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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。