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BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense
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noun /ɪkˈspens/
singularexpense
pluralexpenses
  1. 1
    /ɪkˈspens/ [C] an amount of money that you spend in order to buy or do something 花费；费用

    Rent is our biggest expense. 房租是我们最大的开销。

    You can claim part of your telephone bill as a business expense. 你可以把部分电话费用算进业务支出。

    travelling/medical/legal expenses 旅费/医药费/法律费用

    a factory's operating expenses 工厂的运营支出

    incur an expense :

    The insurance will cover all expenses incurred during your time in hospital. 这项保险会替你支付住院期间的所有费用。

    cover/meet an expense :

    people struggling to meet their basic living expenses 连基本生活费用都难以支付的人

     Synonyms and related words
    Prices and costs: price, cost, charge...
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    [U] the high cost of something 高额花费

    A powerful computer is worth the expense if you use it regularly. 如果经常使用的话，花大价钱买一台高性能计算机是值得的。

    expense of :

    the expense and inconvenience of recovering cargo from sunken ships 从沉船里捞出货物的高额费用与困难

    go to great/considerable etc expense (=spend a lot of money) 花费大量金钱 :

    His parents went to great trouble and expense to make sure the party was a success. 他的父母为了把聚会开得成功煞费苦心，花费了大量金钱。

    go to the expense of doing something (=spend money on doing something) 花钱做某事 :

    We didn't want to go to the expense of sending a courier. 我们不想花钱派人送信。

    put someone to the expense of doing something (=make someone spend money on doing something) 使某人花钱做某事 :

    That little mistake put us to the expense of reprinting the whole book. 那个小小的错误竞然使我们花钱重印了整本书。

     Synonyms and related words
    Prices and costs: price, cost, charge...
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    expenses

    [plural] money that you spend as part of your job that your employer later gives back to you （可报销的）工作花销

    The company pays all our expenses. 公司报销我们所有的费用。

    put something on expenses (=charge it to your employer) （让雇主）报销某事的费用 :

    Let me pay – I can put it on expenses. 让我来付，我可以报销的。

    plus expenses :

    Your salary will be £50,000 a year, plus expenses. 你的年薪是50,000英镑，还有业务费。

    reimburse expenses :

    All reasonable expenses will be reimbursed. 所有合理费用都将得到报销。

     Synonyms and related words
    Extra payments and benefits in addition to wages: benefit, benefit in kind, bonus...
See also
expense
verb [T] /ɪkˈspens/
present tense
I/you/we/theyexpense
he/she/itexpenses
present participleexpensing
past tenseexpensed
past participleexpensed
  1. to charge money you spend to an expense account

    He expensed over £700 on meals in the last three months.

BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense

noun¹

 1cost/money spent on sth花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSE | EXPENSE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, enormous, great, huge, significant, vast可觀的花費；巨額花費➤added, additional, extra額外花費➤annual, monthly年度開支；月開支◇Your monthly housing expense should not be greater than 28% of your income.每月的住房開銷不應該超過你收入的 28%。➤unexpected, unforeseen意外的／未預料到的花費▸➤unnecessary不必要的花費▸➤public公帑◇The bridge was built at public expense.這橋是政府出資修建的。➤personal個人花費VERB + EXPENSE➤go to, incur花費◇They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved.他們花了那麼多錢重新裝修房子，可隨後就搬家了。➤involve, put sb to (especially BrE) 涉及到花錢；使某人花錢◇Their visit put us to a lot of expense.他們的來訪使我們花銷很大。➤bear, cover, meet負擔花費；支付開支◇She had to meet the expense herself.她得自己支付開銷。➤spare no不節省錢◇No expense was spared (= they spent as much money as was needed) to make the party a success.為了使聚會成功，該花的錢都花了。➤avoid, save避免花費◇Save the expense of calling out a plumber by learning some of the basics yourself.通過學會一些基本維修知識，省去請水管工的花費。➤cut, minimize, reduce削減／盡可能減少／降低花費◇You can reduce your expenses by selling your old car at a good price.你可以把舊車賣個好價錢來減少開支。➤be worth值得花費◇The results are well worth the expense.這些成果完全值得花這些錢。➤justify證明花費合理◇a claim large enough to justify the expense of insurance policy premiums索賠額高到足以證明保費的合理性EXPENSE + VERB➤rise花費上升◇My expenses are constantly rising and my income stays the same.我的花費不斷上升，可是收入卻和原來一樣。PREPOSITION➤at sb's/sth's expense由⋯付費；在損失⋯的情況下◇They had to repair the damage at their own expense.他們得自己花錢修理受破損之處。◇He built up the business at the expense of his health.他以自己的健康為代價逐步建立了這個企業。➤at... expense以⋯花費◇The house was transformed at great expense.花了很大一筆錢翻修房子。◇The package includes admission to the park at no extra expense.套票中包括公園的門票，無需額外付費。PHRASES➤at taxpayer expense, at taxpayers' expense, at the taxpayer's expense納稅人支付◇It emerged that they had received free first-class travel at the taxpayer's expense.結果是，他們接受了免費乘坐頭等艙的旅行，花的卻是納稅人的錢。
expense

noun²

 2sth that makes you spend money開支項目ADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, major, significant大筆的／相當大的／主要的／可觀的花費▸➤incidental雜費◇Relocated employees received grants towards / toward incidental expenses like buying carpets.工作地點變動的雇員獲得購買地毯等費用的雜項補助。➤ongoing經常性開支◇Insurance is an ongoing expense.保險是一項經常性開支。➤business, management營業費；管理費◇Meetings, and the time for them, are a considerable management expense.會議及所費時間是一筆頗大的管理花費。➤capital資本支出◇The process turned out to be a significant capital expense.結果，這個過程花去了一筆可觀的資本。➤depreciation, interest (both especially NAmE) 折舊費用；利息支出◇Net interest expense increased to $5.9 million from $4.1 million.淨利息支出從 410 萬增加到了 590 萬美元。
expense

noun³

 3expenses money spent for a particular purpose用於某目的的花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSES | EXPENSES + VERB | EXPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, low高額／低額費用◇Medical expenses can be quite high if you are not insured.如果你沒有買保險，醫療費會很高昂。◇Look for a fund with low expenses.尋找低成本的資金。➤allowable, eligible, legitimate, reasonable允許的費用；合法的費用；合理的費用◇You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.你可以索回對合法營業支出所課的稅。➤deductible, tax-deductible可抵扣的／可扣稅的費用◇Start keeping track of deductible expenses such as charitable contributions.開始逐筆記錄諸如慈善捐款等可抵稅的支出。➤basic基本費用◇The guides are unpaid except for basic expenses.除了基本費用以外，導遊並沒有其他收入。➤miscellaneous雜費➤ongoing經常性費用◇your ongoing expenses such as your employees' salaries雇員工資等經常性費用➤out-of-pocket (= paid for by an employee, to be claimed back later from the employer) 可報銷的開支◇Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed.由公司業務產生的開銷都可以報銷。➤total總開支◇Total employee expenses were up about 6%.雇員的總開銷大約增加了 6%。➤personal個人開支▸➤living生活開銷▸➤household家庭開支➤administrative, maintenance, operating, operational, overhead (all especially NAmE) 管理開銷；維護花費；運營費用；間接費用➤business, work-related因公支出；與工作相關的費用➤marketing (especially NAmE) 營銷費用▸➤travel, travelling/traveling (especially BrE) 差旅費▸➤moving, relocation, removal (BrE) 搬遷費用➤childcare, college, educational, health-care, legal, medical孩子照管費用；大學花費；教育費；保健費用；律師費；醫療費▸➤funeral喪葬費VERB + EXPENSES➤incur產生費用▸➤cover, defray, meet, offset, pay, reimburse支付花銷；退還費用；償還花費◇He was given a sum of money to cover his travel expenses.他得到一筆錢以支付差旅費。➤claim, claim back, claim for索要費用；索還費用◇They are claiming expenses for travel and meals.他們要求報銷旅費及餐費。➤recoup收回費用◇We will recoup our expenses within 24 months.我們將在 24 個月內收回開支。➤deduct扣除費用◇You will have to pay income tax on the rent you receive, although you can deduct expenses such as insurance.你可以扣除保險費等的開支，但租金收入要納稅。➤cut, lower, minimize, reduce削減／降低／最大限度減少／縮減開支◇in an effort to reduce expenses and boost profits努力減少開支提高利潤EXPENSES + VERB➤arise from sth, arise out of sth (both especially BrE) 費用出現◇You can expect to receive compensation for all expenses arising out of the accident.由這次事故引起的所有費用你都有望獲得賠償。➤increase, rise費用增加／提高◇Operating expenses rose by more than 23% last year.去年運營費用增加了 23% 以上。EXPENSE + NOUN➤expense account報銷賬目◇Put the cost of the meal on your expense account.把這頓飯的花費記在你的報銷賬目上。➤expenses claim, expense report (NAmE) 費用申請／報告➤expense reimbursement (NAmE) 費用補償◇You will receive expense reimbursement for up to $5 000 for legal representation.作為法律代表，你將會獲得最高 5,000 美元的費用補償。PREPOSITION➤on expenses (BrE) 公費開支◇I think we deserve a night out on expenses.我覺得我們該花公費出去玩一個晚上。PHRASES➤all expenses paid所有費用已付◇a two-day, all-expenses-paid trip to New York City費用全包的紐約兩日遊➤spare no expense不惜花費◇When it came to the wedding, no expense was spared (= a lot of money was spent).辦婚禮可是花了一大筆錢。
BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense noun
⇨ costs (travel expenses) ⇨ price (do sth at great expense)

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