学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3543 expenditure

 今天我们要学的词是 expenditure¹. Expenditure is spelled E-X-P-E-N-D-I-T-U-R-E, expenditure.

 

Expenditure 的意思是开支，常用于指财政支出。Women make up about half of the world's population, but studies show that less than one percent of global corporate² expenditures³ go to women-owned businesses. 女性约占世界人口的一半，但研究表明，全球企业支出中不到百分之一用于女性拥有的企业。

 

The very basis of Modern Monetary⁴ Theory, the idea that governments can finance their expenditures themselves and therefore deficits⁵ don't matter, goes back to the Polish Marxist economist⁶, Michael Kalechi. 现代货币理论的基础，即政府可以为他们自己的财政支出提供融资，因此赤字不是问题的观点，可以追溯到波兰马克思主义经济学家迈克尔·卡莱基。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是expenditure, expenditure, expenditure.

1 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

2 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

3 expenditures   

n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 )；使用；（尤指金钱的）支出额；（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费

参考例句：

• We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了，下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 deficits   

n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损

参考例句：

• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句

6 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。