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 expended large sums of money in maintaining this beach.
  他们花去大笔的钱维护这个海滩。
• Costs expended on and revenue derived from transfers of technology during the year;
  年度技术转让成本和收益；
• 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。
• Electrical energy expended by lamp converts into heat and light.
  电灯所消耗的电能一部分变成了热能，另一部分变成了光能。
• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• 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。
• Time and political capital are expended pursuing trade policies irrelevant to most American companies.
  美国政府花费了大量时间和政治资本，去实行与大多数美国公司毫不相干的贸易政策。
• We've already expended too much energy on this project.
  我们在这个项目上已经耗费了太多精力。
• 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。