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.)).
双语例句
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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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5. Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (peak rate) per minute.