单词详解
n.
A. 消费,费用,花费 (spending of money; cost)
It's too much of an expense for Tom to own a car. 对汤姆来说,拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。
B. 花费的原因 (cause of spending)
He said the office expenses were too big. 他认为办公室的开支太大了。
相关词组
1. at the expense of 以……为代价
She finished the job at the expenses of her health. 她以牺牲健康为代价完成了这项工作。
2. at sb’s expense 由某人负担费用;(尤指开玩笑或诡计) 捉弄某人
He had his book printed at his own expense. 他自己出钱印了书。
He tried to be clever at my expense. 他想捉弄我以卖弄小聪明。
3. spare no expense不惜花费;不遗余力
She had spared no expense to make the party a great success. 为了使宴会成功她不惜花费。
相关单词
近义词:cost
反义词:income
形容词:expensive
复数:expenses
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词义辨析:charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense
charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense
这些名词均有“价格,费用”之意。
expense: 常指为某物实际支付的金额总数,也可指各种花费,尤指金钱,也可包括时间,精力等。
charge: 指提供服务时索取的费用,也指货物的价格、价钱。
price: 主要指卖主给商品定的价格,一般都高于成本(cost),也可引申为做某事而付出的“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。
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单词详解
1. expense: 常指为某物实际支付的金额总数,也可指各种花费,尤指金钱,也可包括时间,精力等。
In order to meet the expenses for her studies, Lucy had to do extra work at night.
为了支付学习费用,Lucy只好晚上去加班工作。
2. charge: 指提供服务时索取的费用,也指货物的价格、价钱。
An 8% service charge is added on to the bill. 帐单上包括了百分之八的服务费。
3. price: 主要指卖主给商品定的价格,一般都高于成本(cost),也可引申为做某事而付出的“代价”。
No price is too high for winning their support. 为了获得他们的支持,任何代价均在所不惜。
4. 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。
The lawyer's fee was higher than we expected. 这位律师的收费比我们预料的高。
5. fare: 侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。
What is the fare to Beijing and back? 去北京来回要多少钱?
6. cost: 指生产某东西的成本,也泛指商品的价格。
We must reduce the production cost. 我们必须降低生产成本。