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N-VAR
花費(fèi);費(fèi)用;開(kāi)支
Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something.
例句
He's bought a specially big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly...
他花大價(jià)錢(qián)買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)特別大的電視機(jī)，這樣每個(gè)人都能看清楚。
To avoid extra expense and mess later on, try to decide on fittings before the plastering's finished...
為避免將來(lái)出現(xiàn)額外的開(kāi)支和不必要的麻煩，盡量在抹灰完工之前把固定設(shè)施確定下來(lái)。
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N-PLURAL
（由雇主報(bào)銷(xiāo)的）開(kāi)支，費(fèi)用，業(yè)務(wù)費(fèi)用
Expenses are amounts of money that you spend while doing something in the course of your work, which will be paid back to you afterwards.
例句
As a member of the International Olympic Committee her fares and hotel expenses were paid by the IOC...
作為國(guó)際奧林匹克委員會(huì)的成員，她的交通費(fèi)用和酒店住宿費(fèi)用都由國(guó)際奧委會(huì)支付。
Can you claim this back on expenses?
這個(gè)你能報(bào)銷(xiāo)嗎？
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PHRASE
由…付費(fèi)
If you do something at someone's expense, they provide the money for it.
例句
Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?...
建筑師是否應(yīng)該繼續(xù)接受5年的公費(fèi)培訓(xùn)呢？
Teachers who signed up did so out of personal choice and at their own expense.
報(bào)名的教師完全出于自愿而且費(fèi)用自理。
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PHRASE
拿…開(kāi)玩笑;以…為嘲弄的對(duì)象
If someone laughs or makes a joke at your expense, they do it to make you seem foolish.
例句
I think he's having fun at our expense.
我想他在拿我們尋開(kāi)心。
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PHRASE
以犧牲…的利益為代價(jià)
If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way which might cause them some harm or disadvantage.
例句
But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at the expense of the patient...
但是持懷疑態(tài)度的人擔(dān)心費(fèi)用的削減會(huì)以犧牲病人的利益為代價(jià)。
According to this study, women have made notable gains at the expense of men.
根據(jù)這項(xiàng)研究，女性以犧牲男性的利益為代價(jià)而獲得了顯著的收益。
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PHRASE
以…為代價(jià)
If you say that someone does something at the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern at the fact that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources.
例句
They are worth having but not at the expense of better services...
它們值得擁有，但是不能因此放棄更好的服務(wù)。
The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.
那個(gè)管弦樂(lè)團(tuán)現(xiàn)在更有紀(jì)律性了，卻喪失了靈魂。
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PHRASE
花（大筆）錢(qián)做
If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it.
例句
Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can hire one?...
既然可以租電鋸，為什么要花大價(jià)錢(qián)買(mǎi)一個(gè)呢？
It was said that he went to great expense to install a lift in the building.
據(jù)說(shuō)他花費(fèi)巨資在大樓里安裝了一臺(tái)電梯。