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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
- 网友用 “Expense” 造句精选
- 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？
- 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？
- I think he's having fun at our expense. 我看他是在拿咱们寻开心。
- Let's celebrate and damn the expense! 管它花多少钱，咱们先庆祝一番再说！
- 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。
- 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。