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expense ☞expensen. [ɪk′spens] (expenses)
双解释义 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 词汇搭配 动词+～ afford〔assume, stand〕 the ～ 承担费用 avoid ～ 避免花费 bear〔take on〕 all the ～ 承担全部费用 clear the ～s 支付开销 cut down〔reduce〕 ～s 削减开支 figure out ～ 算出费用 increase〔keep down〕 ～s 增加〔削减〕开支形容词+～ advertising ～s 广告费 additional ～ 附加费用 constant〔variable〕 ～s 固定〔变动〕费用 extra ～ 额外开支 housing〔living〕 ～s 住房〔生活〕费用 necessary ～s 必要的开支 working ～s 经营费，工作费用名词+～ business〔development, funeral〕 ～s 营业〔发展，丧葬〕费用 entertainment ～s 招待费，娱乐费 holiday〔office, school〕 ～s 度假〔办公，学〕费介词+～ at sb's ～ 由某人付费 free of ～ 免费 regardless of ～ 不惜费用 with great〔little〕 ～ 花费大〔小〕～+介词 the ～ for〔in〕 用于…的费用句型例句 I can't afford the expense of redecorating my house. 我负担不起重新装修房子的费用。 It's too much of an expense to own a car. 拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。 House repairs, holidays and other expenses reduced his bank balance to almost nothing. 修房、度假和其他开销使他在银行的存款所剩无几。常用短语 ♣ at sb's expense1. 由某人付费with sb paying He traveled at his company's expense. 他旅行的费用是他公司负担的。2. 捉弄某人against sb, so as to make them seem silly He tried to be clever at my expense. 他想捉弄我以卖弄小聪明。 ♣ at the expense of 在损失〔损坏〕某事物的情况下 with loss or damage to sth He finished the job at the expense of his health. 他完成了那件工作，但却损害了健康。 ♣ go to the expense of 在某事上花钱 spend money on sth You really shouldn't have gone to the expense of renting the car specially for us. 你真不该花钱专门为我们租用这辆汽车。 ♣ put sb to the expense of 使某人花钱于某事上 cause sb to spend money on sth I don't want to put him to the expense of buying me dinner. 我不想让他破费请我吃饭。 ♣ spare no expense 不惜费用 with no regard for the cost He spared no expense to make the party a success. 为使宴会成功他不惜费用。词语辨异 ♣ expense, cost, outlay 参见cost条。 补充资料 ［同义词］ charge, cost, outlay ［反义词］ gain, income, profit ［词源］近代拉丁语expensa（花费，消费，消耗） |