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

• 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。
• A past-due receivable is a candidate for write-off as a credit loss.
  一笔逾期的应收款可能被作为信用损失核销。
• 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？
• Study on the Problems about the Creation and Write-off Mechanism of Put Warrant
  我国认沽权证创设注销机制问题研究
• 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。
• Been so, we began to prepare write-off information.
  等得到后，开始准备核销的资料。
• Tax write-off for all the expenditures
  纳税时各项费用的冲销
• 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。
• 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。
• In some situations, use of the direct write-off method is acceptable.
  在某些情况下，使用直接核销法是可以接受的。