revenue
英['rev?nju?]
美['r?v?nu]
- n. 稅收，國家的收入；收益
詞態變化
復數:?revenues;
助記提示
1. 出去的東西當然是支出 => expense, 那么返回來的東西理所當然的就是收入了 => revenue.
2. income <===> revenue, 構詞成分及原理差不多，含義當然也差不多，很相近。
3. expense <===> revenue.
4. expense <===> income.
5. 由于re-的“back”含義，所以該詞多指帶有投資出去后然后所得到的回報性的收益。如 (公司、組織或政府的) 收入，國家的稅收。
中文詞源
revenue 財政收入，收益
re-,向后，往回，-ven,來，詞源同 venue,advent.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- revenue (n.)
- early 15c., "income from property or possessions," from Middle French revenue, in Old French, "a return," noun use of fem. past participle of revenir "come back" (10c.), from Latin revenire "return, come back," from re- "back" (see re-) + venire "come" (see venue). Meaning "public income" is first recorded 1680s; revenue sharing popularized from 1971. Revenuer "U.S. Department of Revenue agent," the bane of Appalachian moonshiners, first attested 1880.
雙語例句
- 1. Tax frauds are dealt with by the Inland Revenue.
- 稅務欺詐由國內稅務局負責處理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Internal Revenue Service sought to disallow the payments.
- 國內收入署試圖駁回這些繳納款。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a shortfall in tax revenue
- 稅收收入不足
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes.
- 國家稅收委員管理英國全國的稅收.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The reckoning up of revenue and expenditure shows a small surplus.
- 收支相抵,略有剩余.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》