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expense

/ɪkˈspens/📚 2150 3四级考研高考
Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 花费

noun [专属名词]代价,费用;业务费用,报销(expenses);需要花钱的东西,花销的东西

He can comfortably afford the extra expense.
他支付这些额外的费用毫无问题。

verb [vt. 及物动词]<非正式>把…记入费用账户;向…收取费用;被花掉

Running a car is a big expense.
养一辆车开销很大。

expense 出现在下面的课文中(提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习)
Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace
Lesson 36 The cost of government
Lesson 47 The great escape
ex(出去) + pens(花费) + e → 花费
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Her airfare and hotel expenses were paid by the committee. 她乘飞机及住酒店的费用由该委员会支付了。
Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense? 建筑师继续受训5年应由公众付费吗?
I think he's having fun at our expense. 我看他是在拿咱们寻开心。
The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit. 该管弦乐队现在更有纪律了,但却牺牲了士气。
Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can borrow one? 你能借到电锯,却为何去花钱买呢?
Let's celebrate and damn the expense! 管它花多少钱,咱们先庆祝一番再说!