| 单词 | price |
| 释义 | Word family noun price adjective overpriced priceless pricey/pricy verb price Related topics: Tradeprice1 /praɪs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 [countable, uncountable]BBTCOST the amount of money you have to pay for something 价格，价钱price of The price of fuel keeps going up. 燃料价格持续上涨。price for We agreed a price for the bike. 我们谈妥了那辆自行车的价格。 Supermarkets often offer you two products for the price of one. 超市经常买一送一。 → asking price, cost price, list price, market price► see thesaurus at cost2 UNPLEASANT[singular] something unpleasant that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc, or that you suffer because of a mistake or bad action 〔成功、自由、错误、不良行为等的〕代价price of He’s never at home, but that’s the price of success. 他从不在家，但那就是成功的代价。 The awful boat journey was a small price to pay for freedom. 在小船上的这段行程可谓胆战心惊，但这是为换取自由而付出的小小代价。 They may pay a high price for their few years of glory. 为了短短几年的辉煌，他们也许要付出高昂的代价。 The country will pay a heavy price for the government’s failure. 这个国家将为政府的这一失败付出沉重的代价。 She was finally made senior executive, but at what price! 她终于爬上了高层主管的位置，不过代价何等惨烈啊！3 half/full price used to talk about half the usual price of something, or the actual usual price 半价/全价 I bought these jeans at half price in the sale. 我在特卖的时候以半价买了这条牛仔裤。4 at a price for a lot of money 以很高的价钱 You can get goat’s cheese at the local delicatessen – at a price! 你可以在当地的熟食店买到山羊干酪——不过价格很高！5 at any price DETERMINEDwhatever the cost and difficulties may be 不惜任何代价，无论如何 She was determined to have a child at any price. 她决心不惜任何代价都要生一个孩子。6 not at any price SELL#used to say that you would not do something, even for a lot of money 无论多少钱也不干；无论如何不 Sorry, that painting’s not for sale at any price. 对不起，那幅画无论多少钱都不卖。7 put a price on something to give something a financial value 定出某物的金钱价值 You can’t put a price on what a mother does for her children. 不能用金钱来衡量母亲为自己孩子的付出。8 What price fame/glory etc? usually spokenPOINTLESS used to suggest that something was not worth achieving because too many bad things have happened as a result 名声/荣耀等又有什么用？〔指代价太大〕 What price progress? 进步了又如何？9. be beyond price VALUEto be extremely valuable or important 是无价之宝；极其珍贵；极其重要10. price on somebody’s head SCCGIVEa reward for catching or killing someone 悬赏缉拿[杀死]某人的赏金11. everyone has their price PERSUADEused to say that you can persuade people to do anything if you give them what they want 人各有其价〔指人都是可以收买的〕 → cheap at the price at cheap1(8), → name your price at name2(7), → pay the price at pay1(9) COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the amount of money you have to pay for something 价格，价钱ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pricehigh 高的House prices in the UK are very high. 英国的房价很高。low 低的With such low prices, there are lots of eager buyers. 价格这么低,许多人踊跃购买。reasonable (=not too high) 公道的,合理的The price was reasonable for such good food. 这么好的食物,价格很公道。fair 公平的I am sure we can agree on a fair price. 我相信我们可以达成一个公平的价格。astronomical (=extremely high) 天文数字的,极高的Many fans paid astronomical prices for their tickets. 许多粉丝花高价购买门票。exorbitant/extortionate (=much too high) 太高的,不合理的 £10,000£10,000 seemed an exorbitant price for the rug. 这块小地毯要价一万英镑也太离谱了。ninflated (=higher than is usual or reasonable)People seem willing to pay inflated prices for houses in central London.house/food/oil etc prices 房屋/食物/石油等价格A poor harvest led to higher food prices. 歉收导致食品价格上涨。a good price (=quite high) 好价钱,高价Did you get a good price for your car? 你那车拿到好价钱了吗？a bargain price (also a knockdown/giveaway price) (=much lower than usual) 超低价,特价We sell quality cars at bargain prices. 我们特价出售优质汽车。nThe house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000.the market price (=the price of something on a market at a particular time) 市场价nWe think the stock’s current market price is too high.the asking price (=the amount of money that someone is asking for when they are selling something, especially a house) 要价,开价,报价〔尤指房屋〕nThe property is worth more than the asking price.the purchase price formal (=the price that someone pays when they buy something, especially a house) 买价,收购价〔尤指房屋〕nYou can obtain a loan for up to 90% of the purchase price.the retail price (=the price that the public pays for something in a shop) 零售价nTax is 40% of the retail price of a typical bottle of wine.the wholesale price (=the price that a business such as a shop pays to buy something) 批发价nWholesale coffee prices have fallen.verbsa price goes up/rises/increases 价格上涨When supplies go down, prices tend to go up. 供货减少时,价格往往就会上涨。a price goes down/falls/decreases 价格下跌In real terms, the price of clothes has fallen over the last ten years. 实际上,服装价格在过去10年里下降了。a price shoots up/soars/rockets (=increases quickly by a large amount) 价格急剧上涨The price of oil soared in the 1970s. 20 世纪70年代石油价格急剧上涨。prices fluctuate (=keep going up and down) 价格波动Gas prices have continued to fluctuate in recent months. 近几个月来油价持续波动。nprices start from £200/$300 etcTicket prices start from £39.00.nprices range from £30 to £65 etcOver 1,000 paintings will be shown with prices ranging from £50 to £5,000.put up/increase/raise a price 抬高价格Manufacturers have had to put their prices up. 制造商只得抬高价格。cut/lower/reduce a price 降低价格The company recently cut the price of its best-selling car. 公司最近降低了最畅销款汽车的价格。slash a price (=reduce it by a very large amount) 大幅砍价,大幅度削价Many carpet stores have slashed prices to bring in customers. 许多地毯商店大幅削价以吸引顾客。fix a price (=decide on it, sometimes illegally with others) 定价Publishers are not permitted to fix prices with one another. 出版商不得串通定价。agree on a price 同意某价格nNow all we need to do is agree on a price.pay a good/low etc price 付高价/低价等nI paid a very reasonable price for my guitar.get a good/reasonable etc price (=be paid a particular amount for something) 得到好的/合理的等价格nFarmers now get a decent price for their crop.fetch a good/high etc price British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money) 卖个好价／高价等nI’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.price + NOUNa price rise/increase 涨价Consumers are facing more fuel price rises. 消费者面临燃料价格的进一步上涨。a price cut/reduction 降价Holiday sales were down, even with drastic price cuts. 虽然大幅减价,节日销量还是有所下降。a price freeze (=when prices are kept at the same level by a company or by the government) 价格冻结nA price freeze on nine basic goods was announced on June 14.PHRASESa fall/drop in prices 价格下跌Poor demand led to a sharp drop in prices. 需求疲软导致价格急剧下跌。a rise in prices 价格上涨The sharp rise in wholesale food prices will have to be passed onto customers. 食品批发价的急剧上涨将不得不被转嫁给顾客。in/outside somebody’s price range (=used when saying that someone can/cannot afford to pay for something) 价格在／超出某人的承受范围Unfortunately, there was nothing in our price range. 可惜的是，没有一样是我们买得起的。COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘a convenient price’. Say a reasonable price or a fair price. 不要说 ‘a convenient price’. 而要说 a reasonable price 或 a fair price.n THESAURUSprice noun [countable] the amount of money that you have to pay for somethingThe prices in that shop are rather high.You can have a two-course meal for a special price of £9.95.cost noun [countable] the amount of money that you have to pay for services, activities, or things you need such as food and electricityThe cost of the two-day course is $1,295.Many banks are raising their borrowing costs.a sudden increase in energy costsvalue noun [countable, uncountable] the amount of money that something is worth and that people are willing to pay if it is soldThe value of the painting was estimated at £500,000.Fine wines may increase in value.The shares have gone down in value.n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: something unpleasant that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc, or that you suffer because of a mistake or bad action 〔成功、自由、错误、不良行为等的〕代价verbspay a price (=suffer)We paid a heavy price for our mistakes this season.come at a price (also come at a high price) (=involve suffering or a bad result)She won fame, but it came at a high price.exact a price formal (=make someone suffer)The success of the nation’s businesses has exacted a dreadful price from the people.adjectivesa high priceSmokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.a heavy priceAny country breaking international law will be made to pay a heavy price.a terrible priceThe sport can exact a terrible price from its participants.phrasessomething is a small price to pay (=something is worth suffering in order to achieve something more important)Changing his job would be a small price to pay to keep his marriage intact.Examples from the Corpusprice• The threat of a price war led to plunging shares for all the major players in the market.• The asking price for the 60-acre estate in Atlanta is $27 million.• Brand A is available, price £x, from the following chains.• Apple was forced to cut prices sharply, reducing its profit margin.• But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices.• Experts say they expect price rises to be gradual but persistent.• House prices are beginning to fall again.• House prices rose by around 12% in the south-east last year.• There's a great new clothes store on Main Street, and its prices seem very reasonable.• Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said it was impossible to build a good computer for such a low price.• The Japanese have raised prices just $8 a vehicle on average.• He told them to put their pushers out to undercut Huey's prices.• Payment at today's price may be by a single lump sum or by instalments.• They charge the same price for a takeaway as they do for eating in the restaurant.• Has the price of heart surgery gone up in the last five hundred years?• Just sick over the prices in shops selling the 1960s furniture you finally convinced your parents to throw out?• What's the price of a pack of cigarettes nowadays?price of• He's very busy, but I guess that's the price of success.• the price of goldat what price• They decided how much of their services the customers needed and at what price.• The invisible hand influences what prod-ucts will be produced and at what price.• It remains to be seen whether or not Novell would acquire all of AT&T's remaining stock and at what price.• The only questions are by whom and at what price.• The question then arises, at what price should a Treasury bill be sold on a given day?• With that type of talent, obviously you would be interested but at what price?• She's gotten the job she wanted, but at what price?• He may win, but at what price?• The question was whether part of the floor area should be included and if so at what price.Related topics: Tradeprice2 ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 BBTto decide the price of something that is for sale 给…定价钱 a reasonably priced apartment 定价合理的公寓be priced at something Tickets are priced at £75 each. 门票价格定为每张75英镑。n Grammar Price is usually passive in this meaning.2. BBTCOSTto put the price on goods to show how much they cost 给…标价3 COMPAREto compare the prices of things 比较…的价钱 We spent Saturday morning pricing microwaves. 星期六上午我们比较了各种微波炉的价钱。4. price yourself out of the market BBTSELLto demand too much money for the services or goods that you are selling 定价太高致人却步n COLLOCATIONSadverbshighly priced (=expensive)The clothes shops all seemed to be full of highly priced designer clothes.reasonably priced (=not too expensive)The food was good and reasonably priced.moderately priced (=not expensive)On the outskirts of many towns, you will find moderately priced motels.competitively/keenly priced (=not expensive compared with similar things)Lower costs meant that Japanese exports remained competitively priced.modestly priced (=cheap)There are some very modestly priced artificial plants to be had.attractively priced (=not expensive)These figurines are attractively priced at £32.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusprice• Porsche said its new 911 Carrera 4s would be very competitively priced.• These shoes are pretty reasonably priced.• For weekend breaks only, the Holiday Inn Hotel is also priced at this grade even though it is a 5 star hotel.• Please get your fruit and vegetables weighed and priced before you take them to the checkout.• It was this that suggested that there had been pricing errors which lead to the suspension of the trusts.• Unsurprisingly, supermarkets are the loudest advocates of free pricing, followed closely by mass booksellers.• Specials are items that are priced less than their regular price for a period of time, perhaps only one day.• In Chapter 6 the variant known as the arbitrage pricing model will be presented.• The debentures were priced to yield 25 basis points more than comparable U. S. Treasury notes.• The notes, which are noncallable for one year, were priced to yield 69 basis points above comparable Treasurys.• I've been pricing VCRs.be priced at something• Mr Fothergill's 1991 seed catalogue includes a fully functional model which has a traditional iron wheel and is priced at £179.• Tickets are expected to be priced at $ 29.95 for adults and $ 19.95 for children ages 4 to 13.• Two-day advance ticket packages for Friday and Saturday are priced at $ 44.• A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.• The flat is priced at £69,950, which Gary Herman thinks may be a little high.• The debt, which is noncallable, was priced at a spread of 55 basis points above Treasurys.• The debentures, which are noncallable, were priced at a spread of 75 basis points to comparable Treasurys.• This provides a useful service for the retailer, since the goods then do not have to be priced at the shop.From Longman Business Dictionarypriceprice1 /praɪs/ noun1[countable, uncountable]FINANCE the amount of money for which something is bought, sold, or offeredThey agreed on a price of $10,000 for the car.Some mines may close because of gold’s current low price.The bonds continued to fall in price.Buy one shirt and get a second at half price.People today are attracted to discount stores because they don’t want to pay full price. → see also cut-price → actual price → adjusted share price → all-in price → asking price → bargain-basement price → bargain price → basic price → below-cost price → best price → bid price → buying price → cash price → catalogue price → ceiling price → closing price → consumer price → cost price → current prices → delivered price → demand price → discount price → exercise price → factor price → factory-gate price → fair price → firesale price → firm price → fixed price → floor price → forward price → futures price → guaranteed price → guide price → inflation-adjusted price → initial price → intervention price → invoice price → issue price → knockdown price → list price → manufacturer's recommended price → market price → mean price → median price → net price → nominal price → offer price → official price → opening price → package price → per subscriber price → physical price → popular price → 'premium price → producer price → pump price → purchase price → recommended retail price → reserve price → retail price → sale price → selling price → share price → soft price → spot price → sticker price → stock price → street price → strike price → subsidized price → suggested retail price → supply price → support price → trade price → transfer price → unit price → upset price → wholesale price → wide price2at a price used to say that you can obtain something, but only if you pay a lot of money for it, or if the cost is very high in other unpleasant waysThe track was designed to allow higher train speeds at a price, and that price was safety.3at any price if you are prepared to do something at any price, you are determined to do it, even if it is very difficult and the cost is very highThe government is prepared to hang onto power at any price.Sorry, that painting’s not for sale, not at any price (=no price could be high enough).4put a price on something to say how much something costs, or to give something a financial valueThe government hasn’t put a price on the stake it wants to sell.priceprice2 verb [transitive]1to fix the price of something that is for salebe priced atIf the stock is priced at about C$24 a share, it probably will be well received by the market.She priced her T-shirts at $22 only to find a competitor moving faster at $20.Today’s moderately priced clothes look almost as good as high priced designer clothes.2to fix the price of bonds, shares etcThe notes were priced to yield 6.88%.price offMany commercial loans are priced off (=in relation to) Fed funds, which currently are around 4%.3to compare the prices of thingsWe spent the morning pricing microwaves.4to put the price on goods, showing how much they cost5price somebody out of the marketCOMMERCE if you have been priced out of the market, you can no longer afford to buy something because prices have become too highYounger people with jobs need homes but they have been priced out of the housing market.6price yourself out of the marketCOMMERCE to demand too much money for the goods or services you are offering, so that people are no longer willing to buy themThe hotels have priced themselves out of the market with typical cost at one chain of $100 to $120 a night compared with our average room cost of $50.→ See Verb tableOrigin price1 (1200-1300) Old French pris, from Latin pretium “price, money”price1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2 →n THESAURUS1price2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChinese of amount money Corpus Business the you have |
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