expending

英 [ɪkˈspendɪŋ]

美 [ɪkˈspendɪŋ]

v.  花费; 消费; 耗费
expend的现在分词

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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of spending money for goods or services
  Synonym:expenditure

双语例句

• While this doesn't hold true for every single situation, it's a good principle to keep in mind. There are probably some areas in your life where you're expending a lot of effort for negligible results.
  尽管这一原理不是在任何条件下都能成立的，但是的确值得你牢记，因为在你生活中的某些方面，你可能就花了大力气却只得到了微不足道的成果。
• Subterranean data centers may keep computer equipment cool while expending less energy than conventional designs.
  地下数据中心的电脑设备可能会保持冷静，同时消耗更少的能源，比传统设计。
• And foreign investors will think twice before expending time and money in lengthy negotiations only to see state-sanctioned deals crumble before their eyes.
  而外国投资者在旷日持久的谈判上耗费时间和金钱，结果只是眼睁睁地看着政府批准的交易流产，他们今后会三思而行。
• Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
  关于农业；倾向于以消耗更多资金和劳动力小面积耕种的。
• You are expending your plant.
  贵公司在扩厂。
• Expending tax revenues on government operations.
  把税收款用于政府运行上。
• They are expending enormous amounts of money; they have a huge diplomatic presence across the Pacific, she said.
  他们正在投入数额巨额资金，他们在整个太平洋地区建立了庞大的外交关系网，她表示。
• To Analyse Simply on the Effects of Fuel Oil Taxation for Private Cars Expending
  浅析燃油税的征收对私人轿车消费的影响
• It is Europe that traditionally wants such summits and dialogues and often has to beg China to get them, expending what little leverage it has on the process rather than on substance.
  欧洲一向希望举行这样的峰会和对话，为此常常不得不恳求中国，将微不足道的一点影响力耗费在过程、而非实质内容上。
• BUT I argued that I was expending my talent overseas.
  我反驳我是在国外展现我的才能。