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

• Investors also expend considerable effort attempting to assess the quality of a company's management.
  投资者还需要花费大量的精力评估公司的治理品质。
• 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。
• 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 looks like you're ready to expend.
  看来，你准备把它做大了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Each year, economists expend vast energy on measuring the activity of, say, households or large companies.
  经济学家每年都会耗费大量精力，衡量家庭和大公司等经济部门的活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。