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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Been so, we began to prepare write-off information.
  等得到后，开始准备核销的资料。
• 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。
• 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。
• The car was a complete write-off.
  这车彻底报废了。
• Tax write-off for all the expenditures
  纳税时各项费用的冲销
• 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。
• 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。