[transitive] (cost, cost) HELP In meaning 3 costed is used for the past tense and the past participle.作第 3 义时过去时和过去分词用 costed。cost (sb) sth if something costs a particular amount of money, you have to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it花费；价钱为◆The hotel costs €90 a night.在旅馆住一夜花费 90 欧元。◆How much does it cost?这要多少钱？◆These delays cost small businesses well over €1 billion.这些延误让小企业要支付 10 亿多欧元。◆These reforms will cost money (= be expensive).这些改革要花很多钱。cost (sb) sth to make sb/sth lose sth使丧失；使付出代价◆The rise in interest rates could cost thousands of jobs.利率一上升，可能数以千计的工作岗位就没了。◆The merger has cost the company its independence.合并使公司丧失了独立性。 (Accounting 会计) (costed, costed) cost sth (out) (often be costed) to calculate how much money is needed to make or do sth计算成本；估价◆Calls are costed per unit.通话成本按每单位计算。◆The programme was first costed at $23 billion.这计划最初的成本估算为 230 亿元。 ●cost a ˈbomb (BrE) (informal) to be very expensive很贵；要花很多钱◆An MBA can cost a bomb.修读工商管理硕士要花很多钱。  ➡  bundle (2) ●cost sb ˈdearto make sb lose a lot of money or suffer a lot使某人损失很多钱；使某人饱尝苦头◆Public ownership of the phone company has cost taxpayers dear.公有制电话公司使纳税人付出了沉重的代价。●cost the ˈearth ●cost a (small) ˈfortune ●cost sb a (small) ˈfortune (informal) to be very expensive昂贵的◆Office space in London costs the company a small fortune.伦敦的写字楼使公司花费不菲。