中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.(时间、精力、金钱等的)消耗，花消，消费。
2.(无形的)损失；牺牲。
3.〔常 pl.〕费用；(额外)开支。
4.费钱的东西。
短语和例子
household [domestic] expenses 家用。 sundry [miscellaneous] expenses 杂费。 running [current] expenses 经常费。 incidental expenses 临时费。 school expenses 学费。 travelling expenses 旅费。 at a great expense 以巨大费用。 at any expense无论花费多少。 at his [her, my] expense嘲弄他[她，我等] (They have a good laugh at his expense. 他们嘲笑他)。 at one's own [public] expense自[公]费 (He went abroad at his own expense. 他自费出国)。 at the expense of 以…为代价；由…出钱；牺牲… (He attained his goal at the expense of others. 他牺牲别人来达到自己的目的)。 cut down [curtail] one's expenses 节省开支。 free of expense免费。 go to expense 花钱，用钱，出钱。 meet one's expenses 足够开支。 put sb. to expense使人花钱，使某人负担用费，使破财。 regardless of expense不计钱财，不惜花费。 spare no expense不惜花费。

a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"

amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
同义词：disbursal, disbursement,

money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
同义词：write off, write down,

In common usage, an expense or expenditure is an outflow of money to another person or group to pay for an item or service, or for a category of costs. For a tenant, rent is an expense.

例句与用法

Do n't profit yourself at the expense of others .
不要占他人的便宜。

What is the drill for claiming expenses ?
费用报销的手续，是怎样的？

Each participant was to pay his own expenses .
每个参加者都必须自费。

We will draw on you for the expenses .
我们将开出汇票向你方索取费用。

I 'll stop at no expense to obtain it .
我将不惜一切花费来得到它。

Their expenses amount to fifty dollars .
他们的消费共计五十元。

He kept a careful record of all expenses .
他把一切开支都仔细地记下来。

Keep this money for your incidental expenses .
这点儿钱，你留着零花吧。

These expenses are covered by the state .
这些费用都由国家负担。

Expense allowances are apt to mean fiddling .
开销津贴容易造成弄虚作假。