price
[praɪs] noun countable
ESSENTIAL
■the amount of money for which something is sold 价格，价钱•The price of oil has risen sharply.油价急遽上涨。 •House prices have been falling.房价一直在下跌。 •We thought they were asking a very high/low price.我们认为他们要价很高／低。 •The large supermarkets are offering big price cuts.大超市在大减价。
[praɪs] noun countable
at any price
■If you want something at any price, you are willing to do anything in order to get it 不惜任何代价，无论如何•He wanted success at any price.为了成功他不惜任何代价。
[praɪs] noun countable
at/for a price
■If you can buy or get something at/for a price, you either have to pay a lot of money or be involved in something unpleasant in order to get it 以高价；以很高的代价•You can buy the best of gourmet cuisine here, for a price.在这里你可以出高价吃到最好的美食。
[praɪs] noun countable
not at any price
■used to say that you would never do something 绝不会•I wouldn't invite her again at any price.我绝不会再邀请她了。
[praɪs] noun countable
What price fame/victory/success, etc?
■said when you think it is possible that the fame/success, etc. that has been achieved was not worth all the suffering it has caused 名声／胜利／成功等又有甚么用？•What price victory when so many people have died in the struggle?这么多人在这场斗争中失去了生命，胜利又有甚么用呢？
[praɪs] verb
IMPROVER transitive often passive
■to say what the price of something is 给…定价，给…标价•The car is priced at £28 000.这辆车定价2.8万英镑。 •There is a lack of reasonably priced housing for rent.要价合理的出租房屋很紧缺。 transitive
■to discover how much something costs 查明…的价格•We went around all the travel agents pricing the different tours.我们走遍了各家旅行社询问各种旅游项目的价格。
[praɪs] verb
price yourself out of the market
■If a company prices itself out of the market, it charges so much for a product or service that no one wants to buy it. （公司）漫天要价致使自己失去市场 |