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Outlay is the money you have to spend to get something started — a shop, a class, a trip, a piece of equipment — before you have earned anything back. People talk about the initial outlay, a small outlay, or a huge outlay.
Outlay outlay是指 is the money那筆錢 you have to spend你得先花的 to get something started才能把某件事開始起來 — a shop, a class, a trip, a piece of equipment像開一家店、開一門課、一趟旅行、一件設備 — before you have earned anything back在你還沒賺回任何東西之前. People人們 talk about會說 the initial outlay一開始的outlay, a small outlay小筆的outlay, or a huge outlay或一大筆的outlay.
It belongs to the language of business and careful planning more than to everyday chat; in a café you might just say cost or what we had to spend, but in a report or a serious conversation about starting something, outlay is the tidy noun. It is often treated as a lump: an outlay of NT$200,000.
It它 belongs to the language of business and careful planning比較屬於商業和謹慎規劃的用語 more than to everyday chat而不是日常聊天的用語; in a cafe在咖啡廳裡 you可能就 might just say直接說 cost or what we had to spend cost或者「我們得花多少」, but不過 in a report or a serious conversation about starting something在報告裡或討論創業之類的正式對話裡, outlay outlay就是 is the tidy noun那個整齊的名詞. It它 is often treated as a lump常被當作一整筆看待: an outlay of NT$200,000比如「二十萬元的outlay」.
Though actually, the word can also be a verb ('to outlay money'), but almost only meet the noun, and that is the useful one. The picture behind it is laying money out on the table — putting it down so the work can begin.
Though actually不過事實上, the word這個字 can also be a verb也可以當動詞用 ('to outlay money')('to outlay money'), but不過 learners學習者 almost only meet the noun幾乎只會遇到名詞用法, and而 that is the useful one那才是有用的用法. The picture behind it它背後的畫面 is laying money out on the table是把錢攤在桌上, putting it down so the work can begin放下去，好讓事情可以開始.
It is not the same as all the money a business will ever spend; it is especially the sum you must put in at the start.
It它 is not the same as並不等於 all the money a business will ever spend一家公司這輩子會花的所有錢; it它 is especially尤其是指 the sum you must put in at the start一開始就得投入的那筆錢.
組成out- + lay. Lay here is 'to put down'; out- is the money going out. From out- + lay, the same idea as laying money out. The out- is the old English out- prefix, from Old English ūt-.
同家族的字
- laythe same lay as in lay money down — to put money out
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outlaynoun/ˈaʊtleɪ/
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A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
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The spending of money, or an expenditure.
- Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
- Regard must be had to the extent to which the original capital outlay has not been covered by the sum of the annual provisions for renewal, that is to say, in insurance terms, to the unexpired life of the original work, although this financial factor has to be modified in the light of the actual physical condition of the work to be replaced.
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archaicA remote haunt or habitation.
- I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.
outlayverb/aʊtˈleɪ/
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To lay or spread out; expose; display.
- Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl
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To spend, or distribute money.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。