expense

英 [ɪk'spens] 美 [ɪk'spens]

• n. 费用；花费；代价

双解释义

n. (名词)

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

详尽释义

n. 名词

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

v. 动词

1. 把…作为开支勾销

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

Verb:

1. reduce the estimated value of something;

   "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's too much of an expense for me to own a car.
   对我来说，拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。
2. Societies should try to save every plant and animal species, regardless of the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being.
   社会应尽力挽救每一动植物物种,不管花费多少人力、时间和财力。
3. Don't involve yourself in unnecessary expense.
   勿做不必要的花费。
4. He finished the job at the expenses of his health.
   他以牺牲健康完成了这项工作。
5. That's why a reduction in price can never be made at the expense of quality.
   正因为如此,降低价格的同时,并不能以牺牲质量为代价。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I can't afford the expense of redecorating my house.
   我负担不起重新装修房子的费用。
2. It's too much of an expense to own a car.
   拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。
3. House repairs, holidays and other expenses reduced his bank balance to almost nothing.
   修房、度假和其他开销使他在银行的存款所剩无几。

经典引文

• 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

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

at sb's expense

捉弄某人against sb, so as to make them seem silly

at the expense of

在损失〔损坏〕某事物的情况下with loss or damage to sth

go to the expense of

在某事上花钱spend money on sth

put sb to the expense of

使某人花钱于某事上cause sb to spend money on sth

spare no expense

不惜费用with no regard for the cost

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• 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

形容词+～

• 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

名词+～

• 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

介词+～

• 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〕

～+介词

• the expense for〔in〕 用于…的费用

词义辨析

n. (名词)

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自近代拉丁语的expensa，意为花费，消费，消耗。

近反义词

【近义词】

• charge
• cost
• outlay

【反义词】

• gain
• income
• profit