Word · Frequency #1658
expenditure
支出；开支；花费
核心释义
money paid out; an amount spent
- 1.
花费；支付的行为。
Act of expending or paying out.
- 2.
支付的钱；花费的金额
money paid out; an amount spent
- 3.
支出额；费用；开支。
The amount expended; expense; outlay.
- 4.
为商品或服务花钱的行为
the act of spending money for goods or services
- 5.
消耗某物的行为
the act of consuming something
花费；消耗；花费；支付的行为。；支付的钱；花费的金额；支出额；费用；开支。；为商品或服务花钱的行为
用法In use
The family's monthly expenditure on groceries has increased due to rising food prices.
用法提示：这里'expenditure'用作可数名词，指具体开支项目。注意：'monthly expenditure on groceries'中expenditure前有定冠词the，表示特指。
The company is reviewing its capital expenditures for the next fiscal year to optimize investment.
用法提示：这里'expenditures'是复数形式，指多项支出。'capital expenditures'是固定搭配，指资本性支出。
The government has announced a significant increase in expenditure on education and healthcare.
用法提示：这里'expenditure'作不可数名词，泛指支出总额。'expenditure on'表示某方面的支出。
expenditure on + noun phrase
表示在某方面的支出，on后接名词或名词短语。
The government plans to increase expenditure on education.
政府计划增加教育支出。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- government expenditure
- 政府支出
- The government's expenditure on healthcare has increased.政府在医疗保健上的支出增加了。
- capital expenditure
- 资本支出
- The company plans to reduce its capital expenditure next year.公司计划明年减少资本支出。
- household expenditure
- 家庭开支
- We need to track our household expenditure more carefully.我们需要更仔细地记录家庭开支。
- expenditure on
- 在…上的支出
- Expenditure on education is rising rapidly.教育支出正在快速增长。
- cut expenditure
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将expenditure拆成ex-(向外)和pend(挂/花费)，想象把钱‘挂出去’就是开支。
语境与语域Context & Register
Register: neutral to formal. Typical contexts: government budgets, corporate financial statements, economics discourse. Note: 该词为中性偏正式，多用于财务报告、政府预算等正式场合。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用作单数或复数，后常接介词on。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending -ture and the sound /tʃər/, but their stressed vowels differ from expenditure's stressed vowel /ɛ/ (as in the second syllable). None of them rhyme with expenditure.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.