Defray

(verb.) bear the expenses of.

手打:罗谢尔

• As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• A favorable report having been made by that body, the Board of Ordnance and Fortification recommended a grant of fifty thousand dollars to defray the expen ses of further research. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In these circumstances, the rent of a great landed estate might, upon ordinary occasions, very well defray all the necessary expenses of government. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I am prepared to defray all charges. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The work was continued during the following twenty years, the English government contributing about $85,000 to defray its cost. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It is natural, indeed, to suppose, that so great an annual expense must have been defrayed from a great annual produce. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The revenues from the province of Asia defrayed the expenses of the Roman state. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is no impropriety, therefore, in its being defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The rent of a very moderate landed estate might be fully sufficient for defraying all the other necessary expenses of government. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The institutions for the education of the youth may, in the same manner, furnish a revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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