expense

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n.费用, 花费, 代价

例句与用法：

He finished the job at the expenses of his health.

他以牺牲健康完成了这项工作。

It's too much of an expense for me to own a car.

对我来说，拥有一辆汽车的花费太大。

词形变化：

动词过去式: expensed | 动词过去分词: expensed | 动词现在分词: expensing | 动词第三人称单数: expenses |

详细释义：

n.

1. 费用; 价钱; 支出; 消耗[S]

I don't think we can afford the expense.

我认为我们负担不了这个费用。

2. 开支; 经费[P]

He said the office expenses were too big.

他认为办公室的花费太大了。

3. 牺牲; 损失, 代价[U]

4. 费钱之物[S]

短语词组：

at sb.'s expense

1. 由某人出钱

They were all entertained at the company's expense.

由公司出钱款待她们。

2. 在某人受损害的情况下

They had a laugh at my expense.

她们取笑了我。

at the expense of

1. 由……支付费用

He refused to travel at the expense of the company and paid for the trip himself.

他不肯由公司出钱供他旅行, 而是自己付了旅费。

2. 以……为代价

She completed the work at the expense of her health.

她完成了工作, 但损害了健康。

go to the expense of

1. 为……花钱

She went to the expense of having her hair redone.

她花钱请人重做了头发。

put sb. to the expense of

1. 使某人花钱于

I don't want to put you to the expense of buying me dinner.

我不想让你破费请我吃饭。

spare no expense

1. 不惜费用

She had spared no expense to make the party a great success.

为使宴会成功她不惜花大钱。