词组 | price |
释义 | noun | verb price1 /praɪs/ noun 1. the amount of money you have to pay for somethingadjectives/nouns + pricea high price Fuel prices remain high.a low price With such low prices, there are lots of eager buyers.a reasonable/fair price The price was reasonable for such good food. | I am sure we can agree on a fair price.a good price Did you get a good price for your car?an affordable price (=not too high) They sell quality furniture at affordable prices.an astronomical price (=extremely high) Many fans paid astronomical prices for their tickets.an exorbitant/extortionate price (=much too high) £10,000 seemed an exorbitant price for the rug.an inflated price (=higher than is usual or reasonable) People seem willing to pay inflated prices for houses in central London.a competitive price (=lower than or similar to those of other companies) The company wants to keep its prices competitive.half price The bread was being sold off at half price.full price I didn’t pay full price for it – I got 20% off.the wholesale price (=the price that a business such as a shop pays for something) Wholesale coffee prices have fallen.the retail price (=the price that people pay for something in a shop) Tax is 40% of the retail price of a typical bottle of wine. Don’t say a convenient price. Say a reasonable price or a fair price.nouns + pricefood/energy/fuel etc prices A poor harvest led to higher food prices. | People have been hit hard by rising fuel prices.property/house prices House prices have gone up again.ticket price The usual ticket price at the museum is £10 for adults and £5 for children.a bargain price also a knockdown/giveaway price (=much lower than usual) We sell quality cars at bargain prices. | The house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000.the asking price (=the amount of money that someone is asking for something, especially a house) They offered less than the asking price.the purchase price formal (=the price that someone pays for something, especially a house) You can obtain a loan for up to 90% of the purchase price.the market price (=the price of something on a market at a particular time) We think the stock’s current market price is too high.price + verbsa price goes up/rises/increases When supplies go down, prices go up.a price goes down/falls/decreases In real terms, the price of clothes has fallen over the last ten years.a price shoots up/soars/rockets (=increases quickly by a large amount) The price of oil soared in the 1970s.prices fluctuate (=keep going up and down) Gas prices have continued to fluctuate in recent months.prices start from £200/$300 etc Ticket prices start from £39.prices range from £30 to £65 etc Over 1,000 paintings will be shown with prices ranging from £50 to £5,000.verbs + priceput up/increase/raise a price Manufacturers have had to put their prices up.cut/lower/reduce a price The company recently cut the price of its best-selling car.slash a price informal (=reduce it by a very large amount) Many carpet stores have slashed prices to bring in customers.charge a price Companies that charge very high prices will go out of business.ask a price (=ask someone to pay it – usually used when a person rather than a company is selling something) What price is he asking for his car?pay a price I paid a very reasonable price for my guitar.get a good/reasonable etc price Farmers should get a decent price for their crops.set a price He has not yet set a price on the land.agree on a price I finally managed to agree on a price with the carpet salesman.sth fetches a good/high etc price BrE sth brings a good/high etc price AmE (=it is sold for a lot of money) I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.negotiate a price You can often negotiate a better price.fix a price (=decide on it, sometimes illegally with others) Publishers are not permitted to fix prices with one another.price + nounsa price cut/reduction There are big price cuts on electrical goods.a price rise/increase The price rises will affect everyone, but especially the poor.a price freeze (=when prices are kept at the same level by a company or by the government) The company announced a price freeze on all its products.prepositionsthe price of sth He asked the price of the book.a price for sth They agreed a price for the land.phrasesa fall/drop in prices Poor demand led to a sharp drop in prices.a rise in prices The sharp rise in wholesale food prices will have to be passed on to customers.sth is in/outside sb’s price range (=it has a price that someone can or cannot afford) Unfortunately, there was nothing in our price range.THESAURUS: price cost the amount of money that you have to pay for services, activities, or things you need such as food and electricity: The cost of the two-day course is $1,295. | There has been a sudden increase in energy costs. | Many banks are raising the cost of borrowing. value the amount of money that something is worth and that people are willing to pay if it is sold: The value of the painting was estimated at £500,000. | Fine wines may increase in value. | The shares have gone down in value.THESAURUS: price → cost1 (1)2. something unpleasant that you suffer in order to have something good, or because of a mistake or bad actionverbspay a price (=used when something bad happens to you because of what you have done or another person has done) We paid a heavy price for our mistakes.come at a (high) price (=involve suffering or a bad result) He warned that success comes at a 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 price Smokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.a heavy price Any country breaking international law will be made to pay a heavy price.a terrible price The sport can exact a terrible price from its participants.prepositionsthe price of sth Constant public attention is the price of fame.phrasessth is a small price to pay (=something is worth it in order to achieve something important) Changing his job would be a small price to pay to save his marriage. noun | verb price2 /praɪs/ verb to decide the price of something that is for saleadverbshighly 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) It is very good for a moderately priced wine.attractively priced (=not expensive) These models are attractively priced at £32.competitively/keenly priced (=not expensive compared with similar things) Lower costs meant that Japanese exports remained competitively priced.modestly priced (=cheap) You can get some very modestly priced furniture there.prepositionsbe priced at £10/$50 etc All tickets are priced at £35. |
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