Dreye权威释义

n.

vt.

花费[O1]
The car cost him around ten thousand US dollars.
这车花去他一万美元左右。
使付出（时间、劳力、代价等），使丧失[O1]
The error cost the company one million pounds.
这错误使公司损失了一百万英镑。
【英】（不用被动语态）使花许多钱
【商】估计……的成本
The builder costed the job at $1,000.
这活儿制造商估价为一千美元。

vi.

at all costs

at cost

at the cost of

以……为代价
He saved the girl from drowning at the cost of his own life.
他舍身把溺水的姑娘救了出来。

to one's cost

n.

costliness

同义:

n.费用；成本

n.代价；损失

同义参见:

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

v.

(past and past part. cost)

require the payment of (a specified sum) in order to be bought or obtained.
▸cause or require the expenditure or loss of.

▸informal be expensive for:
it'll cost you.
(past and past part. costed)
estimate the price or cost of.

n.

the amount that something costs.

▸the effort or loss necessary to achieve something.

▸ (costs) legal expenses, especially those allowed in favour of the winning party or against the losing party in a suit.

at all costs (or at any cost)
regardless of the price or the effort needed.
at cost
at cost price.
cost someone dear (or dearly)
involve someone in a serious loss or a heavy penalty.
to someone's cost
with loss or disadvantage to someone.

ME: from OFr. coust (n.), couster (v.), based on L. constare ‘stand firm, stand at a price’.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》

成本，费用

并行算法的运行时间t(n)与并行算法所需的处理器数目p(n)的乘积。通常用c(n)表示，即c(n)=t(n)*p(n)，其中n为问题的输入尺寸。换句话说，成本等于最坏情况下求解一问题时总的执行步数。

以上来源于：《英汉计算机技术大辞典》

以上来源于：《英汉法律词典》