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expense

英 [ɪk'spens; ek-] 美[ɪk'spɛns]

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n. 损失，代价；消费；开支
vt. 向…收取费用
vi. 被花掉

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At the same time, expenses in college pile up surprisingly quickly.

They want to cut down their utility expenses.

People do it at the expense of everything that was a constant in their lives.

To try to cut down its operational expenses.

Traffic jam leads to expense and unpredictability, things that keep investors away.

Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a business justification the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan.

With a tax imposed on expensive health insurance plans, most employers will likely transfer money from health expenses into wages.

They seem to be turning inward—generally in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day inherit.

The high cost of medical services and unnecessary tests and treatments have driven up medical expenses.

Standardization of forms for automatic processing will save a lot of medical expenses.

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

It protects incompetent teachers at the expense of students.

Health problems caused by stress in the workplace result in huge public health expenses.

By sanctioning this watered-down version of college, universities are catering to the social and educational needs of wealthy students at the expense of others who won't enjoy the financial backing or social connections of richer students once they graduate.

Similarly, some couples don't have children because they don't want to sacrifice their own lifestyles to the lime and expense of a family.

They argue that when a company like Monsanto goes to great expense to create a valuable new genetically modified seed, it must be able to protect its property interests

Inflation increases families' expenses.

They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children

Cutting down the expenses on child-rearing.

While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance expenses that contribute to the high cost of running a college," he has written.

But shouldn't we at least offer to share the expenses?

What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South Theater Company's travel expenses?

By sanctioning this watered-down version of college, universities are "catering to the social and educational needs of wealthy students at the expense of others " who won't enjoy the financial backing or social connections of richer students once they gra

They seem to be turning inward—generally in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day in

She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.

The key is that before bills and living expenses start to eat away your salary, you should put aside the savings portion of your pay.

The means and expenses of students' communication.

The office of residence life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others.

This pie graph shows on month's expense, see Graph 3.

Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant.

With food our biggest weekly household expenses, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week.

It reported a net loss of $5.6 billion for fiscal 2016, the 10th straight year its expenses have exceeded revenue.

"There seems to be a predominance of short-term thinking at the expense of long-term investing," said Commissioner Daniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in speech this week.

Copernicus theorized in 1543 that in actual fact, all of the planets that we knew of revolved not around the Earth, but the Sun, a system that was later upheld by Galileo at his own expense.

Furthermore, the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates, not to the cozy insider picks, another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.

While climate is a key element, Morita says, it shouldn't come at the expense of the rest of the equation.