expenditure
英 [?k'spend?t??; ek-]
美 [?k'sp?nd?t??]
中文詞源
expenditure 花銷來自expend, 花費。
英文詞源
- expenditure (n.)
- 1769, "act of expending," from Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere "to weigh out; to pay out" (see expend) + -ure. Meaning "that which is expended" is from 1791. Related: Expenditures.
雙語例句
- 1. He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.
- 他通過嚴格控制公共開支保持預算平衡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified.
- 該項目的開支是否真的合理還未可知。
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- 3. Expenditure this year should be just under 15 billion pounds.
- 今年的支出應正好低于150億英鎊。
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- 4. An expenditure for clothing will qualify as a trade or business expense.
- 服裝費將可算作貿易或商務開支。
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- 5. They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items.
- 他們將會考慮削減不必要的開銷。
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