"expense" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 费用
• 开支

Definition

expense 指你花出去的钱，或你必须支付的某项费用。这个词常用于公司、旅行、家庭和日常生活中的各种开支。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

它常作可数名词，如 'an expense'，也常出现在固定搭配中，如 'travel expenses' 和 'at my expense'。常见搭配有 'business expenses'、'living expenses'、'claim expenses'、'cut expenses'。不要和 'price' 混淆：'price' 是商品的标价，'expense' 是你实际承担的花费。

Examples

Food is our biggest expense each month.

食物是我们每个月最大的一项**开支**。

The hotel expense was higher than we expected.

酒店这项**费用**比我们预想的更高。

You can write this expense in the report.

你可以把这项**费用**写进报告里。

We had to cut a few expenses after rent went up.

房租涨了以后，我们不得不削减一些**开支**。

Can I claim this taxi fare as a work expense?

我可以把这笔出租车费报销为工作**费用**吗？

The repairs were done at my expense, so I kept all the receipts.

这些维修都是由我自己承担**费用**的，所以我保留了所有收据。