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

• 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。
• 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。
• We expended a lot today, but there is time to recover.
  今天我们体力消耗较大，但有足够的时间恢复。
• He expended a great deal of time in doing the work.
  他消耗大量的时间做这个工作。
• The whole of a man's income is expended in the purchase of services and of commodities.
  个人之全部所得，乃是用来购买劳役和商品的。
• 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。
• 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 soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.
  士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。
• 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。
• 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。