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

• 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。
• 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。
• He expended a great deal of time in doing the work.
  他消耗大量的时间做这个工作。
• And we've just been expended.
  而我们刚刚被舍弃了。
• 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。
• Time and effort expended are usually moe appreciated than money spent.
  比花钱更宝贵的是肯于付出的时间和努力。
• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• Many mathematicians have expended a great deal of effort trying to prove the conjecture.
  许多数学家们费了大量的努力试图证明这个猜想。
• The work obtainable equals that expended.
  可得到的功和所消耗的功相等。
• Not real champagne, but plenty real enough for the amount of imagination expended on it.
  也不是真有香槟，而是运用了充分的想像力弄假成真了。