outlays

英 [ˈaʊtleɪz]

美 [ˈaʊtˌleɪz]

n.  (启动新项目的)开支，费用
outlay的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• But discretionary outlays, including defence, are less than 40% of the total budget.
  问题在于包括国防在内的机动支出仅占总预算的40%。
• Starting with its "primary budget surplus" ( tax revenues exceeding total non-interest outlays), it can eliminate its overall budget deficit if it cuts spending by just 3 per cent of gross domestic product in a budget that equals half of GDP.
  首先可以从“基本预算盈余”（税收收入超过非利息支出总额的部分）入手只要在相当于国内生产总值（gdp）一半的预算中削减占gdp3%的支出，它就可以消除全部预算赤字。
• In contrast, private demand in South Africa, where higher interest rates and an erosion of real incomes are curbing real outlays, is projected to soften.
  与此相反，在南非，由于利率提高和实际收入减少遏制了实际支出，私人需求预计会出现疲软。
• They report substantial slashes in this year's defense outlays.
  他们报道今年度国防经费的大量削减。
• The survey of small-business owners asks questions based on plans to increase employment, capital outlays and inventories as well as whether they expect economic and credit conditions and sales to improve.
  在调查中，小企业主们被问到的问题包括是否计划增加招聘、资本支出和库存，以及是否预计经济和信贷环境以及销售状况将会改善。
• The authors want savings there and in social security outlays as well, another political mantrap.
  两位作者希望能在这一领域以及社会保障支出方面节省一些钱，而社保领域又是一个政治禁区。
• Rescuing the financial system will probably require large outlays beyond the funds already disbursed.
  救援金融体系可能还需要在已经注入的资金基础上大幅扩大支出。
• On the fiscal front, deficit reduction measures must be undertaken to reduce expected future outlays.
  在财政方面，必须施行减少赤字的措施，以减少未来的预期支出。
• Outlays on public services and investments other than healthcare and pensions have been badly squeezed.
  在此期间，除医疗和养老金外，公共服务和投资的支出遭到了严重挤压。
• Sustained increases in its annual defense outlays put China on track to become a major military power.
  维持被放回归正常成为主要的军事力量的中国的它的年度防卫费用的增加。