expense
英 [ɪkˈspens] 美 [ɪkˈspɛns]

n.

费用；花费的钱；消耗；花钱的东西

vt.

向…收取费用；把…作为开支勾销；

变形

复数：expenses过去式：expensed过去分词：expensed现在分词：expensing第三人称单数：expenses

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [S][U]消耗,花费 cost in money, time or effort
2. [P]花费的钱,费用 money spent in doing sth

英英释义

expense[ ik'spens ]

• n.
  • amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

    同义词：disbursaldisbursement

  • a detriment or sacrifice

    "at the expense of"

  • money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

    "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• afford〔assume, stand〕 the expense承担费用
• avoid expense避免花费
• bear〔take on〕 all the expense承担全部费用
• clear the expenses支付开销
• cut down〔reduce〕 expenses削减开支
• figure out expense算出费用
• increase〔keep down〕 expenses增加〔削减〕开支

形容词+～

• advertising expenses广告费
• additional expense附加费用
• constant〔variable〕 expenses固定〔变动〕费用
• extra expense额外开支
• housing〔living〕 expenses住房〔生活〕费用
• necessary expenses必要的开支
• working expenses经营费,工作费用

名词+～

• business〔development, funeral〕 expenses营业〔发展,丧葬〕费用
• entertainment expenses招待费,娱乐费
• holiday〔office, school〕 expenses度假〔办公,学〕费

介词+～

• at sb's expense由某人付费
• free of expense免费
• regardless of expense不惜费用
• with great〔little〕 expense花费大〔小〕

～+介词

• the expense for〔in〕用于…的费用

词组短语

at the expense of以…为代价；由…支付费用

at the expense以…为代价

daily expense每日费用

at no expense ◎不花钱地 , ◎没有损失地

expense account[经]费用帐户，报销帐单

maintenance expense维修费用

interest expense n. 利息费用，利息支出

operating expense经营费用；营业费用；事业费

development expense发展费用

at great expense以巨大的代价

expense budget费用预算

depreciation expense折旧费用

extra expense额外费用

additional expense附加费用；额外开支

expense item费用项目

overhead expense营业费用；企业管理费用

prepaid expense预付费用；待摊费用

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

fee, expense, price, charge, fare, cost

这组词都有“价格，费用”的意思，其区别是：

fee指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用，还可指会费、借书费等。

expense常指实际支付的费用总数额，有时也指钱的花费。

price指商品在市场出售的价格，尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。

charge指提供服务时索取的费用，也指货物的价格、价钱。

fare侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。

cost指生产某东西的成本，也泛指商品的价格，可与price换用。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. It's too much of an expense for me to own a car.
   对我来说，拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。
2. Societies should try to save every plant and animal species, regardless of the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being.
   社会应尽力挽救每一动植物物种,不管花费多少人力、时间和财力。
3. Don't involve yourself in unnecessary expense.
   勿做不必要的花费。
4. He finished the job at the expenses of his health.
   他以牺牲健康完成了这项工作。
5. That's why a reduction in price can never be made at the expense of quality.
   正因为如此,降低价格的同时,并不能以牺牲质量为代价。

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