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。
• The energy expended in this operation.
  这次行动所花费的精力。
• Costs expended on and revenue derived from transfers of technology during the year;
  年度技术转让成本和收益；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.
  士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。