defray
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪˈfreɪ]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈfreɪ]
- 国际音标 [di'frei]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 支出;支付
词根记忆
- def(看作deaf,聋) + ray(光线)→聋人得到光线→有人帮助付款→支付
英汉例句
- The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
补助金帮助支付旅行费用。
dict.cn - His bunkhouse vacations help defray the expense of two summer ranch hands.
他的农舍之旅可以帮他支付两个夏季牧场的人工费用。 - 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.
太阳能也从这一优惠政策获益。 从1980年开始,它还获得了加州的物业税豁免,用以支付数英亩的太阳能镜子的花费。 - 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.
他们也没说是同一个还是三个不同的人,前提是,这也是妥协之处,过夜男士每次要付50便士来补贴学校。
耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选 - "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.
FORBES: Will Small Biz Be Healthier Under Bush's Proposal?
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词组短语
- transfer defray 转移支付
- defray y 支付
- Defray Anticipates 支出预期
- defray deferred payment 支付迟延支付金
- defray the expenses 支给费用
短语
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.