英语释义

1. by losing or giving up something or doing something unpleasant
Success came at a price.

2. for a very large amount of money
The chocolate is available by mail order, but at a price.

片语

at a high price以高价；以很高的代价

At a lower price以更低的价格

get at a price花费

at a higher price以更高的价钱

at a stipulated price按规定的价格

at a good price以优惠的价格

at a predictable price按预期价格

at a reduced price减价

at a concessionary price按照特惠价格

英汉例句

• to maximise his share of the economic surplus, a merchant wants to sell to each customer at a price as close as possible to the most that client would be willing to pay.

  为了最大化经济剩余，商家就想以尽可能接近大多数顾客愿意支付的价格将（商品）出售给每一个顾客。

• it’ll require record labels and artists to come together and figure out a way to give fans the music they want and at a price they can afford.

  相反， 真正需要各大音乐厂牌和艺员们一起商讨的议题应该是：如何为乐迷们提供他们真正需要的音乐，以及如何以乐迷们能够接受的价格出售这些歌曲。

• you must understand that a convenience such as this comes at a price -- and a production system outage can be very costly.

  您必须理解，这样的便利也是有代价的 —生产系统停用可能会导致巨大损失。

• iron ore is now sold on quarterly contracts at a price closely linked to spot markets.

  目前铁矿石每季度签订合同，同时其价格和现货市场价格紧密相连。

• but you would consider buying today if you found a car that really pleases you at a price you like.

  不过如果真的看中了哪辆车，价格也正好合适，也许你今天就会下单而已。

• our goal should be, instead, to give americans the health care they need at a price the country can afford.

  相反，我们的目标应该是，以这个国家能够支付得起的价格向美国人提供医疗保健。

• it「s nearly 20% more likely to sell than its noncharity twin and at a price that」s about 2% higher.

  比起没有标注慈善捐助的销售方式来，即使价格高出2%，被购买的几率仍然高出 20%。

• anecdotally, so many people have told me, 「oh my god, my new favorite designer is ...」 because they were able to try a new one at a price that felt comfortable.

  有趣的是，有很多人告诉我，「噢，我的天，我的新宠设计师是……」因为他们能以感觉合适的价格尝试一个新东西。

• a closet industry of private generators fills the gap at a price sometimes ten times that of state-generated power.

  私营的秘密发电厂，时常以国家供电价格的十倍填补这些差距。

• power-sector reforms allowed smaller european utilities to compete more vigorously, buying lng on the spot market at a price sometimes as low as half that of long-term contracts from russia.

  在能源方面的改革使得小型的欧洲公用事业公司更积极的竞争，在现货市场购买液化天然气，只需要很低的价格，有时会低到相当于俄罗斯长期合同价格的一半。

• and from an investment perspective, the country would be cashing out at a price peak in the market.

  且从投资角度来看此时处在价格高点也适合中方抽资离场。

• it rented hit movies at a price consumers found attractive relative to the price of going out to the movies.

  消费者发现，与外出看电影的花费相比，它的大片租赁价格颇具吸引力。

• solution:first, note that buyer 1 buys zero at a price 10 or higher, while buyer 2 buyszero at a price of 5 or higher.

  解答：首先要注意到当价格为10或更高时，买家1的需求量为0，而当价格为5或更高时，买家2的需求量为0。

• remember however, that flexibility comes at a price if you load a large xml document into memory all at once.

  但是要记住，如果一次将整个大型xml文档载入内存，则取得灵活性的代价相当高昂。

• 「we were interested in lehman at a price but not at any price, 」 said ricci, who had made a presentation to the board in july.

  「我们有兴趣以某个价格买下雷曼，但不是任何价格，」里奇在七月份的董事会议上报告道。

• transactions became more complex, involving for instance the right to buy and sell goods in the future at a price fixed in the present.

  交易变得越来越复杂，例如包括了类似在将来买入某种货物的权利，而价格则是目前讲定的。

• that feedstock has then to be turned into something that people want to buy, at a price they can afford.

  之后这些原材料会被转换为人们想买的东西，价格也让人们可以承担得起。