英汉词典

expense 基本解释

• n. 损失，代价；消费；开支
• vt. 向…收取费用
• vi. 被花掉

expense 词态变化

expense 中文词源

来自expend, 花费。

expense 英文词源

expense (n.)

also formerly expence, late 14c., "action of spending or giving away, a laying out or expending," also "funds provided for expenses, expense money; damage or loss from any cause," from Anglo-French expense, Old French espense "money provided for expenses," from Late Latin expensa "disbursement, outlay, expense," noun use of neuter plural past participle of Latin expendere "to weigh out money, to pay down" (see expend).

Latin spensa also yielded Medieval Latin spe(n)sa, the sense of which specialized to "outlay for provisions," then "provisions, food" before it was borrowed into Old High German as spisa and became the root of German Speise "food," now mostly meaning prepared food, and speisen "to eat." Expense account is from 1872.

expense (v.)

1909, from expense (n.). Related: Expensed; expensing.

expense 词组搭配

expense 英文释义

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

2. a detriment or sacrifice;

"at the expense of"

3. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer;

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

expense 同义词解析

charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense

这些名词均有"价格，费用"之意。

charge： 指提供服务时索取的费用，也指货物的价格、价钱。

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。

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。

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。

expense： 常指实际支付的费用总数额，有时也指钱的花费。

expense 双语例句

1. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.

欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth.

我会设法替他省下要从珀斯飞来的机票费用。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.

他将伊丽莎白住汽车旅馆的费用和机票费用记在他的报销账目中。

来自柯林斯例句

4. It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.

这暴露了以长久的环境破坏为代价换取短期工业利益的错误。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.

那个管弦乐团现在更有纪律性了，却丧失了灵魂。

来自柯林斯例句

expense 实用场景例句

You can claim back your travelling/travel expenses.

你可以报销差旅费。

牛津词典

We were taken out for a meal at the company's expense.

公司出钱请我们外出就餐。

牛津词典

He built up the business at the expense of his health.

他以自己的健康为代价逐步建立起这个企业。

牛津词典

They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved.

他们不惜一切代价重新装饰这房子，可后来又搬走了。

牛津词典

Their visit put us to a lot of expense.

他们的来访使我们破费不小。

牛津词典

an all-expenses-paid trip

费用全数报销的旅行

牛津词典

(British English)to take a client out for a meal on expenses

用业务费请客户外出就餐

牛津词典

The payments he gets barely cover his expenses.

他几乎是入不敷出。

牛津词典

financial help to meet the expenses of an emergency

供紧急情况下开支的经济援助

牛津词典

The garden was transformed at great expense .

花园改建花了一大笔费用。

牛津词典

No expense was spared (= they spent as much money as was needed) to make the party a success.

为使聚会成功多大费用都在所不惜。

牛津词典

He's arranged everything, no expense spared .

他不惜代价把一切安排得井井有条。

牛津词典

She always travels first-class regardless of expense.

无论费用多高她总是乘头等舱。

牛津词典

The results are well worth the expense.

有这些结果花的钱很值。

牛津词典

Running a car is a big expense.

养一辆车开销很大。

牛津词典

living/household/medical/legal, etc. expenses

生活费用；家庭开支；医疗、律师等费用

牛津词典

Can I give you something towards expenses?

在开支方面我能为你做点什么吗？

牛津词典

It was said that he went to great expense to install a lift in the building.

据说他花费巨资在大楼里安装了一台电梯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can hire one?...

既然可以租电锯，为什么要花大价钱买一个呢？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.

那个管弦乐团现在更有纪律性了，却丧失了灵魂。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They are worth having but not at the expense of better services...

它们值得拥有，但是不能因此放弃更好的服务。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

According to this study, women have made notable gains at the expense of men.

根据这项研究，女性以牺牲男性的利益为代价而获得了显著的收益。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Teachers who signed up did so out of personal choice and at their own expense.

报名的教师完全出于自愿而且费用自理。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I think he's having fun at our expense.

我想他在拿我们寻开心。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at the expense of the patient...

但是持怀疑态度的人担心费用的削减会以牺牲病人的利益为代价。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

As a member of the International Olympic Committee her fares and hotel expenses were paid by the IOC...

作为国际奥林匹克委员会的成员，她的交通费用和酒店住宿费用都由国际奥委会支付。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Can you claim this back on expenses?

这个你能报销吗？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?...

建筑师是否应该继续接受5年的公费培训呢？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He's bought a specially big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly...

他花大价钱买了一台特别大的电视机，这样每个人都能看清楚。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

To avoid extra expense and mess later on, try to decide on fittings before the plastering's finished...

为避免将来出现额外的开支和不必要的麻烦，尽量在抹灰完工之前把固定设施确定下来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典