count the cost

英 美
  • v.权衡得失
  • cost n.费用;成本;代价;[律]诉讼费用v.花费;使付出;使做不愉快的事;估算成本
  • count v.计算;视为;依赖;重要,有价值n.计数;总数n.伯爵(欧洲国家的贵族头衔)
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
    1. The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
      该镇未采取适当的防洪措施,现在吃到了苦头。
    2. His sudden offer of a job in the suburbs left me no time to count the cost. I soon realized I should never have accepted.
      他突然主动提供一份在郊区的工作使我无暇事先权衡得失,事后不久我便意识到我真不该接受它。