"代价"的英语翻译 怎么样用英语说“代价”

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"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. [C, 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 a  high / 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 you  give 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 the  right 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 down  in 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. [sing.] ~ (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 is  a 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 was  a 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. [C] (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。