高考A cup of coffee costs about three dollars and fifty cents, but the fun is free.

一杯咖啡大约要三美元五十美分，但乐趣是免费的。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

四级The concept has multiple forms, and scholars and policymakers argue about the shape, scope and cost of the ideal program.

这一概念有多种形式，学者和决策者对理想计划的形式、范围和成本存在争议。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.

Rusczyk说：“这些数学圈不花钱，或者学生参与其中的成本很低，但你必须了解它们。”。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Americans are deeply concerned about the relentless rise in health care costs and health insurance premiums.

美国人对医疗费用和医疗保险费的持续上涨深感担忧。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these "article preparation costs" had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.

去年的一份报告指出，订阅费和这些“文章准备费”的成本一直在以高于通胀的速度稳步上升。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级and some parents say they can manage the cost of a school trip abroad more easily than a family holiday.

一些家长说，他们可以比家庭度假更轻松地管理学校出国旅行的费用。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级A part-time job is a good way to balance costs while ensuring there is enough time left over for both academic subjects and after-class activities.

兼职工作是平衡成本的好方法，同时确保有足够的时间用于学术科目和课外活动。

2016年12月听力原文

四级But the code to access the program cost $120—a big sum for Harper, who had already put down $450 for textbooks, and had rent day approaching.

但是访问该项目的代码花费了120美元——这对哈珀来说是一笔大数目，他已经为教科书支付了450美元，而且租赁日即将到来。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

面对水资源短缺和化肥成本不断上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水（“，下 水道污水) 根据一份新的报告，灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Take costs into account when making treatment decisions.

在作出治疗决定时考虑成本。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研There's no change to collective bargaining at the USPS, a major omission considering that personnel accounts for 80 percent of the agency's costs.

USPS的集体谈判没有改变，考虑到人事成本占机构成本的80%，这是一个重大遗漏。

2018年考研阅读原文

四级The Big Three American carmakers need restructuring to survive because they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.

美国三大汽车制造商需要重组才能生存，因为它们无法应对战后积累的毁灭性成本。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.

他们无法应付战后积累的毁灭性成本。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.

这可能意味着实施塑料税等政策，增加环境问题行动的成本，或完全禁止一次性使用塑料。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that.

目前，该应用程序也是iPad独有的，尽管其中一些教育机构正在免费赠送硬件，但对于其他没有这么奢侈的学生来说，这是一个额外的成本——而且是一个昂贵的成本。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级The high financial costs adding up.

高昂的财务成本不断增加。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.

一些政府已经采取了对研发的直接补贴，但这并不能很好地替代碳价格：它们只做了部分工作，留下了过度使用化石燃料的市场激励，从而在不考虑抵押品的情况下增加了大气温室气体存量（“，附带的) 成本。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级While that may make suborbital travel safer, it would add significant cost and complexity to an emerging industry that has until now operated largely as the playground of billionaires and dreamy engineers.

虽然这可能会使亚轨道旅行更加安全，但这将为一个新兴行业增加巨大的成本和复杂性，该行业迄今为止主要是亿万富翁和梦幻工程师的游乐场。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级But it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.

但同样重要的是要认识到离婚的压力可能与健康有关，生病的前妻可能需要额外的护理和服务，以防止健康恶化和医疗费用增加。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

如果私人计划要求供应商节省类似的生产率，并拒绝让供应商将额外成本转嫁给他们，那么节省的成本可能会大得多。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级These included developing additional domestic sources (such as those on Alaska's North Slope), resuming extraction at sites that had been shut down because of cost inefficiency, capping the price that domestic producers could charge for oil, and beginning to import oil from a greater diversity of nations.

这些措施包括开发更多的国内资源（如阿拉斯加北坡的资源），恢复因成本低效率而关闭的开采场地，限制国内生产商可以收取的石油价格，以及开始从更多不同的国家进口石油。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs.

实验室的首席技术员试图说服医院管理部门更换它，但他们正在努力削减成本。

2012年12月听力原文

六级Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school—afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.

然而，她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，因为他们担心考试成绩低或成绩差可能会让他们失去一个选择大学的机会。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

高考After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

在教了四年五年级的课程后，我决定不惜一切代价让他们摆脱对书籍的恐惧和厌恶，让他们更经常、更大胆地阅读。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级This means that some wells may even need to undergo desalination after extraction, thus increasing the cost.

这意味着一些油井甚至需要在提取后进行脱盐，从而增加了成本。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again.

雇佣更多的校园警察会花很多钱，可能会让我们的学费再次上涨。

2012年6月阅读原文

四级With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it's important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.

预计到2050年，65岁以上人口的比例将增加近一倍，因此重要的是权衡筛查对健康的好处与常规检测的风险和成本。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms.

在一个倾向于用美元和美分衡量一切的社会里，我们从小就学会从财务角度考虑我们的决策成本。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

六级Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

事实上，所有专家都同意，按服务收费制度医生获得的报酬是护理的数量，而不是其有效性的质量，这是护理成本如此之高的主要原因。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

事实上，所有专家都同意，收费服务体系——医生因护理的数量而不是其有效性的质量而获得奖励——是护理成本如此之高的主要原因。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.

最后，接近法国政府的人士私下表示，欧元区成员国应该同意某种财政和社会协调：例如，抑制公司税率或劳动力成本方面的竞争。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university – after financial aid – equaled 28% of median (中间的) family income, while a four-year private university cost 76% of median family income

2008年，四年制公立大学的净成本——扣除经济资助——相当于平均成本的28%(中间的) 家庭收入，而四年制私立大学的学费占家庭收入中位数的76%

2011年6月阅读原文

六级The Department for Education's guidance says schools can charge only for board and lodging if the trip is part of the syllabus, and that students receiving government aid are exempt from these costs.

教育部的指导说，如果旅行是教学大纲的一部分，学校只能收取食宿费，而接受政府资助的学生可以免收这些费用。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级air pollution costs the global economy more than $5 trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most serious damage occurring in the developing world.

空气污染每年给全球经济造成超过5万亿美元的福利成本，其中最严重的损害发生在发展中国家。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

四级The figures include a number of costs associated with air pollution.

这些数字包括与空气污染有关的一些费用。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Online security cameras, intelligent lighting and a wealth of sensors that control both temperature and air quality are offering an unprecedented level of control, efficiency, and improvements to what were once classed necessary costs when running a busin

在线安全摄像头、智能照明和大量控制温度和空气质量的传感器提供了前所未有的控制水平、效率，并改善了曾经被列为经营企业所需的成本

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研That s because they inevitably put the costs of cleaning the air on to individual drivers-who must pay fees or buy better vehicles 一rather than on to the car manufacturers whose cheating is the real cause of our toxic pollution.

这是因为他们不可避免地把清洁空气的费用加在了个别司机身上，他们必须支付费用或购买更好的车辆一而不是汽车制造商，他们的欺骗才是我们有毒污染的真正原因。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The aircraft cost 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads than huge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution.

这架飞机耗资2500万英镑，可以承载比大型喷气式飞机更重的载荷，同时产生更少的噪音和排放更少的污染。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考It costs 150 dollars, and you can drive straight from the airport to your house.

它要150美元，你可以直接从机场开车到你家。

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

六级Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever saw ring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.

长期的延误、长期的管理不善以及曾经的环费困扰着这个机场，它已经成为德国人的笑柄，也成为当地政客、商界领袖和居民的沮丧之源。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级To compound the delays, the unused airport is resulting in massive costs.

使延误更为严重的是，闲置的机场造成了巨大的成本。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级They include such measures as accountable care organizations to take charge of a patient's needs with an eye on both cost and quality, and chronic disease management to make sure the seriously ill, who are responsible for the bulk of all health care costs, are treated properly.

这些措施包括：负责任的医疗机构负责患者的需求，同时兼顾成本和质量；慢性病管理，确保承担大部分医疗费用的重病患者得到适当治疗。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit.

它考虑到了经济效率，当我们从生产成本比我们低的地方购买东西时，我们会受益。

2014年6月阅读原文

考研In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.

事实上，允许非律师拥有律师事务所的股份将通过鼓励律师事务所使用技术和雇佣职业经理人专注于提高事务所效率来降低成本并改善对客户的服务。

2014年考研阅读原文

高考The first commercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride-hailing services, considering the cost of self-driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues.

考虑到自动驾驶技术的成本以及责任和维护问题，第一批商用无人驾驶汽车几乎肯定会通过叫车服务推出。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级If I stayed in the U.S., it'd take two years and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alone.

如果我留在美国，需要两年的时间，光是学费就至少要花5万美元。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.

仅在2018年，野火、火山爆发、飓风、泥石流和其他自然灾害就在美国造成了至少490亿美元的损失。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级Textbook versions are constantly updated, motivating publishers by minimizing production costs (the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already on board).

教科书版本不断更新，通过最大限度地降低制作成本来激励出版商（像麦格劳·希尔这样的大出版商已经加入进来）。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Like many first-generation students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other costs.

和许多第一代学生一样，他就读于一所中等规模的州立大学，他的许多高中同龄人也在就读，他获得了佩尔助学金，并获得了一些小额联邦贷款以支付其他费用。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors, as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.

他们还需要比他们的前任更好的公关技巧，因为即使是一个小失误的代价也可能是巨大的。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

虽然对碳排放造成的损害的其他估计各不相同，而且很难估算可能发生的灾难性气候事件的可能成本，但大多数估计都表明了巨大的负面影响。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考They can purchase shade-grown coffee whenever possible, although at a higher cost.

他们可以在任何可能的情况下购买遮荫种植的咖啡，尽管价格较高。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考It costs a large amount of money.

这要花一大笔钱。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

四级Yet the cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year, 1/6 of current global military spending.

然而，我们预计每年拯救文明的成本将不到2000亿美元，占当前全球军费开支的1/6。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure

他们还计算了因降低血压而避免的疾病数量所带来的成本节约

2013年6月阅读原文

六级The biggest and most exciting challenge of this technology is how to creatively leverage this ever-growing amount of data to deliver cost savings, improvements and tangible benefits to both businesses and citizens of these smart cities.

这项技术最大、最令人兴奋的挑战是如何创造性地利用不断增长的数据量，为这些智能城市的企业和公民带来成本节约、改进和切实利益。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Some analysts say that there's a role for doctors to play in cost analysis because not many others are doing so.

一些分析人士说，医生在成本分析中可以发挥作用，因为没有多少其他人这样做。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Still, some analysts say that there's a role for doctors to play in cost analysis because not many others are doing so.

尽管如此，一些分析人士说，医生在成本分析中可以发挥作用，因为没有多少其他人这样做。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trained teachers.

学生们可以免费使用论坛聊天、玩游戏和解决问题，也可以花几百美元与受过培训的教师一起学习课程。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers' anger over bandwidth speed and cost.

即使他们站在法律的正确一边，互联网提供商也会引起客户对带宽速度和成本的愤怒。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

四级This help is critically important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.

这一帮助至关重要，因为照顾动物受害者的高昂成本是一个主要因素，从一开始就阻止人们卷入残忍案件。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass-fed is the more cost-effective model.

但史密斯反驳说，如果考虑到政府玉米补贴、环境恶化以及人类健康和动物福利下降的隐性成本，草饲料是更具成本效益的模式。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The solution: set priorities—add up the annual cost of each item, then consider what else you could buy with the same money.

解决方案：设定优先顺序将每个项目的年度成本加起来，然后再考虑用同样的钱买什么。

2016年12月听力原文

六级In practical terms, the new guidelines being develop could result in doctors choosing one drug over another for cost reasons or even deciding that a particular treatment — at the end of life, for example — is too expensive.

实际上，正在制定的新指南可能会导致医生出于成本原因选择一种药物而不是另一种药物，甚至可能导致医生认为某一特定治疗（例如，在生命结束时）过于昂贵。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The answer is that no one has an easy fix for rising medical costs.

答案是，没有人能轻易解决医疗费用上涨的问题。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs.

这些法案缺少任何控制医疗事故成本的严肃尝试。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级But check out the cost if renting an apartment first.

但是，如果先租一套公寓，请查看成本。

2011年12月听力原文

六级Now, the only apparent cost to taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.

现在，为一顿饭这样普通的东西拍摄无限量的照片，唯一明显的代价就是你的硬盘空间和你的用餐伙伴的耐心。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

考研In December of 1869, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State Department Building.

1869年12月，国会任命了一个委员会，负责为新的国务院大楼选址、编制计划和成本估算。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级It is urgent for governments to increase the cost of using fossil fuels to an appropriate level to lessen the catastrophic effects of climate change.

各国政府迫切需要将使用化石燃料的成本提高到适当水平，以减轻气候变化的灾难性影响。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

好消息是，众议院刚刚通过的一项法案和参议院财政委员会批准的一项法案将实施或测试许多改革，这些改革将有助于长期减缓医疗成本的上升。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级If there's a downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.

如果由于其他领域的投资需求，成本面临下行压力，我认为这是一个完全可行的解决方案。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article.

出版商对向读者免费提供其产品的要求作出了回应，向其作者收取费用，以支付撰写文章的费用。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级For many in the development community, the four objectives were seen as positive, promoting development as long as they did not cost too much.

对发展界的许多人来说，这四项目标被视为积极的，只要成本不太高，就可以促进发展。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down.

随着其他人付出的代价变得越来越明显，政客们已经开始镇压。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.

不幸的是，使用简单的定量指标来评估研究人员的价值，其长期成本可能相当大。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

四级But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale

但技术降低了交易成本，使共享资产比以往任何时候都更便宜、更容易，因此在更大范围内成为可能

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.

制造商可以以更低的成本生产消费品。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university – after financial aid – equaled 28% of median (中间的) family income, while a four-year private university cost 76% of median family income.

2008年，四年制公立大学的净成本——扣除经济资助——相当于平均成本的28%(中间的) 家庭收入，而四年制私立大学的学费占家庭收入中位数的76%。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级with costs falling and kitchen appliances becoming "status" items, owners are throwing away microwaves after an average of eight years.

随着成本的下降和厨房用具成为“地位”物品，业主们在平均8年后就开始扔掉微波炉。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级The average budget for a major kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $54,000; even a minor improvement cost on average $18,000.

据《重塑》杂志报道，2006年厨房大修的平均预算是惊人的54000美元；即使是一个小小的改进，平均也要花费18000美元。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The average budget for a "major" kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $54, 000; even a "minor" improvement cost on average$18, 000.

据《重塑》杂志报道，2006年“重大”厨房大修的平均预算是惊人的54000美元；即使是一个“小”的改进，平均也要花费18000美元。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure.

他们还计算了因降低血压而避免的疾病数量所带来的成本节约。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级given the increasing concern about health care costs for the aging population, Karraker believes policymakers should be aware of the relationship between disease and risk of divorce.

鉴于人们越来越担心老龄化人口的医疗成本，Karraker认为决策者应该意识到疾病和离婚风险之间的关系。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考From the governments' point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the cost and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.

从政府的角度来看，要求扩大生产者责任的法律的主要目标是将废物管理的成本和实际责任从政府和纳税人转移回生产者。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be.

它不是满怀渴望地回头看一眼我们在智商方面留下的所有物种，而是含蓄地问我们自身智力的真正代价是什么。

2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考This brief visit with mother nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor's bill for my son's food poisoning.

这次短暂的自然之母之旅让我花了两天的时间休息，从一次严重的晒伤和我儿子食物中毒的医生账单中恢复过来。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

根据一份新的报告，面对水资源短缺和化肥成本上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研Stop laughing: It's not just cost effective but helps you balance your diet.

别笑了：这不仅划算，还能帮助你平衡饮食。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Many studies show that older parents—today's grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.

许多研究表明，如果不存在这样做的手段和成本的障碍，今天年长的父母的祖父母会更经常地给他们的孩子打电话。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

只要不可能白手起家，成本绝对是一个障碍。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Even Hillary Clinton says that when it comes to college, Costs won't be a barrier.

就连希拉里·克林顿也表示，在上大学时，成本不会成为障碍。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级In the extreme, some critics have said that making treatment decisions based on cost is a form of rationing.

在极端情况下，一些批评家说，根据成本做出治疗决定是一种定量配给。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考The basket cost more than she had saved.

这个篮子花的钱比她省下来的多。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

六级Poor countries will have to bear the cost for rich nations' economic development.

穷国将不得不承担富国经济发展的成本。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Bear the cost of publicising the Company's performance.

承担公布公司业绩的费用。

2013年6月听力原文

六级If taxpayers are to bear the cost of forgiving student loans, shouldn't they have a say in how their money is used?

如果纳税人要承担免除学生贷款的费用，他们不应该对如何使用他们的钱有发言权吗？

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a Cube Sat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.

因为它们又小又轻，所以将立方体卫星送入地球轨道的成本比传统的通信或GPS卫星要低得多。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级They have to operate for long periods of time before the costs of development have been recovered.

在收回开发成本之前，它们必须运行很长一段时间。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In time it should help restrain costs by eliminating redundant tests, preventing drug interactions, and helping doctors find the best treatments.

随着时间的推移，它应该通过消除重复检测、防止药物相互作用和帮助医生找到最佳治疗方法来帮助控制成本。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B