budget

名词 budget:

1. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
2. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

动词 budget:

1. make a budget

1. Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned.
   下一年度的预算将大幅度削减。
2. Congress has approved the new educational budget.
   国会通过了新的教育预算。
3. We have to work within the parameters of time and budget.
   我们工作受时间和财力所限。
4. Our budget needs drastic revision.
   我们的预算需作重大修改。
5. They'll very likely ask for an increase in the budget.
   他们很可能会要求增加预算。
6. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to announce tax cuts in this year's budget.
   人们期望财政大臣公布在本年度预算中削减税收。
7. A family on a budget can't afford meat every day.
   经济拮据的家庭不能每天享用肉食。

budg.et

n.（名词）

An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them:
预算报告：在给定时间内对预估或预计的花费逐条列出的摘要，并为这些花费提供财政支持的建议：
例句：
submitted the annual budget to Congress.
向国会宣布年预算报告

A systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period:
预算：对于通常是固定的某种资源，如金钱或时间，在给定时间内的系统消费计划：
例句：
A new car will not be part of our budget this year.
买一辆新车不在我们今年的预算之内

The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time:
专款：为某一特定用途或某段时间拨发的钱财总数：
例句：
a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.
一个年拨款为五百美元的项目

A stock or collection with definite limits:
累积，储存：有一定限度的储存或收集：
例句：
.his budget of general knowledge.(William Hazlitt)
.他对一般常识的累积.(威廉·黑兹利特)

v.（动词）
budg.et.ed,budg.et.ing,budg.ets
v.tr.（及物动词）
To plan in advance the expenditure of:
事先编列预算：在支出之前提前计则：
例句：
needed help budgeting our income; budgeted my time wisely.
必需帮助预算我们的收入；明智地安排我的时间

To enter or account for in a budget:
把…写入预算：在预算报告中写下或讲请各项花费：
例句：
forgot to budget the car payments.
忘记编列汽车的预算

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make or use a budget.
编制预算，使用预算
adj.（形容词）
Of or relating to a budget:
预算的：与预算有关的，预算的：
例句：
budget items approved by Congress.
国会通过的预算项目

Appropriate to a budget; inexpensive:
合乎预算的；便宜的：
例句：
a budget car; budget meals.
便宜的轿车；合乎预算的晚宴

来源：
Middle English bouget [wallet]
中古英语 bouget [钱包]
from Old French bougette [diminutive of] bouge [leather bag]
源自 古法语 bougette [] bouge的小后缀 [皮包]
from Latin bulga
源自 拉丁语 bulga
[of Celtic origin] * see bhelgh-
[起源于凯尔特语的] *参见 bhelgh-

【引伸】
budg.etar.y
budg.eter 或
budg.eteer.