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| 詞匯 | expense |
| 釋義 | expense/ ?k′spens/ n [-s / ?z/] (1) 花(消)費(fèi),代價(jià)(spending of money; cost or price) [U]: He always gives his children the best,regardless of the~. 他總是給他的孩子買最好的東西,不管花多少錢。The~of living is immense. 生活開支巨大。put sb to considerable~給某人造成相當(dāng)大的開銷;at the public/at one's own/at great/at little/at any~花公家的錢/花自己的錢/花費(fèi)巨大/花費(fèi)很少/不惜任何代價(jià);be worth the~其代價(jià)值得;〖同〗cost,price; 〖反〗 income,return,profit; (2) 費(fèi)用;費(fèi)錢之物 (something requiring the expenditure of money) [C]:one~follows another 一項(xiàng)接一項(xiàng)的費(fèi)用;it's a great~to do sth 做某事的費(fèi)用很高;Maintaining a car can be a heavy~. 保養(yǎng)一輛汽車的費(fèi)用會(huì)很高。We have so many~s this month. 我們這個(gè)月要花錢的地方太多了。What an~clothes are. 衣服太貴了。It's nice to travel with~s paid by your employers,at no cost to yourself. 自己一分錢不花而全部由老板支付的旅行太好了。 (3) 開支,經(jīng)費(fèi) (money spent in carrying out a job or for a specific purpose) [C,pl]:a salesman's/household (domestic)/living/miscellaneous/office/selling/travel(ling)~s推銷員的經(jīng)費(fèi)/家庭(家里的)開支/生活開支/雜項(xiàng)支出/辦公費(fèi)用/銷售費(fèi)用/旅行費(fèi)用;meet the~s of sth 應(yīng)付某項(xiàng)費(fèi)用; keep down~s 把支出降下來; at sb's expense 由某人付費(fèi); 對(duì)某人不利:We stayed in the hotel at the employer's/at the firm's~. 我們住旅館的費(fèi)用是由老板/公司支付的。Are you trying to have a joke/a good laugh at my~? 你是要拿我開玩笑/嘲笑我嗎? at the expense of 花 …… 的錢; 對(duì) …… 不利; 以 …… 為犧牲:He took a trip at the~of the company. 他用公司的錢旅行。His successful career was at the~of his social life/of others. 他事業(yè)上的成功是以犧牲社交生活/別人為代價(jià)的。 go to/put sb to the expense of doing sth (讓人)花錢(做某事):I have gone to a lot of~of educating you well. 為了讓你受到良好的教育我已經(jīng)花了很多錢。He was put to the~of providing education for the children. 為了給孩子們提供受教育的機(jī)會(huì)讓他花了錢。 spare no expense 不惜一切代價(jià):He spared no~to make the party a success/for his only daughter's wedding/in helping his friends. 他不惜一切代價(jià)辦好這次聚會(huì)/舉辦獨(dú)生女兒的婚禮/幫助他的朋友。 →ex′pensive adj 昂貴的,費(fèi)錢的;ex′pensively adv 奢華地;ex′pensiveness n 昂貴,奢華; 【辨異】expense與charge,price,cost,value和fee的區(qū)別見CHARGE。 |
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