The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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n. 量，数量;总额;本利之和;全部效果，全部含义;
vi. （在意义、价值、效果、程度等方面）等于;等同，接近;合计，总共;发展成为;
💡 mount =ascend,表示”上升, 山”#词根助记：a朝向+mount=朝向……提升直到总量=总量
"The insurance company will refund any amount due to you."
保险公司将退还你应得的所有款项。
近义：import, matter, signify, count, number, quantity
adv. 立即，马上;直接地;紧接地;
conj. 一…就，即刻;
💡 immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 马上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
没有人强迫你立刻付款。
近义：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q.
反义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
n. 价钱，代价;花费，费用;牺牲;[用复数][法律]诉讼费;
vi. 价钱为，花费;估计成本;
vt. 付出代价;估价;使丧失;使付出努力;
"It cost a mere bagatelle."
这个只花了一点钱。
近义：price, pricing, rate, tab, value, worth
反义：income, interest, profit, rental, revenues, finance
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”，电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力，不然我就叫警察。
近义：phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义：scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end