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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
  停止锻炼会使肌肉萎缩、脂肪增加。同样，如果花更多的精力锻炼，就会减掉脂肪。
• Second, these numbers indicate places where you might want to expend effort to improve code hygiene and design.
  第二，这些数字指出应该在哪些方面改进代码质量和设计。
• Budget lines represent all combinations of goods for which consumers expend all their income.
  预算线描述了消费者用他们全部的收入购买商品的所有组合。
• At this time of year, it's imperative to expend more calories.
  在每年的这个时候，它必须花费更多的热量。
• It would be a right way to conserve and expend the Pangolin's population by manually rearing this animal.
  开展穿山甲的人工饲养，扩大物种繁殖和保护，已成为保护穿山甲资源的有效途径。
• 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。