expense
n.价钱,花费,费;[pl.]开支,业务费用
释义2:
expense
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◙ noun1. [mass noun] the cost incurred in or required for something; the money spent on something• 代价;价钱;费用 »we had ordered suits at great expense. 我们花大笔钱订购了套装。 »the committee do not expect members to be put to any expense. 委员会不想让委员们负担任何费用。 (expenses)the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task, especially one undertaken for another person• 开支;花费 »his hotel and travel expenses. 他的住宿和旅行费用。 [count noun] a thing on which one is required to spend money• 必须花钱的东西 »tolls are a daily expense. 各种费用是每天必付不可的。◙ verb1. [with obj.] [一般作 be expensed] offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income• 把(开支项目)记入费用账;把…作为开支勾销 [informal] charge (something) to an expense account• [非正式] 把…记入报销账 »I can expense the refreshments. 我可以把点心费用记入报销账。【IDIOMS】
◘ at someone's expense1. paid for by someone• 由某人付费;由某人承担费用 »the document was printed at the taxpayer's expense. 文件的印刷费用由纳税人承担。 with someone as the victim, especially of a joke• 以某人为受害者;拿某人开玩笑 »my friends all had a good laugh at my expense. 拿我开玩笑,我的朋友们都获得了开心一笑。◘ at the expense of1. so as to cause harm to or neglect of• 以…为代价;忽视 »the pursuit of profit at the expense of the environment. 以环境为代价的利润追求。 »language courses which emphasize communication skills at the expense of literature. 强调交际技能而忽视文学的语言课程。【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia) '(money) spent', from Latin expendere 'pay out' (see expend )
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