price
noun /praɪs/
/praɪs/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] the amount of money that you have to pay for something
价格；价钱；物价 - Boat for sale, price £8 000
小船，售价 2 000 英镑 - house/oil/share prices
房价/油价/股价 - rising/falling prices
攀升／下跌的价格 - to increase/lower/reduce prices
提高/降低/降低价格 - We will have to raise ticket prices.
我们将不得不提高票价。 - The company has announced that it is cutting prices.
该公司已宣布降价。 - In the past year, house prices have fallen.
在过去的一年里，房价下跌了。 - The price of crude oil has risen over the last few months.
过去几个月来，原油价格上涨了。 - price for something to charge a high/reasonable/low price for something
索要很高／适中／很低的价格 - to pay/charge a price for something
为某物付钱/收费 - He managed to get a good price for the car.
他终于把汽车卖了个好价钱。 - Retail prices for food at the supermarket rose just under two per cent in the first quarter.
今年第一季度，这家超市的食品零售价格上涨了不到2%。 - Can you give me a price for the work (= tell me how much you will charge)?
请问做这件工作要多少钱？ - Children over five must pay (the) full price for the ticket.
五岁以上的儿童须买全票。 - I'm only buying it if it's the right price (= a price that I think is reasonable).
只有价钱合理我才会买这东西。 - How much are these? They don't have a price on them.
这些东西卖多少钱？它们都没有标价。 - in price Most new technology comes down in price with time.
随着时间的推移，大多数新技术的价格都会下降。 - a rise/an increase/a fall/a drop in price
价格的上涨/上涨/下跌/下跌 - at a price They sell quality art supplies at discount prices.
他们以折扣价出售高质量的艺术用品。 - for a price I don't think you'll be able to sell it for that price.
我认为你不能以那个价格卖掉它。 - price rises/increases/hikes/cuts
涨价/涨价/涨价/降价
Synonyms pricepricesee also asking price, closing price, cost price, cut-price, half-price, hammer price, market price, list price, purchase price, selling price, sticker price- cost
- value
- expense
- worth
- price the amount of money that you have to pay for an item or service:
- house prices
房价 - How much are these? They don’t have a price on them.
这些东西卖多少钱？它们都没有标价。 - I can’t afford it at that price.
那个价格我付不起。
- house prices
- cost the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do something:
- A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
新的计算机系统已安装，费用为 8 万英镑。
- A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
- value how much something is worth in money or other goods for which it can be exchanged:
- The winner will receive a prize to the value of £1 000.
获胜者将得到价值为 1 000 英镑的奖品。
- The winner will receive a prize to the value of £1 000.
用 price、cost 还是 value？ - expense the money that you spend on something; something that makes you spend money:
- The garden was transformed at great expense.
花园改建花了一大笔费用。 - Running a car is a big expense.
养一辆车开销很大。
- The garden was transformed at great expense.
- worth the financial value of somebody/something:
- He has a personal net worth of $10 million.
他有价值 1 000 万美元的个人净资产。
- He has a personal net worth of $10 million.
- the high price/cost/value
- the real/true price/cost/value/worth
- to put/set a price/value on something
- to increase/reduce the price/cost/value/expense
- to raise/double/lower the price/cost/value
- to cut the price/cost
Topics Businessa1, Shoppinga1, Moneya1- House prices went up by 5 per cent last year.
去年的房价上涨了5%。 - I can't afford it at that price.
这样的价格我付不起。 - I got a number of suppliers to quote me their best prices.
有一些供应商给我开出最优惠价格。 - The painting could break the record for the highest price paid for a work by the artist.
这幅画可能会打破艺术家作品的最高价格纪录。 - There has been a massive increase in prices charged by bus companies.
公共汽车公司的收费大幅上涨。 - If prices slump further, the farmers will starve.
如果价格再狂跌下去，农场主就要没饭吃了。 - It's always worth comparing prices before you buy.
买之前货比三家总是值得的。 - Oil is set in go up in price.
石油价格将会上涨。 - Prices go from $30 for the standard model to $150 for the de luxe version.
价格从标准型号的 30 美元到豪华版的 150 美元不等。 - Prices soared during the war.
战争期间物价飞涨。 - Property in the area is now fetching ridiculously high prices.
现在这个地区房子的价格高得离谱。 - The average price per gallon was $2.09.
均价为每加仑 2.09 美元。 - The campaign urged retailers to drop their prices.
该运动呼吁零售商降价。 - The car has a base price of $28 640.
这辆车的底价为 28,640 美元。 - The deal would boost gas prices.
这笔交易将提高天然气价格。 - The price of fuel is prohibitive.
燃料的价格高得令人望而却步。 - The suggested retail price of the DVD is $19.99.
该数字影碟的建议零售价为 19.99 美元。 - These computers range in price from £1 300 to £2 000.
这些计算机的价格从 1,300 英镑到 2,000 英镑不等。 - They charge exorbitant prices for their goods.
他们给自己的商品开出了天价。 - They sell cars at fixed prices, with no haggling.
他们以固定价格出售汽车，概不讲价。 - We need to adjust our prices to reflect our actual costs.
我们需要调整价格以反映我们的实际成本。 - We sell quality tools at the right price.
我们出售的工具价格公道，质量优良。 - The price includes dinner, bed and breakfast.
这个价钱包括早餐、晚餐和住宿。 - It took eight clicks to find the price list.
花了八次点击才找到价目表。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- high
- inflated
- …
- command
- fetch
- go for
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- climb
- double
- go up
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- level
- range
- hike
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- at a/the price
- in price
- a drop in price
- a fall in price
- a reduction in price
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- Boat for sale, price £8 000
- [singular] the unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve something or as a result of achieving something
代价 - Criticism is part of the price of leadership.
挨批评是当领导要付出的部分代价。 - price for something Loneliness is a high price to pay for independence in your old age.
孤寂是老年独自生活要付出的高昂代价。 - Giving up his job was a small price to pay for his children's happiness.
放弃工作是他为子女幸福所付出的小小代价。 - The team paid a heavy price for its lack of preparation.
这支队伍由于准备不足而付出了沉重的代价。 - price for doing something Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous.
出名所付出的代价是不管你走到哪里，都会被人认出来。 - at a… price His success came at a high price.
他的成功付出了高昂的代价。
- Criticism is part of the price of leadership.
- [countable] (in horse racing
赛马 投注赔率 - Six to one is a good price for that horse.
那匹马有六比一的赔率很不错。
- Six to one is a good price for that horse.
词源Middle English: the noun from Old French pris, from Latin pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb, a variant (by assimilation to the noun) of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize). Compare with praise.
Idioms
at any price
- whatever the cost or the difficulties may be
不惜任何代价；无论如何 - We want peace at any price.
为了争取和平，我们不惜任何代价。
- We want peace at any price.
at a price
- costing a lot of money
以高价；花大钱 - You can buy strawberries all year round, but at a price.
草莓一年到头都买得到，不过很贵。 - Food is available, at a price.
食物可以买到，不过出价要高。
- You can buy strawberries all year round, but at a price.
- involving something unpleasant
付代价 - He'll help you—at a price!
他会帮助你的，但要付出代价！
- He'll help you—at a price!
beyond price
- (formal or literary) extremely valuable or important
无价的；极宝贵的；极重要的
cheap at the price
(also cheap at twice the price)
(also British English, humorous cheap at half the price)
- so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much
价钱虽高但还合算 - To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
购买所有推荐的设备是昂贵的，但作为对未来的投资，它的价格是便宜的。
- To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
everyone has their price
- (saying) you can persuade anyone to do something by giving them more money or something that they want
重赏之下，必有勇夫；人皆有价；有钱能使鬼推磨
not at any price
- used to say that no amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell something
无论如何也不；给多少钱也不 - I wouldn't work for her again—not at any price!
我再也不替她做事了，给多少钱也不做！
- I wouldn't work for her again—not at any price!
pay the/a penalty/price (for something/for doing something)
- to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done
因…受害／付代价 - He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
他今天上午脸色很不好，我想这是他一直熬夜造成的。 - They're now paying the price for past mistakes.
他们现在正为过去的错误付出代价。 - She thinks that any inconvenience is a price worth paying for living in such a beautiful place.
她认为任何不便都是住在这么漂亮的地方值得付出的代价。
- He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth.
现在他要为虚度青春付出代价。 - If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price.
如果马克杀了卡罗琳的话，他会让马克付出代价的。
- He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
a price on somebody’s head
- an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing somebody
缉拿（或杀害）某人的悬赏金 - Ever since he killed the gang’s leader, there has been a price on his head.
自从他杀了那个团伙的头目，他的头上就有了代价。
- Ever since he killed the gang’s leader, there has been a price on his head.
put a price on something
- to say how much money something valuable is worth
（为贵重物）定价，作价 - They haven't yet put a price on the business.
他们还没有给这笔生意开价。 - You can't put a price on that sort of loyalty.
那样的忠心是无法用金钱衡量的。 - You can't put a price on happiness.
你不能以金钱来衡量幸福。
- They haven't yet put a price on the business.
what price…? (British English, informal)
- used to say that you think that something you have achieved may not be worth all the problems and difficulties it causes
（认为得不偿失）…不值得，…有什么用？ - What price fame and fortune?
名利的代价何其大。
- What price fame and fortune?
- used to say that something seems unlikely
（认为可能性不大）…可能吗，…不可能吧 - What price England winning the World Cup?
英格兰队夺得世界杯冠军，这可能吗？
- What price England winning the World Cup?