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

• Likewise, teams often expend inordinate amounts of time maintaining and fussing over their script-driven build systems.
  同样，团队经常花费过多的时间来维护并过分小心地对待他们的脚本驱动的构建系统。
• 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；
• It looks like we can expend our business with you.
  看起来我们可以扩大与贵方的贸易往来。
• Maximizers expend more time and energy reaching decisions, and they're often anxious about their choices.
  最大化者花更多地时间和精力来做出决定，他们往往对自己的选择感到焦虑。
• MDA make component's reuse expend to model's reuse.
  MDA的出现，使软件复用由组件复用扩展到模型复用。
• 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。
• I think it is safe to say that very few students expend the effort to do quality work in school
  我认为可以肯定地说学校里很少有学生肯为学好功课下功夫。
• Don't expend all your energy on such a useless job.
  不要把你的精力全花在这无益的工作上。
• 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。
• 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。