expended

英 [ɪkˈspendɪd]

美 [ɪkˈspendɪd]

v.  花费; 消费; 耗费
expend的过去分词和过去式

COCA.44437

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。

双语例句

• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• He expended a great deal of time in doing the work.
  他消耗大量的时间做这个工作。
• That depends on how much effort is expended, and whether the experts possess wisdom.
  这取决于投入了多少努力，以及专家们是否具备智慧。
• Much effort has been expended to improve the standard of the forging furnace.
  我们也花费了很大力量用以改进锻炉标准。
• The work obtainable equals that expended.
  可得到的功和所消耗的功相等。
• We expended a lot today, but there is time to recover.
  今天我们体力消耗较大，但有足够的时间恢复。
• These nouns refer to physical or mental effort expended to produce or accomplish something.
  这些名词用来指花费体力或脑力的努力来产生或完成某事。
• He had expended much time and energy on that experiment.
  他已经花费了许多时间、金钱在那个实验上。
• And we've just been expended.
  而我们刚刚被舍弃了。
• Depleted stocks and overcapacity mean that the effort expended in catching each fish is higher than it need be.
  枯竭的库存和生产能力过剩意味着花费在努力追赶每一个鱼是高于需要。