expense的意思

1. 费用，花费，开支，开销，花销
2. 消耗，消费
3. 价钱
4. 损失，耗损
5. 牺牲
6. 花钱的东西
7. 经费，业务费用
8. 代价
9. 花掉的钱

1. 把…作为开支勾销

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

1.花费;费用;开支
Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something.

e.g. He's bought a specially big TV at vastexpense 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。
e.g. To avoid extraexpense 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。

2.（由雇主报销的）开支，费用，业务费用
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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Can you claim this back on expenses?
这个你能报销吗？

3.由…付费
If you do somethingat someone'sexpense, they provide the money for it.

e.g. Should architects continue to be trained for five years at publicexpense?...
建筑师是否应该继续接受5年的公费培训呢？
e.g. Teachers who signed up did so out of personal choice and at their ownexpense.
报名的教师完全出于自愿而且费用自理。

4.拿…开玩笑;以…为嘲弄的对象
If someone laughs or makes a jokeat yourexpense, they do it to make you seem foolish.

e.g. I think he's having fun at ourexpense.
我想他在拿我们寻开心。

5.以牺牲…的利益为代价
If you achieve somethingat the expense of someone, you do it in a way which might cause them some harm or disadvantage.

expense的翻译

e.g. But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at theexpense 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。
e.g. According to this study, women have made notable gains at theexpense 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。

6.以…为代价
If you say that someone does somethingat the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern at the fact that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources.

e.g. They are worth having but not at theexpense of better services...
它们值得拥有，但是不能因此放弃更好的服务。
e.g. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at theexpense of spirit.
那个管弦乐团现在更有纪律性了，却丧失了灵魂。

7.花（大笔）钱做
If yougo to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money. If yougo to greatexpense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it.

expense的解释

e.g. Why go to theexpense 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？
e.g. It was said that he went to greatexpense 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。

8. to spare noexpense -> see spare

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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〕

• the expense for〔in〕用于…的费用

• This exuberance of money displayed itself in wantonness of expence.

  出自：S. Johnson

• The protein issue..was now insufficient for full normal expense of energy.

  出自：U. Le Guin

expense, cost, outlay

这三个名词的共同意思是“花费,费用”。其区别是：

1.cost指为获得或生产某物所费的金额,是时间、劳力等的总计。一般指日常生活的开销,也可指劳力、服务等的“费用”“花费”; expense则含有较不确定的意味,泛指“费”“费用”; 而outlay则指为一定目的而花费的金额。例如:

She built the house without regard to cost.她盖这房子根本不在乎花多少钱。

The expense of a good education is great.受到好的教育需要一大笔费用。

We need a large outlay on scientific research.我们需要科学研究的大量费用。

2.cost和outlay既可用作动词,又可用作名词,而expense只能用作名词,其动词形式为expend。

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。