"代价"的英语翻译 怎么样用英语说“代价”
"代价"的英语翻译呢？经常有人说，要不惜一切代价，怎么怎么。 怎么样用英语说“代价”呢？首先，有人想到的是price，这个容易想到的翻译。
1. , U] the amount of money that you have to pay for sth
价格；价钱；物价:
Boat for sale, price £2 000
小船,售价 2 000 英镑
house / retail / oil / share prices
房屋/零售/石油/股票价格
to charge ahigh / reasonable / low price for sth
索要很高/适中/很低的价格
The price of cigarettes is set to rise again.
香烟又要涨价。
He managed to get a good price for the car.
他终于把汽车卖了个好价钱。
rising / falling prices
攀升/下跌的价格
Can yougive me a price for the work (= tell me how much you will charge) ?
请问做这件工作要多少钱？
I'm only buying it if it's theright price (= a price that I think is reasonable).
只有价钱合理我才会买这东西。
Children over five must pay (the)full price for the ticket.
五岁以上的儿童须买全票。
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。
It's amazing how much computers have come downin price over the past few years.
过去这几年,电脑的价格大大降低,简直令人惊讶。
price rises / increases / cuts
价格上升/提高/降低
a price list
价目表
⇨ see also asking price , cost price , cut-price , half-price , list price , market price , purchase price , selling price
2. ~ (of sth) | ~ (for sth / for doing sth) the unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve sth or as a result of achieving sth
代价:
Criticism is part of the price of leadership.
捱批评是当领导要付出的部份代价。
Loneliness isa 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 wasa 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。
3. (in horse racing 赛马) the numbers that tell you how much money you will receive if the horse that you bet on wins the race
投注赔率
odds :
Six to one is a good price for that horse.
那匹马有六比一的赔率很不错。
⇨ see also starting price
▪ 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。
▪ at a 'price
1. 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。
2. involving sth unpleasant
付代价:
He'll help you—at a price!
他会帮助你的——要付代价！
▪ beyond 'price
(formal) or
(literary)
extremely valuable or important
无价的；极宝贵的；极重要的
▪ everyone has their 'price (saying)you can persuade anyone to do sth by giving them more money or sth 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 sth
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！
▪ a 'price on sb's head
an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing sb
缉拿(或杀害)某人的悬赏金
▪ put a 'price on sth
to say how much money sth 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。
▪ 'what price...?
(BrE, informal)
1. used to say that you think that sth 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。
2. used to say that sth 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？
当然，能用到的词还有更多price的同义词，比如，pay, cost, amount, charge, expenditure, expense, fare, fee, figure, outlay, payment, rate,sum, terms, toll, valuation, value, worth。这里不详细列出来。
其中，如果有英语学员，能用到toll，就很不错了，比较高级水平的英语。
▪ take a heavy 'toll (on sb / sth) | take its 'toll (on sb / sth)
to have a bad effect on sb / sth; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc.
产生恶果；造成重大损失(或伤亡、灾难等):
Illness had taken a heavy toll on her.
疾病对她的身体造成极大的损害。
The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.
经济衰退使住房市场遭受着重大损失。
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