expense

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expense

　　消耗,花費(fèi) cost in money, time or effort

　　花費(fèi)的錢,費(fèi)用 money spent in doing sth

　　同義詞

　　n. disbursal，disbursement

　　詞匯辨析

　　charge，price，fee，fare，cost，expense

　　這些名詞均有價格，費(fèi)用之意。

　　charge 指提供服務(wù)時索取的費(fèi)用，也指貨物的價格、價錢。

　　price 指商品在市場出售的價格，尤指賣方對商品所提出的單價。比喻意義指付出的代價。

　　fee 指上學(xué)、求醫(yī)以及找律師等付的費(fèi)用，還可指會費(fèi)、借書費(fèi)等。

　　fare 側(cè)重指旅行時所付的車、船費(fèi)等費(fèi)用。

　　cost 指生產(chǎn)某東西的成本，也泛指商品的價格，可與price換用。

　　expense 常指實(shí)際支付的費(fèi)用總數(shù)額，有時也指錢的花費(fèi)。

　　參考例句

　　1. The expense of time and energy on the project was high.

　　那個項(xiàng)目在時間和精力上的支出是很高的。

　　2. The software lacks some key features which I consider must have for any expense reporting software like.

　　該軟件缺乏一些關(guān)鍵的特點(diǎn)，我認(rèn)為必須有任何犧牲的報告軟件，例如。

　　3. Accountants should follow the conservatism principle so as to determine the possible loss and expense reasonably.

　　會計(jì)師應(yīng)遵循穩(wěn)健性原則，以便合理地確定可能發(fā)生的損失和費(fèi)用。

　　N-VAR Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 花費(fèi)

　　例：Hes bought a big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly.

　　他花了很多錢買了臺大電視，這樣人人都可以看清楚了。

　　2.N-PLURAL Expenses are amounts of money that you spend while doing something in the course of your work, which will be paid back to you afterwards. 開支

　　例：Her airfare and hotel expenses were paid by the committee.

　　她乘飛機(jī)及住酒店的費(fèi)用由該委員會支付了。

　　3.PHRASE If you do something at someones expense, they provide the money for it. 由付費(fèi)

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

　　建筑師繼續(xù)受訓(xùn)5年應(yīng)由公眾付費(fèi)嗎?

　　4.PHRASE If someone laughs or makes a joke at your expense, they do it to make you seem foolish. 捉弄

　　例：I think hes having fun at our expense.

　　我看他是在拿咱們尋開心。

　　5.PHRASE If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way that might cause them some harm or disadvantage. 以犧牲為代價

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

　　根據(jù)這項(xiàng)研究，女性以犧牲男性的利益為代價而取得了顯著收益。

　　6.PHRASE If you say that someone does something at the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources. 以犧牲為代價

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

　　該管弦樂隊(duì)現(xiàn)在更有紀(jì)律了，但卻犧牲了士氣。

　　7.PHRASE If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something that costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it. 花大錢

　　例：Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can borrow one?

　　你能借到電鋸，卻為何去花錢買呢?

　　常見用法

　　用作名詞

　　Its too much of an expense for me to own a car.

　　對我來說，擁有一輛汽車的花費(fèi)太大。

　　Societies should try to save every plant and animal species, regardless of the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being.

　　社會應(yīng)盡力挽救每一動植物物種,不管花費(fèi)多少人力、時間和財力。

　　Dont involve yourself in unnecessary expense.

　　勿做不必要的花費(fèi)。

　　He finished the job at the expenses of his health.

　　他以犧牲健康完成了這項(xiàng)工作。

　　Thats why a reduction in price can never be made at the expense of quality.

　　正因?yàn)槿绱?降低價格的同時,并不能以犧牲質(zhì)量為代價。