() [, ]money that a business spends on supplies, workers, services, etc. in order to operate开支；费用ⓘ Expenses are taken away from profits in a company's financial records在公司的财务记录中，开支是要从利润（profit）中扣除的◆Labour is the airline industry's biggest expense.劳动力是航空业最大的开支。◆marketing/sales expenses营销／销售开支◆The cost of the insurance can be deducted as a business expense.保险费用可以作为业务开支扣除。◆Even after expenses, healthy profit margins remain.即使在扣除开支以后，仍然有可观的利润。⨁to bear / incur an expense承担／发生开支⨁to cover / meet an expense支付费用⨁to deduct sth / treat sth / write sth off as an expense将某物作为费用扣除／对待／注销⨁to control / cut / reduce / trim expenses控制／削减／降低／节省费用⨁big / high / large / low expenses大额／高额／大笔／少量费用⨁an extra / unexpected / unnecessary expense额外／意外／不必要的开支expenses [] money that you spend while doing a job that your employer or the person you are working for will pay back to you later（可以报销的）开支，费用，花销◆We will cover your travel expenses.我们会报销你的差旅费用。◆I charge $200 an hour plus expenses.我每小时收费 200 元，垫付费用另算。◆(BrE) to take a client out for a meal on expenses用业务费请客户外出就餐◆an all-expenses-paid trip费用全部报销的出差➡expenses claim ⨁basic / out-of-pocket expenses基本的／实报实销的开支⨁to incur expenses发生费用⨁to cover / pay / refund / reimburse sb's expenses报销某人的开支⨁to claim (back) / recover your expenses报销你的开支 [] the money that you spend on sth费用；成本◆The factory was rebuilt at considerable expense.这家工厂以高昂的成本得以重建。◆He arranged everything, no expense spared(= he spent as much as was needed).他不惜代价安排了一切。●at sb's expensepaid for by sb/sth由某人支付◆We were taken for a meal at the company's expense.公司出钱请我们外出就餐。accrued expense capital expense fixed expense interest expense operating expense