budget

1. N-COUNT Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it. 预算[商业]

She will design a fantastic new kitchen for you – and all within your budget. 她将为你设计一个崭新的漂亮厨房–所有的花费都将在你的预算之内。

Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget. 有人用不多的钱把那个地方布置了一下。

2. N-COUNT The budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends. (机构、政府等的) 财政收支状况[商业]

The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year. 该医院显然每年都需要平衡其财务收支。

3. V-T/V-I If you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that you can afford to spend those amounts on those things. 安排开支; 编制预算

The company has budgeted $10 million for advertising. 公司已经安排了1千万美元的广告预算。

The film is only budgeted at $10 million. 这部电影的预算只有1千万美元。

I'm learning how to budget. 我正在学习怎样编制预算。

4. budgetingN-UNCOUNT 预算

We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year. 在今年的预算方面，我们继续小心谨慎。

5. ADJ Budget is used in advertising to suggest that something is being sold cheaply. 价格低廉的[ADJ n]

Cheap flights are available from budget travel agents from $240. 起价$240的廉价机票可从一些经济旅行社那里买到。