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

• 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 West has expended vast amounts of blood and treasure fighting wars.
  西方已经在战争中付出了大量的鲜血和金钱。
• Also, a lot of energy is expended in this process.
  还有，在这个过程中消耗了大量的能源。
• The whole of a man's income is expended in the purchase of services and of commodities.
  个人之全部所得，乃是用来购买劳役和商品的。
• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• 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。
• While I may not have truly expended that amount of energy, it is a great reference for me.
  虽然我可能没有真正的花费的能量，这对我来说是很大的参考。
• 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。
• 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。
• The energy expended in this operation.
  这次行动所花费的精力。