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defray

D 开头单词GRE词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [dɪˈfreɪ]
  • 美式音标 [dɪˈfreɪ]
  • 国际音标 [di'frei]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 支出；支付

词根记忆

  • def(看作deaf，聾) + ray(光線)→聾人得到光線→有人幫助付款→支付

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    defrayal：支付；支出。
    defrayment：支出；支付。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
    補助金幫助支付旅行費用。
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  • His bunkhouse vacations help defray the expense of two summer ranch hands.
    他的辳捨之旅可以幫他支付兩個夏季牧場的人工費用。
  • Solar power benefited from the same credits and, beginning in 1980, had the additional sweetener of a California property-tax exemption to defray the cost of acres of mirrors.
    太陽能也從這一優惠政策獲益。 從1980年開始，它還獲得了加州的物業稅豁免，用以支付數英畝的太陽能鏡子的花費。

    • 原聲例句

  • Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.
  • They didn't say whether it had to be the same one or three different provided, and this was the compromise, provided the guest paid 50 pence to defray the cost to the college.
    他們也沒說是同一個還是三個不同的人,前提是，這也是妥協之処，過夜男士每次要付50便士來補貼學校。
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  • "Nobody else has ever tried to help defray costs for anything for parents, so this is huge."

    • 權威例句

  • Presumably, small businesses could capture that savings and defray the cost of offering health benefits--but not by much.
    FORBES: Will Small Biz Be Healthier Under Bush's Proposal?

词组短语

    短語

  • transfer defray 轉移支付
  • defray y 支付
  • Defray Anticipates 支出預期
  • defray deferred payment 支付遲延支付金
  • defray the expenses 支給費用

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example, while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf.