expend 详细解释

expend

[iks'pend]

vt.花费, 消耗

vt.

1. 消费, 花费(时间, 精力等)[(+in/on)]

They expended large sums of money in maintaining this beach.

他们花去大笔的钱维护这个海滩。

2. 用光, 耗尽

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。

vi.

花钱

He expends largely.

他挥金如土。

词形变化

动词过去式: expended | 动词过去分词: expended | 动词现在分词: expending | 动词第三人称单数: expends |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.花费; 用完

spend  consume  exhaust  waste  use up  

同义参见:

shell  

英英释义

动词 expend:

use up, consume fully

同义词:use

pay out

同义词:spend, drop

补充

expendexpend英:[iksˈpend] 美:[ɪkˈspɛnd]vt.1.花费, 使用(钱等)做某事Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.不要把时间消耗在这种无用的工作上。2.用光; 耗尽The enemy had expended all their ammunition.敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。

例句

1. Few people expend time and effort to monitor and assess the value of their promotional efforts.很少有人会花时间和精力去监督和评估他们在促销上下的功夫发挥了多少价值。 2. 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。 3. I expended energy,time,and care on my work.我把精力、时间和心血花在工作上。 4. to expend every ounce of effort耗尽气力 5. He expended largely.他挥金如土。 6. the energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas.运动中花费的能量可以转到其他部位。 7. I have expended a lot of time and energy on that project.为了那个计划,我花了不少时间和心血。 8. "You can only lose weight by expending [=using, using up] more calories than you take in."只有当消耗的卡路里比摄取的多时,你才能减肥。 9. expend [=spend] funds花费资金 10. Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?我们愿意花费所需的时间和资源来解决这个问题吗? 11. We need to expend more time and resources on solving the problem.我们需要花更多时间和资源来解决这个问题。 12. We need to expend more time and resources in finding a solution to the problem.我们需要花更多时间和资源来找出这个问题的解决方法。