expense

1. N-VAR Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 花費(fèi)

He's bought a big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly. 他花了很多錢買了臺大電視，這樣人人都可以看清楚了。

2. N-PLURAL 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. (由雇主報(bào)銷的工作) 開支[商業(yè)]

Her airfare and hotel expenses were paid by the committee. 她乘飛機(jī)及住酒店的費(fèi)用由該委員會支付了。

3. PHRASE If you do something at someone's expense, they provide the money for it. 由…付費(fèi)

Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?

建筑師繼續(xù)受訓(xùn)5年應(yīng)由公眾付費(fèi)嗎？

4. PHRASE If someone laughs or makes a joke at your expense, they do it to make you seem foolish. 捉弄 (某人)

I think he's having fun at our expense. 我看他是在拿咱們尋開心。

5. PHRASE If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way that might cause them some harm or disadvantage. 以犧牲 (某人的利益) 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)而取得了顯著收益。

6. PHRASE If you say that someone does something at the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources. 以犧牲 (某物) 為代價(jià)[表不滿]

The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit. 該管弦樂隊(duì)現(xiàn)在更有紀(jì)律了，但卻犧牲了士氣。

7. PHRASE If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something that 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. 花大錢 (做某事)

Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can borrow one?

你能借到電鋸，卻為何去花錢買呢？