| 释义 |
expense/ikˈspens, ek-/n. 1 cost incurred; payment of money 支出；花费 2 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数)a the cost incurred in doing a particular job etc. 开支，费用 will pay your expenses 将支付你的费用 b an amount paid to reimburse this 补贴 offered me ￡ 40 per day expenses 给我每日 40 英镑的补贴 3 a thing that is a cause of much expense 花销大的事情，花钱多的事情 the house is a real expense to run 维持这所房子要有很大的花销 □ at the expense of 1 so as to cause loss, deprivation, or harm to 以…为代价 2 so as to incur the cost of 要花费，要支付 [Middle English via Anglo-French, alteration of Old French espense, from Late Latin expensa ‘ (money) spent’, past part. of Latin expendere EXPEND] |