toll

Compared meaning: a cost or loss caused by something (noun).

比较义项：因某事而付出或造成的代价、损失（名词）。

• price

  Price frames a cost as something paid in exchange for a result, implying a trade-off worth weighing; common in phrases like 'the price of success' or 'pay a price'.

  price把代价描述为为换取某种结果而付出的东西，常带有需要权衡取舍的意味，常见于“the price of success”（成功的代价）或“pay a price”（付出代价）等说法。

  Losing touch with old friends was the price she paid for her demanding career.

  与老朋友疏远，是她为繁忙的事业所付出的代价。

• toll 本词

  Toll stresses a serious, often ongoing loss or damage caused by something harmful, especially death, injury, or suffering; common in phrases like 'take a toll' or 'the toll of war'.

  toll强调由有害事物造成的严重、往往持续的损失或伤害，尤指死亡、受伤或痛苦，常见于“take a toll”（造成损害）或“the toll of war”（战争的代价）等说法。

  Years of stress have taken a heavy toll on his health.

  多年的压力严重损害了他的健康。

Price and toll both mean a cost caused by something. Price frames it as a cost paid for a result, a neutral trade-off, as in 'pay a price'. Toll stresses a serious, ongoing loss, especially death, from something harmful, as in 'take a toll'.

这两个词都可表示因某事而付出的代价或造成的损失，但语气和使用场景不同：price常指为达成某目标而权衡付出的代价，语气较中性；toll强调由不良事件造成的严重、往往持续的损失（尤指人员伤亡或健康损害），语气更沉重。这里不比较price的“商品价格”义和toll的“过路费”义。