defray
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [d??fre?]
- 美式音標(biāo) [d??fre?]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [di'frei]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt. 支出；支付
詞根記憶
- def(看作deaf，聾) + ray(光線(xiàn))→聾人得到光線(xiàn)→有人幫助付款→支付
英漢例句
- The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
補(bǔ)助金幫助支付旅行費(fèi)用。
dict.cn - His bunkhouse vacations help defray the expense of two summer ranch hands.
他的農(nóng)舍之旅可以幫他支付兩個(gè)夏季牧場(chǎng)的人工費(fèi)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(yáng)能也從這一優(yōu)惠政策獲益。 從1980年開(kāi)始，它還獲得了加州的物業(yè)稅豁免，用以支付數(shù)英畝的太陽(yáng)能鏡子的花費(fèi)。 - 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(méi)說(shuō)是同一個(gè)還是三個(gè)不同的人,前提是，這也是妥協(xié)之處，過(guò)夜男士每次要付50便士來(lái)補(bǔ)貼學(xué)校。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 公正課程節(jié)選 - "Nobody else has ever tried to help defray costs for anything for parents, so this is huge."
- Presumably, small businesses could capture that savings and defray the cost of offering health benefits--but not by much.
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雙語(yǔ)例句
原聲例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- transfer defray 轉(zhuǎn)移支付
- defray y 支付
- Defray Anticipates 支出預(yù)期
- defray deferred payment 支付遲延支付金
- defray the expenses 支給費(fèi)用
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- (especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something
- 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.