buying expense

基本解释

Fuel is his single biggest expense: buying it takes up much of his time.
燃料的开销是最大的：购买也需要大量时间。
There's the expense of buying a vacuum cleaner (and keeping it in good repair), plus the extra cost of purchasing cleaning must-haves like vacuum bags, sponges, paper towels and cleansers.
比如购买吸尘器（和它保持工作良好的维修费用），加上购买那些日常清洁必须物诸如真空袋，海绵，纸巾和清洁剂的额外费用。
The expense of buying a car is more than we can afford.
买车的费用超出了我们的支付能力。

In addition to the expense of buying the commercial time, Thomas Harpointner says there are additional costs that many forget.

Few folks can afford the absurd expense of buying insurance out-of-pocket, and countless would-be entrepreneurs stay at unfulfilling jobs for this reason and this reason alone.
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The result is a hard look at other alternatives for funding of what is most families' largest single expense beyond buying a residence and planning for retirement.
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Depending on the price of gas, it can take quite a while for fuel savings to make up for the extra expense of buying a hybrid as opposed to a standard, gasoline-powered equivalent.
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