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

• To finance the outlays needed on education, infrastructure, family support and technology, taxes on high incomes will have to rise by several per cent of GDP, far beyond what Mr Obama has acknowledged.
  要获得教育、基础设施、家庭补助和科技所需的资金，美国必须大幅提高对高收入者的征税，增加量要达到gdp的好几个百分点，这远高于奥巴马承认的必要增税力度。
• 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。
• Technical Operations and Publications Service technical assistance and operating outlays
  技术业务和出版物处技术援助和业务费用
• 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。
• 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%。
• Sooner or later revenues will have to rise or outlays will have to be curtailed.
  政府迟早得增加财政收入或者削减支出。
• Households pay down their debts rather than making new outlays on consumer goods.
  家庭部门倾向于偿还债务，而非新增支出以购买消费品。
• 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。
• 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。
• GDP has four components: consumer spending, private investment, government outlays, and the excess, or deficit, of exports over imports.
  GDP由四个部分组成：消费性开支、个人投资、政府开支和进出口贸易逆差。