outlay是英語單詞，包含名詞和動詞兩種詞性，英式與美式發音均為[ˈaʊtleɪ]。作名詞時指“支出、費用”，作動詞意為“花費”，其詞根由前綴out（向外）與動詞lay（放置）組合構成，最早可追溯至1798年的蘇格蘭語。柯林斯詞典將其定義為“為購買物品或啟動項目必須支出的金額”，常見搭配包括initial outlay（初始投資）等。
該詞過去式與過去分詞為outlaid，現在分詞為outlaying，第三人稱單數形式為outlays。作為托福、雅思常考辭彙，其名詞用法出現在“The scheme required an initial outlay of 3,000,000 pounds”等例句中，動詞用法如“We didn't have to outlay any capital”。專業領域涵蓋航海的造船支出（outlays for building a ship）及醫學的epithelial outlay（上皮移補）等術語。
基本介紹
- 外文名：outlay
- 詞性：名詞、動詞
- 英式發音：[ˈaʊtleɪ]
- 美式發音：[ˈaʊtleɪ]
單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
outlay /ˈaʊtleɪ/ TEM8 ( outlays )
1.N-VAROutlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project. (必要的) 費用
短語搭配
outlay cost 實支成本 ; 翻譯
outlay curve 支出曲線 ; 費用曲線
residuary outlay 剩餘支出 ; 翻譯
outlay taxes 開支稅英語 ; 開支稅
outlay detail 經費 ; 費用
Forex Outlay 出口外匯支出
budgetary outlay[財政] 預算支出
epithelial outlay 上皮移補英語 ; 翻譯
雙語例句
- Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money. 拋開購買的費用不講，洗碗機實際上能給你省錢。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay. 最好的設備花費大，但這種開支很值得。《牛津詞典》
- The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising. 這家公司很快償付了初期的廣告費。《牛津詞典》
- Capital outlay is large. 基建投資是很大的。
- Neither is a cash outlay in the usual sense. 這兩筆消費都不是一般意義上的現金支出。
- There was very little outlay on new machinery. 添置新機器的開支微乎其微。
- However, the Yankees outlay represents all costs. 不過，揚基隊的支出包括了所有費用。
- Traditional gifts will make up most of the outlay. 傳統禮物將占據花銷的大部分。
- recovering the initial outlay plus imputed interest. 收回創始費用外加估算利息
- You'll see that production and consistent quality far exceed the outlay of money. 您會看到生產和質量遠遠超過了支出的金錢。
- Reducing capital outlay and reducing risk — these are traditional corporate goals! 減少資金投入，降低風險——這些正是企業的傳統目標！
- Total estimated outlay for the U.S.: $14.7 billion, down 13.5% from last year's total. 美國的情人節花費總計147億美元，比去年下降了13.5%。
- Compared with cruising around the world, it was a modest outlay and the family approved. 與週遊世界相比，這筆支出，體面又恰當。家裡人都同意。
- The outlay averaged pound794 ($1, 277) per person (on top of the project's staff costs). 平均每個人員的花費為794英鎊（折合1277美元，居該計畫人員開銷之首）。
- The payback period is the number of years needed to recover the initial cash outlay. 回收期是指收回最初現金投入所需要的年數。
- The important issue is not the 2009 outlay, but the total that will be required eventually. 關鍵的不在於2009年的支出，而是在於最終需要的總資金數。
- But very unfortunate is, cost outlay is quite huge, and final sales revenue is very small. 但非常不幸的是，成本支出相當巨大，而最終的銷售收入甚微。
- Because you end up making a huge outlay of effort into an application no one ends up using. 因為那樣你最終會付出太多，到一種沒有人使用的應用程式中
- Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment. 開初支付了裝備的費用後，想省錢是露營的一個主要動機。
- Options offer leverage - an ability to control large positions with a small outlay of cash. 期權提供了槓桿——支付很少的現金，卻可以控制很大的倉位。
- But there is no effect on year-to-year cash flows, because depreciation is not a cash outlay. 但是這對年與年現金流來說沒有影響，因為折舊不是一項現金支出。
- It would be a good rule of thumb to keep budgetary and monetary outlay under a certain amount. 把預算和花銷保持在一定數額內是一個很好的大概準則。
- Can you quote us on a few options so we can see what will be the best balance of cost and outlay for us? 您可以依不同訂單量報價給我們讓看看那一種對我們的成本和花費間可達平衡？
- I have just bought a lampshade so expensive I have to tell myself it is a work of art to justify the outlay. 我剛剛買了一個十分昂貴的燈罩，為了給這筆花銷找理由，我不得不告訴自己這是一件藝術品。
- The financial committee under the central party department is a specific organ in charge of the party outlay. 中央黨部之下的財務委員會是負責黨務經費的專責機關。
- Some companies require that the initial outlay on any project should be recoverable within a specified period. 某些公司要求任何項目的初始支出都應在一個特定期間內收回。
- Italy's pension spending is high, but its outlay on unemployment benefits is among the lowest in the European Union. 義大利的退休金支出十分高昂，而其在失業津貼方面的支出卻是歐盟國家花費最少中的一個。
- Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Paulson said the plan's ultimate cost will likely be less than the initial outlay of funds. 保爾森在福克斯電視台星期天新聞節目上說，這個計畫的最終成本可能會比初期支付的經費要少。
- It looks like you are in the process of a lifestyle shift that that will require a hefty outlay of cash this month. 這個月你將需要在改變生活方式上有大筆支出。
