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  • n. 费用;花费;代价
  • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    一个是笨死(奔驰),“费用”挺昂贵的。
    词根词缀法
    词根词缀:来自expend,花费。ex-出,向外+-pens-支付+-e
      noun(名词)
      1. [ U ] 花钱;支付;耗费
      2. [ C ] 花钱的东西(或缘由);开销
      3. (向雇主报销的)业务费用,开支,花销

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ U ] 花钱;支付;耗费

      Buying a bigger car has proved to be well worth the expense.

      事实证明,买辆大点儿的车还是很值得的。

      We've just had a new garage built at great expense.

      我们刚花了很多钱建了一座新车库。

      We went on holiday at my father's expense (= he paid for it).

      我们去度了假,一切费用由我父亲支付。

      It's silly to go to the expense of (= spend money on) buying new clothes when you don't really need them.

      花钱买你并不真正需要的新衣服是很傻的。

    2. [ C ] 花钱的东西(或缘由);开销

      Our biggest expense this year was our summer holiday.

      我们今年最大的开销就是暑期度假。

      We need to cut down on our 我们必须削减开支。

    3. (向雇主报销的)业务费用,开支,花销

      I need to get my expenses approved.

      我得去办报销核准手续。

      Don't worry about the cost of lunch – it's on expenses.

      别担心午饭花多少钱——这是可以报销的。

    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

    1. depreciation expense

      折旧费

    2. operating expense

      营运成本,营业费用

    3. expense account

      开支帐户,费用帐户

    4. accrued expense

      预提费用

    5. selling expense

      销售费用

    6. insurance expense

      保险费用

    7. advertising expense

      广告费

    8. interest expense

      利息费用

    9. removal expense

      拆迁费用

    常用短语

    1. at the expense of

      以…为代价;由…支付费用

    2. at the expense

      以…为代价

    3. daily expense

      每日费用

    4. at no expense

      ◎不花钱地,source:21世纪

    5. expense account

      [经]费用帐户,报销帐单

    6. maintenance expense

      维修费用

    7. interest expense

      n. 利息费用,利息支出

    8. operating expense

      经营费用;营业费用;事业费

    9. development expense

      发展费用

    10. at great expense

      以巨大的代价

    11. expense budget

      费用预算

    12. depreciation expense

      折旧费用

    13. extra expense

      额外费用

    14. additional expense

      附加费用;额外开支

    15. expense item

      费用项目

    16. overhead expense

      营业费用;企业管理费用

    17. prepaid expense

      预付费用;待摊费用

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些名词均有”价格,费用”的意思
    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。
    同根词汇
    expensive adj.昂贵的;花钱的

    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

    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。

    同义词

    n.消耗

    fee  /  price  /  burden  /  bottom  /  fare  /  amount  /  tag  /  line  /  charge  /  cost  /  outlay

    n.消费

    consumption  /  expenditure  /  exhaustion  /  disbursement  /  drain

    n.费用,开支

    compensation  /  reimbursement  /  payment  /  recompense

    反义词

    n.费用;支出;开支

    income

    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