If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
It will bring oil prices down.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
She always argued about prices in shops.
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
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N-COUNT
價(jià)格；價(jià)錢
The price of something is the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy it.
例句
...a sharp increase in the price of petrol...
汽油價(jià)格猛漲
They expected house prices to rise...
他們盼望著房價(jià)上升。
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N-SING
代價(jià)
The price that you pay for something that you want is an unpleasant thing that you have to do or suffer in order to get it.
例句
Slovenia will have to pay a high price for independence...
斯洛文尼亞將為獨(dú)立付出巨大的代價(jià)。
There may be a price to pay for such relentless activity, perhaps ill health or even divorce...
這樣沒命地工作可能要付出代價(jià)，也許是健康受損，甚至是離婚。
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VERB
把…定價(jià)為
If something is priced at a particular amount, the price is set at that amount.
例句
The shares are expected to be priced at about 330p...
這些股票的價(jià)格可能會定在330便士左右。
Digital priced the new line at less than half the cost of comparable mainframes...
Digital公司新產(chǎn)品的定價(jià)比同類主機(jī)的一半還要低。
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PHRASE
不惜任何代價(jià)；不計(jì)后果
If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
例句
If they wanted a deal at any price, they would have to face the consequences...
如果他們無論如何都想達(dá)成交易，他們就得承擔(dān)其后果。
We obviously want to see the hostages home, but not at any price.
我們顯然也希望看到人質(zhì)回家，但并不是不惜任何代價(jià)。
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PHRASE
以極高價(jià)格
If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
例句
Most goods are available, but at a price.
大多數(shù)商品都有售，但是價(jià)格極高。
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PHRASE
以一定代價(jià)
If you get something that you want at a price, you get it but something unpleasant happens as a result.
例句
Fame comes at a price...
出名是有代價(jià)的。
Theismann's precious information came at a price, however.
不過，泰斯曼付出了代價(jià)才得到這些寶貴的信息。
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PHRASE
懸賞緝拿；懸賞刺殺
If there is a price on someone's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
例句
He remains at large despite the high price put on his head by the authorities.
盡管當(dāng)局懸賞重金緝拿他，他仍舊逍遙法外。
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PHRASE
給…定價(jià)
If you say that you cannot put a price on something, you mean that it is very valuable.
例句
You can't put a price on friendship...
友誼無價(jià)。
You can't put a price on the value of the work done by our nurses.
不能用金錢來衡量護(hù)士的工作。
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PHRASE
（表示強(qiáng)調(diào)）…可能嗎
You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
例句
What price a glorious repeat of last week's triumph?
還有可能再次上演上周的輝煌勝利嗎？
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PHRASE
…又有什么用呢
You use 'at what price ?' to comment on the fact that the consequences of doing something are unpleasant.
例句
Yes, they are free of him, but at what price to themselves, their families, those left behind?...
是的，他們離開了他，但是對他們自己、他們的家人以及那些留下來的人又有什么用呢？
What price success!
成功了又如何？