expend

英 [ɪkˈspend]

美 [ɪkˈspend]

v.  花费; 消费; 耗费

过去分词：expended　过去式：expended　现在分词：expending　第三人称单数：expends　

CET4考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11218 / COCA.10629

牛津词典

verb

• 花费；消费；耗费
  to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
  1. She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
     她把所有精力都花在料理家务和照顾孩子上。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 花费;耗费
  Toexpendsomething, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.
  1. Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
     孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。

英英释义

verb

• use up, consume fully
  1. The legislature expended its time on school questions
  Synonym:use
• pay out
  1. spend money
  Synonym:spenddrop

双语例句

• So dreading the effort you'll expend at the gym or sweating to exhaustion is misguided;
  所以害怕在健身房、或运动后汗流浃背、筋疲力会消耗能量是在产生误导；
• We often expend all of our energy trying to meet every social obligation.
  我们经常花费我们所有的精力试图满足每项社会义务。
• You expend so much effort for so little return.
  你为如此小的回报付出了如此多的努力。
• The psychic rogue can expend his psionic focus to use this ability as a move action.
  灵能游荡者可以耗费他的灵能聚焦以一个移动动作使用这项能力。
• They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause.
  他们不想把精力投到他们认为注定不会成功的事中去。
• You don't need to expend that much time in watching TV.
  你不必花那么多时间在看电视上。
• Even if him worker agrees, do not expend also be deregulation for pay endowment insurance.
  即使是职工本人同意，不为缴纳养老保险费也是违反规定的。
• It is so boring and it will have expend much time, money and energy, so I I wouldn't advise everyone to take part in it.
  太无聊了，而且还要花费大量的时间、金钱和精力，所以我不建议大家参加。
• We expend a significant amount of money to support our undergraduate students and of course for our graduate students.
  我们每年花费大量的资金支持我们本科生奖学金项目，当然研究生奖学金项目也一样支持。
• These technologies have shifted the amount of energy that people expend in doing their daily business.
  这些技术替换了人们用于每日劳作的能量。