To read a book cost me a month.

读一本书花了我一个月的时间。

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This book cost me five yuan.

这本书花了我五元钱。

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The book cost me 5 dollars.

这本书花费了我5美元。

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I think these extra pictures sometimes they're helpful, sometimes they just make the book cost a lot more.

我想这些补充的图片有时是有用的,有时仅仅是把书价抬高了一点

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But then I ask them to think, and in the book I ask the readers to think: Well, have you given a cost of an expensive pair of shoes to save the life of one of the around 9 million children who are dying from poverty related causes each year around the world?

但是，接着我让他们思考，在书中，我让读者思考这样一个问题：,你有没有捐出过买一双鞋的钱,来拯救900万儿童中的一个生命？,他可能正因为贫困导致的种种问题,而生命垂危，每年世界上都会有这样的儿童？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It plans to book part of the cost of the Visto settlement, which gives RIM a lifetime license to some Visto patents and legal possession of others, as an acquisition of intangible assets.

WSJ: RIM Settles Patent Battle With Visto

His book addresses the argument in cost-benefit terms, and concludes that spending 1-2% of global output to avoid a significant temperature rise is a bargain worth taking a similar conclusion to that in his original 2006 study.

ECONOMIST: What to do?

In fact, once you get beyond selecting the hotel, chances are it will cost you more to book it, or you will get less for the same price.

FORBES: Why You Need A Travel Agent, Part 2