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expenditure n.开支；消耗 (1) 政府打算削减军备开支。(2) 这么庞大的任务需要消耗许多的金钱和时间。 Expenditure is often used when people are talking about budgets. It is the government's job to decide what to do with tax money collected, or in other words, to determine the expenditure of public funds. The word is more than a long way of saying expense. In business, an expenditure implies an investment, something that will bring value over time.

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英 [ɪk'spendɪtʃə(r)] 美 [ɪk'spendɪtʃər] (1) The government intends to cut expenditure on arms.(2) Such a great task requires the expenditure of much money and time. In a trip budget, you need to add up all your expenditures, such as hotel, car rental and food costs against the money you have brought to spend. An expenditure is money spent on something. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]花费；开销；支出 Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.   [FORMAL 正式]Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure...减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。They should cut their expenditure on defence...他们应该缩减国防开支。An expenditure for clothing will qualify as a trade or business expense.服装费将可算作贸易或商务开支。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（时间、精力等的）消耗，花费 Expenditure of something such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose.   [N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

英语单词	expenditure
英美音标	英 [ɪk'spendɪtʃə(r)] 美 [ɪk'spendɪtʃər]
中文释义	n.开支；消耗
英语例句	(1) The government intends to cut expenditure on arms. (2) Such a great task requires the expenditure of much money and time.
中文例句	(1) 政府打算削减军备开支。 (2) 这么庞大的任务需要消耗许多的金钱和时间。
vocabulary简明	In a trip budget, you need to add up all your expenditures, such as hotel, car rental and food costs against the money you have brought to spend. An expenditure is money spent on something.
vocabulary扩展	Expenditure is often used when people are talking about budgets. It is the government's job to decide what to do with tax money collected, or in other words, to determine the expenditure of public funds. The word is more than a long way of saying expense. In business, an expenditure implies an investment, something that will bring value over time.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]花费；开销；支出 Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something. [FORMAL 正式] Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure... 减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。 They should cut their expenditure on defence... 他们应该缩减国防开支。 An expenditure for clothing will qualify as a trade or business expense. 服装费将可算作贸易或商务开支。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（时间、精力等的）消耗，花费 Expenditure of something such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose. [N of n] [FORMAL 正式] The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort. 经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

Expenditure Money Cut Time Spent Tax Public Expense