1cost/money spent on sth花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSE | EXPENSE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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
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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
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3expensesmoney spent for a particular purpose用於某目的的花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSES | EXPENSES + VERB | EXPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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。
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