/ˈbʌdʒɪt/
the money that is available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time 预算
a monthly/an annual/a family budget
每月／年度／家庭预算
the education/defence budget (= the amount of money that can be spent on this)
教育／国防预算
an advertising budget of $2 million
预计 200 万美元的广告费
a big-budget movie
一部巨额预算的电影
We decorated the house on a tight budget (= without much money to spend).
我们俭省地装修了房子。
The work was finished on time and within budget (= did not cost more money than was planned).
工作按时完成且未超出预算。
They went over budget (= spent too much money).
他们超出了预算。
budget cuts
预算削减
verb
[I, T] to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose 谨慎花钱；把…编入预算
If we budget carefully we’ll be able to afford the trip.
我们精打细算一点，就能够负担这次旅行。
~ for sth
I’ve budgeted for two new members of staff.
我已经把两名新职员名额编入预算。
~ sth (for sth)
Ten million francs has been budgeted for the project.
为该工程已编制了一千万法郎的预算。
~ sth (at sth)
The project has been budgeted at ten million francs.
该工程已制订一千万法郎的预算。