budget ['bʌdʒit]

budget的基本解释

n.

预算

• She tried to keep her monthly budget below $400.
• 她试图将每月的开支限制在四百元以下。

• We have a budget of news today.
• 今天我们有许多新闻。

• You have a budget of letters on your desk.
• 在你的桌子上有一大堆信件。

vi.

编预算

adj.

廉价的

vt.

编入预算, 安排

• She is extremely busy, so she has to budget her time carefully.
• 她忙极了，所以必须好好安排时间。

与budget相关的情景对话

休闲娱乐/购物

A:

Bob, do you want to go grocery shopping with me?

鲍伯，你想和我一起去杂货店买些东西吗？

B:

Where are you going—to the corner shop down the road or to the new supermarket downtown?

你是去路那边的街角小店还是去市里的新超市？

A:

I thought we could go to the new supermarket to check it out. Maybe they’ll have some of those olives that you like so much.

我想我们还是去那个新的超市看看吧。可能那儿有你非常喜欢的橄榄。

B:

Alright. Have you made your shopping list?

好吧。你列购物清单了没有啊？

A:

No, I thought we’d just have a look.

没有，我想我们只是看一看。

B:

You know what they say. You should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry.

你知道大家怎么说的：当你饿的时候，绝不要去买东西。

A:

Why not?

为什么不呢？

B:

Because you’ll end up buying a lot more food than you normally would. Maybe we should at least give ourselves a budget to work with.

因为你通常会买比原本打算要买的多很多。或许我们至少应该定一个预算。

A:

Fine. We won’t spend any more than $50.

好，我们不要超过50 美元。

B:

Ok. Let’s go!

好，走吧。

商务外贸/Production Problems-(产品问题)

A:

We're going to have a problem meeting the budget for the production of our new sound board.

我们拨给新声卡产品的预算会有问题。

B:

How much of a problem?

问题有多严重？

A:

Well, it seems that we underestimated the costs. According to the factory, it will cost about eight percent more than initially projected.

看样子我们似乎低估了成本。根据制造厂商的说法，成本会比原先计划的还高出百分之八。

B:

Let me see . . .Looking at this, if my calculations are correct, we are about three thousand dollars over budget?

我看看……看这状况，假如我算得没错，我们大约比预算多出了三千美金。

A:

That's right. It's going to cost about three thousand more to complete the first order.

是的。大约要多花三千元来完成第一批订单。

B:

I see...

我明白了……

A:

But if sales go as well as they should, that's still well within our profit margin. Proceeds from sales of the first order will easily cover the cost of the second order.

不过假如销售状况有应有的表现，那就仍在我们的获利范围之内。第一批定单的营收将会很容易就抵过第二批定单的成本。

B:

In other words, you only need a budget increase for the first order.

换句话说，你只需要增加第一批定单的预算。

A:

Exactly. After that, the product should finance itself.

完全正确。之后，产品本身就可以获利，不需要再增加预算。

B:

OK. Well, you know, all major budget decisions must be approved by our CEO and the financial officer.

好的，你知道，所有主要的预算决策需要总裁及财政主管的批准。

A:

Yes, I know. But I thought that if I could get your support first, it might make getting approval easier.

是的，我知道。只是我觉得如果我能先取得你的支持可能会比较容易得到批准。

B:

Well, you've got my support on this. I'll see what I can do to get the top brass to agree.

嗯，你已经得到我的支持了。我会看看有什么方法可以让高层主管同意。