n.
- 價格，價錢[C]
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Prices keep going up.
物價持續上漲。
- 代價[S][（+of/for）]
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The country paid a heavy
price for her independence.
該國為獨立付出了沉重的代價。
- 懸賞；獎賞；賄賂[C]
- 賭金與贏款的差額
vt.
- 給……定價；給……標價[O][H]
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The watch was
priced at $200.
這只手錶標價二百美元。
- 【口】問……的價格
片語
above/beyond/without price
- 極其珍貴的；無價的
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The piece of jewellery was
above price.
那件首飾是無價之寶。
at any price
- 無論花多少代價；無論如何
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She was willing to fulfil her plan
at any price.
她願意不惜任何代價來完成自己的計劃。
at a price
- 以很高的代價；以較高的價格
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You can have your food sent up to your hotel room --
at a price.
你可以多花些錢讓人把食物送到旅館房間來。
set price on/upon
- 定……的價格
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When will you
set price on it?
你們什麼時候可以定出價錢？
辨析
n.
the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.
▸something expended or endured in order to achieve an objective.
▸the odds in betting.
▸archaic value; worth.
v.
decide the price of.
▸attach price labels to.
Phrase
- at any price
no matter what is involved. - at a price
requiring great expense or involving unwelcome consequences. - beyond
(or without)
price
priceless. - a price on someone's head
a reward offered for someone's capture or death. - what price ——?
- what has or would become of ——?
- what is the chance of ——?
Derivative
Etymology
ME: the noun from OFr. pris, from L. pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb a var. of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize1); cf. praise.
