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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• The enemy had expended all their ammunition.
  敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。