| 单词 | defray |
| 释义 | defray verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈfreɪ/us/dɪˈfreɪ/(especiallyof anorganization) topaythecostof something: （尤指由某组织）支付，承担（费用）Thecompanywill defray allyourexpenses,includingcarrental.公司将承担你的全部费用，包括租车费。 Paying money
defray| Business Englishdefray verb[T] formal/dɪˈfreɪ/ukustopayorprovideall orpartof themoneyforcostsorexpenses: defray costs/expensesAtemporarytaxrebatewasavailabletohelpmultinationalcorporationsdefraytheirbusinesscosts. Examplesofdefraydefray These societies were established and sustained by weekly contributions todefraythe expenses of burial. From theCambridge English Corpus Generous donations from individuals helpeddefraythe costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Much of this expenditure was defrayed by means of increasing tax burdens on single people and childless couples. From theCambridge English Corpus By overstating the total costs of projects, these seemingly modest requests coulddefraya substantial portion of actual costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Members pay a small monthly fee, which defrays local and national administrative costs. From theCambridge English Corpus For defraying expenses, union administrators were empowered to levy rates (of taxation on local property valuations). From theCambridge English Corpus Participation was voluntary after informed consent was obtained, and patients were compensated with $50 todefraycost for transportation and time. From theCambridge English Corpus Evaluation is seen as a central component of a resultant new regime of scrutiny, which defrays political responsibility and replaces it with the 'virtuous circle of evaluation, evidence, performance'. From theCambridge English Corpus Oddly enough, the opinions of cellular phone owners have not been heard, although it is they whodefraythe expenses of the copyright owners, operators and advertisers. From theCambridge English Corpus One such reform is a voucher system, which gives money to qualifying parents todefraythe costs of private school tuition or to send their children to other public schools. From theCambridge English Corpus The gold had probably been received from somewhere as an offering to the palace (), which in turn used it todefraythe costs of the enthronement ceremony. From theCambridge English Corpus No provisions exist for payment towards defraying expenses or compensating the donor for loss of wages directly attributable to his/her act of supplying the organ. From theCambridge English Corpus Many schools now hire inexperienced junior faculty at low pay, impose burdensome teaching loads, recruit ill-prepared nonethicists to help teach, and depend on research grants todefrayethics teaching costs. From theCambridge English Corpus The second item in the purpose of the loan is the making of loans to planters or other persons todefraytheir expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not an insubstantial amount; it could be used todefraythe rising cost of dental treatment or eye tests, for instance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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