expense

expense
noun

[mass noun]the cost incurred in or required for something; the money spent on something
代价；价钱；费用
we had ordered suits at great expense.
我们花大笔钱订购了套装。
the committee do not expect members to be put to any expense.
委员会不想让委员们负担任何费用。
■(expenses)the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task, especially one undertaken for another person
开支；花费
his hotel and travel expenses.
他的住宿和旅行费用。
■[count noun]a thing on which one is required to spend money
必须花钱的东西
tolls are a daily expense.
各种费用是每天必付不可的。

verb

[with obj.](一般作 be expensed)offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income
把（开支项目）记入费用账；把…作为开支勾销
■(informal)charge (something) to an expense account
(非正式)把…记入报销账
I can expense the refreshments.
我可以把点心费用记入报销账。

常用词组
at someone's expense

paid for by someone
由某人付费；由某人承担费用
the document was printed at the taxpayer's expense.
文件的印刷费用由纳税人承担。
■with someone as the victim, especially of a joke
以某人为受害者；拿某人开玩笑
my friends all had a good laugh at my expense.
拿我开玩笑，我的朋友们都获得了开心一笑。

at the expense of

so as to cause harm to or neglect of
以…为代价；忽视
the pursuit of profit at the expense of the environment.
以环境为代价的利润追求。
language courses which emphasize communication skills at the expense of literature.
强调交际技能而忽视文学的语言课程。

语源

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia) '(money) spent', from Latin expendere 'pay out' (see expend)

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