n.
- 价格,价钱[C]
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Prices keep going up.
物价持续上涨。
- 代价[S][(+of/for)]
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The country paid a heavy
price for her independence.
该国为独立付出了沉重的代价。
- 悬赏;奖赏;贿赂[C]
- 赌金与赢款的差额
vt.
- 给……定价;给……标价[O][H]
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The watch was
priced at $200.
这只手表标价二百美元。
- 【口】问……的价格
短语
above/beyond/without price
- 极其珍贵的;无价的
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The piece of jewellery was
above price.
那件首饰是无价之宝。
at any price
- 无论花多少代价;无论如何
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She was willing to fulfil her plan
at any price.
她愿意不惜任何代价来完成自己的计划。
at a price
- 以很高的代价;以较高价格
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You can have your food sent up to your hotel room --
at a price.
你可以多花些钱让人把食物送到旅馆房间来。
set price on/upon
- 定……的价格
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When will you
set price on it?
你们什么时候可以定出价钱?
辨析
n.
the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.
▸something expended or endured in order to achieve an objective.
▸the odds in betting.
▸archaic value; worth.
v.
decide the price of.
▸attach price labels to.
Phrase
- at any price
no matter what is involved. - at a price
requiring great expense or involving unwelcome consequences. - beyond
(or without)
price
priceless. - a price on someone's head
a reward offered for someone's capture or death. - what price ——?
- what has or would become of ——?
- what is the chance of ——?
Derivative
Etymology
ME: the noun from OFr. pris, from L. pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb a var. of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize1); cf. praise.