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小知识
An expense is a cost, but you can also use this word to mean the figurative cost of something. If you find it embarrassing to dress up as Santa, you might say that you do it to amuse your nephews, at the expense of your pride.
When you give one thing up in order to get something else, its cost or sacrifice is the expense of getting what you want. You might worry that politicians want to cut taxes at the expense of schools that need money, or that oil companies increase drilling at the expense of the environment. The root of expense the Latin expendere, “to weigh out money or pay down.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
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。
词根词缀
词根: pens
1. =expend,表示”花费,支付”; 2. 最初意思为”称重量而衡量……”,引申出花费,支付; 3. =hang,表示”悬挂”
adj.
dispensable 可分配的,不是必要的,可有可无的dispense分配+able可以……的→dispensable可分配的→能分送出去的,不重要的
expensive 花费的,昂贵的ex出+pens花费,支付+ive……的→要花很多钱出去的
pensive 沉思的,愁眉苦脸的pens称重量+ive……的→衡量→思考
n.
dispensary 医院等的药房dispense分配+ary场地→dispensary分配[药]的地方→药房
expense 费用, 代价, 损失ex出+pens花费,支付+e→花钱出去
pension 养老金,年金pens花费,支付+ion表名词→用以花费,支付的
propensity 嗜好,习性pro多+pens花费,支付+ity性质,特性→某[方面]花费的多→嗜好
suspension 悬挂,暂停,停职;悬[置]架suspense[v.担心;悬而不决]+ion表名词→n.悬挂,暂停,停职;悬[置]架
v.
compensate [for]补偿,赔偿com全部+pens支付+ate表动词→为……而全部支付→赔偿
dispense 分配dis分开+pens花费+e→分开花费→分配[财富等]
recompense 报酬;赔偿re回+com全部+pens支付+e→回报
suspense 担心;悬而不决sus下面+pens挂+e→一颗心挂着
同义词辨析
同义词
consumption / expenditure / exhaustion / disbursement / drain
反义词
同根词
词根:expense
adj.expensive昂贵的;花钱的
expendable可消费的;排出的;不重复使用的;可牺牲的
adv.expensively昂贵地;乱花钱地
n.expenditure支出,花费;经费,消费额
expendable消耗品
expensiveness高价,昂贵性