cost

英 [kɒst] 美[kɔst]

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复数: costs;第三人称单数: costs;过去式: cost;过去分词: cost;现在分词: costing;

cost 成本

co-, 强调。-st, 站。字面意思即站在旁边的，要求投入的。

cost: cost: [13] In Latin, something that cost a particular price literally ‘stood at or with’ that price. The Latin verb constāre was formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand). In Vulgar Latin this became *costāre, which passed into English via Old French coster (the derived noun arrived first, the verb a couple of decades later). The adjective costly is a 14th century formation.
=> stand, statue
cost (n.): c. 1200, from Old French cost (12c., Modern French coût) "cost, outlay, expenditure; hardship, trouble," from Vulgar Latin *costare, from Latin constare, literally "to stand at" (or with), with a wide range of figurative senses including "to cost." The idiom is the same one used in Modern English when someone says something "stands at X dollars" to mean it sells for X dollars. The Latin word is from com- "with" (see com-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
cost (v.): late 14c., from Old French coster (Modern French coûter) "to cost," from cost (see cost (n.)).

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）。