哪位NN能帮忙解释一下A's cost 和 the cost to A的区别！

bigp

补充题43：

43.   The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.（E）

(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

OG中说：

the issue is not the industry’s cost but the cost to the industry，是不是前者指的是industry的花费，而后者却是说代价？不懂ing。谢谢。

bigp

anybody can help? Thanks.

joe11

" the issue is not the industry’s cost but the cost to the industry，

是不是前者指的是industry的花费，而后者却是说代价？"

Yes. I rarely see "the industry’s cost ".

bigp

Thanks Joe. I appreciate your help.

lissaji

这个问题确实奇怪啊，　ＯＧ１１０也有一道关于cost的问题．

如果一定要用the cost to, 那么，Ｄ有什么问题啊

这道题的逻辑来说，我觉得好象题目排除了The cost to meet.... 的逻辑，为什么呢？　不明白．请教解释啊．

spoon0212

lissaji 发表于 2008-9-27 11:58
这个问题确实奇怪啊，　ＯＧ１１０也有一道关于cost的问题．如果一定要用the cost to, 那么，Ｄ有什么问题 ...

同问啊，我也不知道为甚么the cost to meet不对

baixuefei0524

spoon0212 发表于 2013-6-21 23:24
同问啊，我也不知道为甚么the cost to meet不对

做什么而产生的费用是cost of doing , 对谁的费用是cost to sb. 这里考察了借词。而且这个选项最顺眼。其实这个题可以凭借其他比较来做

spoon0212

baixuefei0524 发表于 2013-6-22 06:22
做什么而产生的费用是cost of doing , 对谁的费用是cost to sb. 这里考察了借词。而且这个选项最顺眼。其 ...

恩呢，谢谢谢谢