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

• 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。
• 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。
• Been so, we began to prepare write-off information.
  等得到后，开始准备核销的资料。
• 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。
• The car was a write-off after the accident.
  出事后，这辆汽车成了一堆废铁。
• It is possible the tax write-off alone will make homebuying right for you.
  可能税务减免是你购房时的有利因素。
• The inevitable defaults from the 2008 stimulus program will eventually force the system to take a major write-off.
  2008年出台的刺激计划造成了不可避免的违约，这最终将迫使银行业进行大规模的资产减记。
• 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。
• The car's a write-off, but he's all right.
  汽车成了废物，不过他没事儿。
• So political factors may eventually make another write-off both necessary and feasible.
  因此，在政治因素的驱使下，最终再次减记希腊债务可能变得既必要又可行。