名詞 expenditure:

1. money paid out
   同義詞：outgo, outlay
2. the act of spending money for goods or services
   同義詞：expending
3. the act of consuming something
   同義詞：consumption, using up

1. Expenditure on road repairs has been cut to an irreducible minimum.
   修路費(fèi)已削減到不能再減的最低限度了。
2. An announcement of further cuts in government expenditure is imminent.
   最近將發(fā)布進(jìn)一步削減政府開(kāi)支的公告。
3. The government intends to cut expenditure on arms.
   政府打算削減軍備開(kāi)支。
4. They took a ruinous expenditure on the house.
   他們?yōu)榱四撬孔觾A家蕩產(chǎn)。
5. Such a great work require the expenditure of much money and time.
   這么龐大的工作需花許多金錢和時(shí)間。
6. My expenditure is conditioned by my income.
   我的支出受我的收入限制。
7. Limit your expenditure to what is essential.
   你要把開(kāi)銷限制在必要的范圍內(nèi)。
8. The expenditure of money on weapons is very large.
   購(gòu)置武器的開(kāi)支很大。

ex.pen.di.ture

n.（名詞）
The act or process of expending; outlay.
支出：支付的行為或過(guò)程；花費(fèi)

An amount expended.
支出額
An expense.
費(fèi)用

來(lái)源：
Medieval Latin expenditus [past participle of] expendere [to expend] * see expend
中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) expenditus [] expendere的過(guò)去分詞 [花費(fèi)] *參見(jiàn) expend
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