查词 - expense

expense

ɪkˈspens noun

1 the amount of money that you spend on something 花销，花费 C,U

legal/medical/living/travel etc expenses (the money that you spend for a particular purpose) 律师费/医疗费/生活费/旅行费等

He borrowed £150,000 and used the money for legal expenses.

他借了十五万英镑用于支付律师费。

at great/considerable/vast expense

Conference rooms were equipped at great expense.

装备会议室花了一大笔费用。

The council must now decide whether to go to the expense of appealing through the courts.

地方议会现在必须决定是否花钱通过法院进行上诉。

朱莉的父母不惜代价给她办婚礼。

Everything has been provided tonight – no expense spared .

今晚什么都提供了，为此不惜一切代价。

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expenses

money that you spend on things such as travel and food while you are doing your job, and which your employer then pays to you 业务费用

Can you claim this meal on expenses?

这顿饭你能报销吗？

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at the expense of sb/sth

if something is done at the expense of someone or something else, it is only achieved by doing something that could harm the other person or thing 以损害某人/某物为代价

the growth in short breaks, at the expense of longer package holidays

以牺牲时间较长的包价旅游为代价的短假增多

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at sb’s expense

a. if you do something at someone’s expense, they pay for you to do it b. if you make jokes at someone’s expense, you laugh about them and make them seem stupid or silly 嘲笑某人

Her mansion was refurnished at taxpayers’ expense.

她的豪宅由纳税人出钱重新布置了一番。

Louis kept making jokes at his wife’s expense.

路易斯不断地嘲笑妻子。

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all expenses paid

having all of your costs for hotels, travel, meals etc paid for by someone else 所有费用均由他人支付的

The prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio.

奖品是去里约热内卢的全程免费旅游。