expense

汉语翻译

n. 费用, 代价, 开支, 损失
【经】 费用, 开支, 将支出转为费用
相关词组:
go to the expense of...
put sb to expense
at sb's expense
have a laugh at sb's expense

词型变化：

动词过去式:expensed 过去分词:expensed 现在分词:expensing 第三人称单数:expenses 

词意辨析：

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。

英语解释：

名词 expense:

1. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
   同义词：disbursal, disbursement
2. a detriment or sacrifice
3. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

例句：

1. He finished the job at the expenses of his health.
   他以牺牲健康完成了这项工作。
2. 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。

详细解释：

ex.pense

n.（名词）


Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose:
花费：为达到目的或完成目标而支付的东西：
例句：
an expense of time and energy on the project.
在那个项目上时间和精力的支出

A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice:
损失，牺牲：为获得某物而付出的损失；牺牲：
例句：
achieved speed at the expense of accuracy.See Synonyms at price
获得了速度但丧失了精确性参见 price

An expenditure of money; a cost:
金钱的支出；花费：
例句：
an improvement that was well worth the expense; a trip with all expenses paid.
值得花费的改进；所有花费已被付清的旅行

expenses Abbr. exp.
expenses 缩写 exp.
Charges incurred by an employee in the performance of work:
业务费用，经费：雇员在履行工作中所带来的花费：
例句：
was reimbursed for her travel expenses.
她的旅费已报销

Informal Money allotted for payment of such charges.
【非正式用语】 开支：为支付这样花费而拨出的钱
Something requiring the expenditure of money:
需要支出金钱的事物：
例句：
Redecorating the house will be a considerable expense.
重新装饰房屋将是一项很大的花费

Archaic The act of expending.
【古语】 花费：花费的行为
v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.pensed,ex.pens.ing,ex.pens.es
To charge with expenses.
收取费用
To write off as an expense.
把…作为开支勾销

<习惯用语>at (one`s) expense
To (one`s) detriment or chagrin:
对某人不利：
例句：
telling jokes at my expense.
我被嘲弄了一番

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from Latin (pecunia) expônsa [(money) paid out] [from feminine past participle of] expendere [to pay out] * see expend
源自 拉丁语 (pecunia) expônsa [支付的（钱）] [] 源自expendere的阴性过去分词 [付钱] *参见 expend