are anxious about the potential cost of unification.

许多西德人都很担忧国家统一的潜在代价。

11. They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification.

他们通过实施低技术规格拼命限制成本。

12. 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。

13. "Gimme a break, kid! You know how much those things cost?"

“饶了我吧，小祖宗!你知道这些东西有多贵吗?”

14. Splitting the price six ways had still cost them each a bundle.

即使把价钱平摊成6份，每人也还是要花一大笔钱。

15. Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.

那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。