片面地追求數(shù)量而忽視質(zhì)量是錯誤的。

他認為辦公室的花費太大了。

他以犧牲朋友為代價，也分得一塊肉。

至于增加一個仆人，這項花費是微不足道的。

花多花少請你別在意

【串】獲車輛license(執(zhí)照),天地變immense(巨大的),也增加expense(花費),把大麻condense(壓縮),攜帶是offense(違法行為),法網(wǎng)是dense(密集的) 【記】※ ex-拼音“惡心”,pen-鋼筆,se-拼音“蛇”:這支惡心的鋼筆是蛇花費很多錢買的 ※ e-拼音“鵝”, x-羅馬數(shù)字“10”,pen-鋼筆,se-諧音“蛇”:鵝用10只鋼筆作為蛇的開銷

expense n 1 (a) [U] spending of money etc; cost 花費; 代價 an expense of time, energy and cash 時間、 精力、 現(xiàn)金的花費 He hired a plane, regardless of expense. 他不惜代價, 租了一架飛機. Most children in Britain are educated at public expense. 英國大多數(shù)兒童靠公費受教育. (b) [C] cause of spending 花費的原因 An annual holiday is a big expense. 一年一度的假日是一筆大開銷. Running a car is a great expense. 一輛汽車的經(jīng)常開支很大. 2 expenses [pl] money spent in doing a specific job, or for a specific purpose （做某工作或為某目的）花費的錢 travelling expenses 旅費 House repairs, holidays and other expenses reduced her bank balance to almost nothing. 修房、 度假和其他開銷使她在銀行的存款所剩無幾. Who's meeting the expenses of your trip? 誰為你支付旅費呢? 3 (idm 習語) at sb's expense (a) with sb paying 由某人付費 We were entertained at the editor's expense. 由編輯付錢招待我們. (b) at sb who has behaved foolishly, been tricked, etc 針對某人（因其舉動愚蠢或受到捉弄等） They had a good laugh (ie were very amused) at Sam's expense. 他們嘲弄薩姆而樂不可支. at great, little, no, etc ex`pense (to sb/oneself) with a lot of, little, no, etc money being spent (by sb/oneself) （某人[自己]）花費很大、 花費很小、 無花費等 We can redecorate the room at little expense, if we use this old paint. 我們要是用這種舊漆重新裝飾這房間, 就不用花多少錢了. at the expense of sth with loss or damage to sth 在損失或損壞某事物的情況下 He built up a successful business but it was all done at the expense of his health. 他創(chuàng)建的企業(yè)很成功, 但這一切卻損害了他的健康. (all) expenses `paid with an employer, etc paying for everything （由雇主等）已付費用的 [attrib 作定語] She's just returned from an all-expenses-paid trip to France. 她剛由法國回來, 旅途一切費用由雇主支付. go to/put sb to the expense of sth/doing sth spend/cause sb to spend money on sth 在某事物上花錢或使某人花錢 It's stupid to go to the expense of taking music lessons if you never practise. 花錢上音樂課而從不練習是很愚蠢的. put sb to a lot of expense 使某人破費極大. no expense(s) `spared with no regard for the cost 不惜費用 I'm going to take you out to dinner, no expense spared. 我?guī)愠鋈ビ貌? 花費多少都無所謂. spare no expense => spare.

pens(花費)： dis(分開)+pens(花費)+able(形綴):分開花出去， 可分配的 ex(外)+pens(花費)+e:花費出去了即 花費 支出 com(一起)+pens(花費)+ate(使):一起使其花費即要求 補償 pens(花費)+ion(名綴):現(xiàn)在花費的錢是為了將來的 養(yǎng)老金

*[ik'spens]n. 費用, 代價, 開支, 損失【經(jīng)】 費用, 開支, 將支出轉(zhuǎn)為費用相關(guān)詞組: go to the expense of... put sb to expense at sb's expense have a laugh at sb's expense