名词开销，花费
动词花费; 用钱，花钱( spend的现在分词 ); 消耗; 花（时间）
生活费用
A：I think we could be (saving more/ spending less/ putting more money away).
我想我们要（多存点钱/少花点钱/留点钱备用）。
B：All right. Get the receipts.
好的，把收据拿来。
Making a list-(购物清单)
B：Let’s try to get out of the supemp3arket quickly.
我们快点离开超市吧。
A：Yeah. I hate spending all day in there, too.
是呀，我也讨厌一整天呆在里面。
B：What do we need? Let’s make a list.
我们需要什么？ 列一张单据吧。
A：We need milk, eggs, butter, coffee, vegetables, fruit, bread, cheese, and some snacks.
要买牛奶、鸡蛋、黄油、咖啡、蔬菜、水果、面包、奶酪和一些零食。
B：I want some pickles, oh, and we’re out of flour. Put that on the list, too.
我要买一些泡菜。噢，没有面粉了，把这个也加上。
A：Anything else?
还要其他的吗？
B：Not that I can think of. Wait a second, we’re out of breakfast cereal. I think corn flakes are on sale. Get those.
还没有想到。等等，早餐的麦片也没有了。玉米片正打折出售，你去买那种吧。
A：No, you get those. I’ll go and get the fruits, vegetables, milk, butter, and eggs, you get the rest.
不了，你去买吧。我去买水果、蔬菜、牛奶、黄油和鸡蛋，其他的你买。
Costs-(花费)
A：We need to figure out how much money we’re spending and what we’re spending it on.
我们要算算我们花了多少钱而且都花在什么地方了。
B：Why?
为什么？
A：Well, I think we could be saving more.
哦，我想我们该多存一些钱了。
B：Really, well, o.k. Get the receipts out.
真的，哦，好的。把收据拿出来。
A：Let’s see. We spent $700 dollars for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
让我看看。上个月有房屋贷款700元，食品杂货400元，家具75元，汽油费250元，书100元和300元的娱乐消费。
B：That’s $1825.
总共是1825元。
A：We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
我们存了500元到储蓄账户。还存了750元到资本账户。
B：$3075. Our paychecks our $3300, combined. That means we don’t have any receipts for $225.
那就是3075元。我们的薪水加起来是3300元，那意味着有一项225元的支出没有收据。
A：Right
对。
1. 消费：帝国商业银行(CIBC)经济学家申菲尔德(AveryShenfeld)指出,央行大幅削减利率至历史最低点有效地刺激了借贷(borrowing)和消费(spending). 来源:环球邮报报告指出,居民在某些商品,如汽车、家具的消费量明显上升,
2. 花费：就武器与军备而言(in the way of arms or materiel),神学士认为,相较於盟军的花费(spending),他们需要的不多. 神学士同时拒绝考虑(dismiss)和阿富汗政府谈判(negotiation)或是与他们达成权力分享协议(power-sharing deal)的构想.
3. 支出：根据政府负债的传统观点,如果政府减少税租(taxes)但并没有减少其支出(spending),47. 罗仑士曲线(Lorenz Curve)被用来说明:49. 实质景气循环理论(real-business-cycle theory)主张:50. 新凯因斯学派(New Keynesian School)基本主张:
1. David Blaine's latest stunt is spending a week living in an acrylic sphere filled with water.
2. As the holiday season approaches, new economic indicators show a business activity firming up and rising consumer confidence and spending.
3. Investors worried the rise in oil would force consumers to forgo spending on discretionary items, squeezing business profits.
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4. Business inventory spending surged to an estimated $ 56 billion in the fourth quarter after a 2 billion decline in the third quarter.
5. spending的解释
5. The idea came to Rao after spending 10 years in the United States, where he attended Stanford University's business school and later founded a social networking website.
6. Cook said Mac revenue was also hurt as businesses that typically buy more expensive models continued to put off technology spending.
7. Big spending sectors such as the auto industry are expected to buy more commercial time.
8. spending什么意思
8. A major change in spending habits in the province is that people have started buying cars.
9. Consumer spending is closely watched by economists and analysts because it accounts for 70 percent of all US economic activity.
10. The US Senate on Tuesday passed an omnibus act on government spending, which includes an article targeting Chinese poultry products.
spending
noun
1. the act of spending or disbursing money
Synonym: disbursement disbursal outlay
2. money paid out
an amount spent
Synonym: outgo expenditure outlay