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expend vt.花费；消耗 (1) 他生活讲究，花费很大。(2) 他已经花费许多时间、金钱在那实验上。(3) 士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。(4) 我花了很多时间在这件工作上，他们却告诉我说这是无用的。 The verb expend means to spend or pay out. You can expend money, but you can also expend things like good will and time. As a voter, you can vote for or against the city's plan to expend money on a new library building, but the city may be expending voter willingness to support the plan if the building goes over the budget. There is no point in building a library if they can't afford to buy books!

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英 [ɪk'spend] 美 [ɪk'spend] (1) He lived high and expended largely.(2) He has expended much time and energy on that experiment.(3) The soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.(4) I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless. The verb expend means to use. If you expend all your energy raking the leaves, you may be too tired to play hockey afterwards. Better pace yourself — you'll never get all of the leaves on the ground, after all. 1[VERB 动词]花费；耗费 To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	expend
英美音标	英 [ɪk'spend] 美 [ɪk'spend]
中文释义	vt.花费；消耗
英语例句	(1) He lived high and expended largely. (2) He has expended much time and energy on that experiment. (3) The soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight. (4) I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless.
中文例句	(1) 他生活讲究，花费很大。 (2) 他已经花费许多时间、金钱在那实验上。 (3) 士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。 (4) 我花了很多时间在这件工作上，他们却告诉我说这是无用的。
vocabulary简明	The verb expend means to use. If you expend all your energy raking the leaves, you may be too tired to play hockey afterwards. Better pace yourself — you'll never get all of the leaves on the ground, after all.
vocabulary扩展	The verb expend means to spend or pay out. You can expend money, but you can also expend things like good will and time. As a voter, you can vote for or against the city's plan to expend money on a new library building, but the city may be expending voter willingness to support the plan if the building goes over the budget. There is no point in building a library if they can't afford to buy books!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]花费；耗费 To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Expend Expended Energy Means Time Verb Spend Money