expense

expense

英 [ɪk'spens; ek-]
　　美 [ɪk'spɛns]

n. 損失，代價；消費；開支
　　vt. 向…收取費用
　　vi. 被花掉

中文詞源：

expense 花費

來自expend, 花費。

例句：

1. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
歐文因費用問題對此表示反對。

2. I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth.
我會設法替他省下要從珀斯飛來的機票費用。

3. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
他將伊麗莎白住汽車旅館的費用和機票費用記在他的報銷賬目中。

4. It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
這暴露瞭以長久的環境破壞為代價換取短期工業利益的錯誤。

5. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.
那個管弦樂團現在更有紀律性瞭，卻喪失瞭靈魂。