defray
defray 英 [dɪˈfreɪ] 美 [dɪˈfre]
vt. 支出；支付
进行时:defraying 过去式:defrayed 过去分词:defrayed 第三人称单数:defrays
- If your mother says she will defray the cost of your next move, say thank you. She means she will take on some of the expenses for you.
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- vt. 支出；支付
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1. The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
补助金帮助支付旅行费用。
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2. Faith is traditionally symbolised by light, an image which is subverted by Woolf in having the proceeds of the Pageant being used to defray the cost of church lighting.
光是命运的传统象征，而伍尔夫在描述“演变”的过程中却将其用在教堂的光电需要支付费用，颠覆了光这一意象。
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3. 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。
- defray (v.) 1540s, from Middle French defraier (15c.), perhaps from de- "out" (see de-) + fraier "spend," from Old French frais "costs, damages caused by breakage," from Latin fractum, neuter past participle of frangere "to break" (from PIE root *bhreg- "to break"). Alternative etymology traces second element to Old High German fridu "peace," via Vulgar Latin *fredum "fine, cost."
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