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　

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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

Neither entity wanted to expend the time or money to develop their own standard.
没有经济实体想要花时间或金钱来开发它们自己的标准。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
It may promote to expend and to produce in a short time, imperceptibly to economical recovery promoter action.
它可以在短期内促进消费和生产，无形中对经济的复苏起到了促进作用。
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。