write-off

英 [ˈraɪt ɒf]

美 [ˈraɪt ɔːf]

n.  报废车辆; 无所作为的一段时间; (债项的)注销，销记

复数：write-offs　

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牛津词典

noun

• 报废车辆
  a vehicle that has been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth spending money to repair it
• 无所作为的一段时间
  a period of time during which you do not achieve anything
  1. With meetings and phone calls, yesterday was a complete write-off.
     昨天都在开会和打电话，瞎忙了一天。
• （债项的）注销，销记
  an act of cancelling a debt and accepting that it will never be paid

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (发生事故后)报废的车辆
  Something such as a vehicle that is awrite-offhas been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing.
  1. The car was a write-off, but everyone escaped unharmed.
     这辆车报废了，但人员全部安全逃离。
• N-COUNT (债务或花费的)注销，勾销
  Awrite-offis the decision by a company or government to accept that they will never recover a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on something.
  1. Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.
     詹姆斯先生说服银行同意注销一大笔债务。
• N-SING 失败的计划;白费的时间
  If you describe a plan or period of time as awrite-off, you mean that it has been a failure and you have achieved nothing.
  1. Today was really a bit of a write-off for me...
     今天对我来说真的有点儿白白浪费了。
  2. For him, the rest of the decade was a creative write-off.
     对他来说，这个十年所余下的时间是一段创作空白。

英英释义

noun

• the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
• (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
  Synonym:write-down

双语例句

• Consequently, the direct write-off method is acceptable because its use does not have a material effect on the reported net income.
  因此直接核销法是可行的，因为它的使用不会对净收益报告有重大影响。
• Write-off ratios for credit card and cash card loans are at worryingly high levels as some of the overstretched borrowers who were allowed to renegotiate their debt last year are again defaulting.
  一些债务负担过于沉重的借款人去年曾获准与银行重新商谈债务安排，但随着他们再次无力偿还贷款，信用卡和现金卡贷款的销账率正处于令人担心的高位。
• The centrepiece of next year's budget, the write-off is a present to a key voter group, the 40m farmers who are in default on loans taken out with state-owned banks and other institutional lenders.
  作为明年财政预算的核心内容，此次贷款减免是为一个重要投票团体所准备的礼物&4000万向国有银行及其它贷款机构申请了贷款、但出现偿贷违约情况的农民。
• Tax write-off for all the expenditures
  纳税时各项费用的冲销
• When the direct write-off method is in use, the accounts receivable will be listed in the balance sheet at their gross amount, and no valuation allowance will be used.
  当使用直接核销法时，资产负债表列示应收账款的总额，不使用备抵账户。
• But the big question is whether even this extra aid would avert a debt write-off.
  但重要的问题在于，即便得到了这种额外援助，葡萄牙能否防止债务减记？
• The car's a write-off, but he's all right.
  汽车成了废物，不过他没事儿。
• Any more intense, the whole planet's a write-off.
  再强烈些的话，整个地球都会被毁掉。
• First, the write-off losses imposed on taxpayers would destabilise the sound countries.
  第一，把减值损失强加到纳税人头上，将陷稳健国家于不稳定之中。
• Write-off to charge an asset amount to expense or loss in order to reduce the value of that asset and one's earnings.
  将一项资产的价值金额记入开支或损失项下，以减低资产或有关盈利的价值。