defray

常见例句

The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
补助金帮助支付旅行费用。
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His bunkhouse vacations help defray the expense of two summer ranch hands.
他的农舍之旅可以帮他支付两个夏季牧场的人工费用。
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。

Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.
They didn't say whether it had to be the same one or three different provided, and this was the compromise, provided the guest paid 50 pence to defray the cost to the college.
他们也没说是同一个还是三个不同的人,前提是，这也是妥协之处，过夜男士每次要付50便士来补贴学校。
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"Nobody else has ever tried to help defray costs for anything for parents, so this is huge."

Presumably, small businesses could capture that savings and defray the cost of offering health benefits--but not by much.
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Half of those revenues will go to their customers, which helps them defray the costs of the expedition.
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Hopefully this plan will defray some carp costs, bring in some jobs and earn someone a bit of profit.
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