n.
- 费用；价钱；支出；消耗[S]
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I don't think we can afford the
expense.
我认为我们负担不了这个费用。
- 开支；经费[P]
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He said the office
expenses were too big.
他认为办公室的花费太大了。
- 牺牲；损失，代价[U]
- 费钱之物[S]
短语
at sb.'s expense
- 由某人出钱
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They were all entertained
at the company's expense.
由公司出钱款待她们。
- 在某人受损害的情况下
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They had a laugh
at my expense.
她们取笑了我。
at the expense of
- 由……支付费用
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He refused to travel
at the expense of the company and paid for the trip himself.
他不肯由公司出钱供他旅行，而是自己付了旅费。
- 以……为代价
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She completed the work
at the expense of her health.
她完成了工作，但损害了健康。
go to the expense of
- 为……花钱
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She
went to the expense of having her hair redone.
她花钱请人重做了头发。
put sb. to the expense of
- 使某人花钱于
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I don't want to
put you to the expense of buying me dinner.
我不想让你破费请我吃饭。
spare no expense
- 不惜费用
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She had
spared no expense to make the party a great success.
为使宴会成功她不惜花大钱。
辨析
n.
- the cost incurred in or required for something.
▸
(expenses)
costs incurred in the performance of a job or task.
- something on which money must be spent.
v.
offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income.
▸informal charge to an expense account.
Phrase
- at the expense of
- paid for by.
- to the detriment of.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from late L. expensa (pecunia) ‘(money) spent’, from L. expendere (see expend).
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