overheads

英 [ˈəʊvəhedz]

美 [ˈoʊvərhedz]

n.  经费; 营运费用; 经常性开支
overhead的复数

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牛津词典

noun

• 经费；营运费用；经常性开支
  regular costs that you have when you are running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity, wages, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL （企业的）间接费用，营运费用，经常性开支
  Theoverheadsof a business are its regular and essential expenses, such as salaries, rent, electricity, and telephone bills.
  1. We are having to cut our costs to reduce overheads and remain competitive.
     我们现在必须减少开支以降低营运费用，保持竞争力。

双语例句

• Once we have set a clear budget plan, we'll be able to manage the overheads costs by limiting budget spending and improving overhead productivity.
  一旦我们有一个清晰的预算计划，我们可以管理日常开支来限制预算的花费和改善生产力的日常开销。
• We are having to cut our costs to reduce overheads and remain competitive.
  我们现在必须减少开支以降低营运费用，保持竞争力。
• That should be part of your overheads and be taken from your commission.
  那应该是你们的一部分管理费用，应从佣金中支取。
• Reducing overheads is one way of remaining competitive in today's market.
  缩减营业费用是在当今市场保持竞争力的一个办法。
• I mean whether staff members are supportive in our overheads reduction project.
  我的意思是员工是否支持我们的经费削减方案这条。
• Modern production systems are becoming ever more complex, with this the ratio of overheads to total costs is likely to increase relative to materials and labour.
  现代生产系统已经变得比原来更加复杂，因此，企业一般管理费用与总开销的比率会因为原材料和劳动力而增长。
• One handy way to size up a charity is to pay attention to how much money it spends on overheads such as administration and fundraising, rather than frontline do-gooding.
  衡量一家慈善机构，一个简便的计算方法是考虑它有多少钱花费在了经营中，如行政管理和筹款，而不是用在第一线帮助他人。
• Not all virtualization technologies provide the same benefits or have the same cost overheads.
  并非所有虚拟化技术都具有相同的优点或相同的成本开销。
• Many owners rent out their second homes to help defray the overheads.
  很多房屋所有者将自己的第二居所出租，以帮助支付上述开支。
• These types of companies have much lower overheads and frequently have very knowledgeable and capable staff.
  这样的公司通常来说，管理成本较低，但却不乏一些有知识、有能力的员工。