动词：
1
需付费；价钱为
if sth costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it
[VN] How much did it cost?
这东西要多少钱？
I didn't get it because it cost too much.
因为那东西太昂贵我没买。
Tickets cost ten dollars each.
每张票价为十元。
Calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute.
打热线服务电话每分钟为38便士。
Don't use too much of it─it cost a lot of money .
这东西很贵，不要用得太多。
All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive) .
所有这些改革都要花很多钱。
Good food need not cost a fortune (= cost a lot of money) .
好食物不一定要花很多的钱。
[VNN] The meal cost us about £40.
这顿饭花了我们约40英镑。
This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.
这一年要花费纳税人100亿英镑。
[VN to inf] The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build.
修建这座医院估计要耗费200万英镑。
It costs a fortune to fly first class.
乘坐飞机头等舱要花一大笔钱。
2
使丧失；使损失
to cause the loss of sth
[VNN] That one mistake almost cost him his life.
那一个差错几乎使他丧命。
A late penalty cost United the game (= meant that they did not win the game) .
临近终场的点球得分使得联队没有赢得那场比赛。
[VN] The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs.
那家工厂一关闭，很可能1 000个工作岗位就没有了。
3
[VNN] 使付出努力；使做不愉快的事
to involve you in making an effort or doing sth unpleasant
The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.
那事故害得我去看了一趟医生。
Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights.
她为钱发愁，许多夜晚无法入睡。
4
【不规则形式】 costed, costed
[VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (out)
估算成本；估价
to estimate how much money will be needed for sth or the price that should be charged for sth
The project needs to be costed in detail.
这项工程需要作详细的成本估算。
Their accountants have costed the project at $8.1 million.
他们的会计师估算此项工程成本为810万元。
Have you costed out these proposals yet?
你估算过这些提案所涉及的费用吗？
追问你写这么多，还是没有正面回答到点上