outlay

英 [ˈaʊtleɪ]

美 [ˈaʊtleɪ]

n. (启动新项目的)开支，费用
vt. 花费

复数：outlays　过去分词：outlaid　

TEM8 BEC

Collins.1 / BNC.11488 / COCA.14087

牛津词典

noun

（启动新项目的）开支，费用
the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project
1. The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
  这家公司很快偿付了初期的广告费。
2. a massive financial/capital outlay
  大量的财政 / 资本开支

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。

英英释义

noun

the act of spending or disbursing money
Synonym:spendingdisbursementdisbursal
money paid out
Synonym:outgospendingexpenditure

双语例句

Of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor.
关于农业；以最少的费用或劳动大面积耕种的。
This would mean a big inventory and accompanying large cash outlay for the vendors.
对于厂商来说，这意味着一项大的存货，也伴随着支付大数目的现金。
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。
There was very little outlay on new machinery.
添置新机器的开支微乎其微。
Neither is a cash outlay in the usual sense.
这两笔消费都不是一般意义上的现金支出。
The outlay seems to bear no relation to the object aimed at.
这费用似乎和预期目的完全不相称。
There will be additional expenses over and above the basic outlay.
除了基本费用外还有额外的支出。
It would be a good rule of thumb to keep budgetary and monetary outlay under a certain amount.
把预算和花销保持在一定数额内是一个很好的大概准则。
Because you end up making a huge outlay of effort into an application no one ends up using.
因为那样你最终会付出太多，到一种没有人使用的应用程序中。
For example, our bring-your-own-cloud design point is in place to enable you to use your existing hardware resources, rather than require a large, new capital outlay.
例如，我们的“带上您自己的云（bring-your-own-cloud）”设计点能够支持使用现有硬件资源，而不是需要一个新的大额资本支出。