expenditure

英 [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)]

美 [ɪkˈspendɪtʃər]

n.  花费; 消费; 费用; 开支; (精力、时间、材料等的)耗费，消耗

复数：expenditures　

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Collins.2 / BNC.1658 / COCA.5170

牛津词典

noun

• 花费；消费；费用；开支
  the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent
  1. a reduction in public/government/military expenditure
     公共 / 政府 / 军费开支的削减
  2. plans to increase expenditure on health
     增加医疗保健开支的计划
  3. The budget provided for a total expenditure of £27 billion.
     预算案规定支出总额为270亿英镑。
• （精力、时间、材料等的）耗费，消耗
  the use of energy, time, materials, etc.
  1. the expenditure of emotion
     感情耗费
  2. This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.
     这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 花费;开销;支出
  Expenditureis the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.
  1. Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure...
     减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。
  2. They should cut their expenditure on defence...
     他们应该缩减国防开支。
  3. An expenditure for clothing will qualify as a trade or business expense.
     服装费将可算作贸易或商务开支。
• N-UNCOUNT （时间、精力等的）消耗，花费
  Expenditure ofsomething such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose.
  1. The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.
     经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

英英释义

noun

• the act of consuming something
  Synonym:consumptionusing up
• the act of spending money for goods or services
  Synonym:expending
• money paid out
  Synonym:outgospendingoutlay

双语例句

• I have to adjust my expenditure to my income.
  我必须量入为出。
• One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure.
  这些改革的目的之一就是以最低成本实现有效的防御。
• He is rigorous in his control of expenditure.
  他对支出控制得非常严格。
• The policy tried to check the exponential growth of public expenditure.
  该政策试图控制公共开支的迅猛增长。
• Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.
  因为要救济300万失业人口，公共支出即将被耗尽。
• Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure
  有足够的钱，似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。
• Expenditure on education has gone up by seven point eight per cent over and above inflation
  扣除通货膨胀因素，教育支出实际增长了7.8%。
• The poor are taking advantage of this edict to marry off their daughters without enormous expenditure while they can
  穷人们利用这个法令，尽量不花费巨额开销就把女儿嫁出去。
• The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.
  经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。
• It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified
  该项目的开支是否真的合理还未可知。