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。
• The newly-married couple expended too much money on decorating their apartment.
  这对新婚夫妇把过多的钱花费在装饰他们的那套房间上。
• He expended much time in reading.
  他花费许多工夫读书。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The work obtainable equals that expended.
  可得到的功和所消耗的功相等。