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。
• He expended much time in reading.
  他花费许多工夫读书。
• When one considers all this it is striking to realize the energy expended.
  当你考虑所有这一切的时候，你会意识到这花费了多么惊人的能量。
• 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。
• And we've just been expended.
  而我们刚刚被舍弃了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The energy expended in this operation.
  这次行动所花费的精力。
• 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。