outlays

英 [ˈaʊtleɪz]

美 [ˈaʊtˌleɪz]

n.  (启动新项目的)开支，费用
outlay的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （必要的）费用，开支
  Outlayis the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project.
  1. Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money...
     除了购置所用开支，洗碗机实际上能为你省钱。
  2. A beginner could really enjoy the hobby for an outlay of between £100 or £120 a month.
     初学者只需每月花上100到120英镑便能真正享受到这种爱好带来的乐趣。

双语例句

• The authors want savings there and in social security outlays as well, another political mantrap.
  两位作者希望能在这一领域以及社会保障支出方面节省一些钱，而社保领域又是一个政治禁区。
• Sooner or later revenues will have to rise or outlays will have to be curtailed.
  政府迟早得增加财政收入或者削减支出。
• Outlays on public services and investments other than healthcare and pensions have been badly squeezed.
  在此期间，除医疗和养老金外，公共服务和投资的支出遭到了严重挤压。
• To finance the outlays needed on education, infrastructure, family support and technology, taxes on high incomes will have to rise by several per cent of GDP, far beyond what Mr Obama has acknowledged.
  要获得教育、基础设施、家庭补助和科技所需的资金，美国必须大幅提高对高收入者的征税，增加量要达到gdp的好几个百分点，这远高于奥巴马承认的必要增税力度。
• This will involve high expenses and nonrecoverable outlays.
  这将意味着庞大的支出和不能收回的投资。
• On the fiscal front, deficit reduction measures must be undertaken to reduce expected future outlays.
  在财政方面，必须施行减少赤字的措施，以减少未来的预期支出。
• They report substantial slashes in this year's defense outlays.
  他们报道今年度国防经费的大量削减。
• The survey of small-business owners asks questions based on plans to increase employment, capital outlays and inventories as well as whether they expect economic and credit conditions and sales to improve.
  在调查中，小企业主们被问到的问题包括是否计划增加招聘、资本支出和库存，以及是否预计经济和信贷环境以及销售状况将会改善。
• Higher consumer spending, including increased outlays on health care, and a narrower trade balance also contributed to the summer improvement.
  包括医疗保健等领域的消费者支出的加大，以及贸易逆差的收窄，也促成了今夏经济增速的提高。
• There is little doubt that some benefits from these outlays continue beyond the current period.
  毫无疑问这些费用支出带来的有些好处会超出当期。