spending
noun /ˈspendɪŋ/
/ˈspendɪŋ/
[uncountable]- the amount of money that is spent by a government, an organization or a person
（政府或其他机构的）开支，支出，花销 - to increase/cut/reduce spending
增加/削减/减少开支 - The Chancellor was urged to cut taxes to boost consumer spending.
财政大臣被敦促减税以刺激消费。 - government/federal spending
政府/联邦支出 - defence/military spending
国防/军事开支 - spending on something More spending on education was promised.
承诺增加教育开支。 - public pressure for increased spending on health and education
公众要求增加卫生和教育支出的压力 - He went on a spending spree with his father's credit card.
他用父亲的信用卡大肆挥霍。 - The government then had to impose severe spending cuts.
政府随后不得不强行大幅削减开支。 - Balancing the budget will mean significant cuts in spending.
平衡预算意味着大幅削减开支。 - a spending bill/review
支出账单/审查 - spending plans/decisions
支出计划/决定 - an increase in spending on the provision of public services
公共服务支出的增加 - Other companies are slashing capital spending.
其他公司正在削减资本支出。 - the growing spending power of minority groups
少数群体日益增长的消费能力
Synonyms costscostssee also deficit spending , public spending, public spending round- spending
- expenditure
- expenses
- overheads
- outlay
- costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:
- labour/production costs
人工／生产成本 - rising costs
正在上涨的成本
- labour/production costs
- spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
- public spending
公共开支 - More spending on health was promised.
已承诺增加医疗开支。
- public spending
- expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person:
指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费： - expenditure on education
教育支出
- expenditure on education
- expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later:
- legal expenses
律师费 - travel expenses
差旅费
- legal expenses
- overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
经费开销大意味着利润低。
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
- outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
Topics Moneyb1- A military spending bill is currently being considered in Congress.
目前军事支出议案正在国会审议。 - The president wants to increase discretionary spending by 4 per cent.
总统希望将可自由支配的支出增加4%。 - The boys went on a two-day spending spree with the stolen credit cards.
那些男孩用偷来的信用卡疯狂地挥霍了两天。 - The government will finance its spending through taxes.
政府将通过税收为其支出提供资金。 - There has been an increase in total government spending.
政府的总开支有所增加。 - Three quarters of all federal spending goes to Social Security.
联邦支出总额的四分之三都花在了社会保障上。 - her husband's extravagant spending habits
她丈夫奢侈的消费习惯 - This government wants to keep a tight rein on public spending.
这个政府想严格控制公共开支。 - Total spending has risen by just 1.3 per cent.
总支出仅增长了1.3%。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- high
- low
- …
- boost
- increase
- cut
- …
- rise
- fall
- go to
- …
- level
- plan
- programme/program
- …
- spending on
- a cut in spending
- a reduction in spending
- an increase in spending
- …
- to increase/cut/reduce spending