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expendable adj.可消耗的；可牺牲的n.消耗品；牺牲品 (1) 我们需要更多的办公室消耗品。(2) 这军官认为可以牺牲他的士兵。 None of us wants to be called expendable — that means we could be replaced. If a football team isn't worried about certain players leaving for another team, then those players are expendable: they won't be missed and won't disrupt things if they leave. In war, some people are considered more expendable than others: a soldier is more expendable than a general, because there are far fewer generals. In any country, the least expendable person is the president or other leader of the nation. That's why they get so much protection from their security guards, who are considered much more expendable.

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英 [ɪk'spendəbl] 美 [ɪk'spendəbl] (1) We need more expendable office supplies.(2) The officer regarded his soldiers as expendable. Anything expendable is not necessary — it can be done without. If you lose or use expendable funds, you won't miss the money. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可牺牲的；可抛弃的 If you regard someone or something as expendable, you think it is acceptable to get rid of them, abandon them, or allow them to be destroyed when they are no longer needed.   [FORMAL 正式]Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable...一旦我们的服务对他们不再有用，我们就可能被抛弃。During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.在经济衰退期间，培训预算被认为是一项可以节省下来的奢侈费用。...an expendable rocket.不可回收火箭

英语单词	expendable
英美音标	英 [ɪk'spendəbl] 美 [ɪk'spendəbl]
中文释义	adj.可消耗的；可牺牲的 n.消耗品；牺牲品
英语例句	(1) We need more expendable office supplies. (2) The officer regarded his soldiers as expendable.
中文例句	(1) 我们需要更多的办公室消耗品。 (2) 这军官认为可以牺牲他的士兵。
vocabulary简明	Anything expendable is not necessary — it can be done without. If you lose or use expendable funds, you won't miss the money.
vocabulary扩展	None of us wants to be called expendable — that means we could be replaced. If a football team isn't worried about certain players leaving for another team, then those players are expendable: they won't be missed and won't disrupt things if they leave. In war, some people are considered more expendable than others: a soldier is more expendable than a general, because there are far fewer generals. In any country, the least expendable person is the president or other leader of the nation. That's why they get so much protection from their security guards, who are considered much more expendable.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可牺牲的；可抛弃的 If you regard someone or something as expendable, you think it is acceptable to get rid of them, abandon them, or allow them to be destroyed when they are no longer needed. [FORMAL 正式] Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable... 一旦我们的服务对他们不再有用，我们就可能被抛弃。 During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury. 在经济衰退期间，培训预算被认为是一项可以节省下来的奢侈费用。 ...an expendable rocket. 不可回收火箭

Expendable Players Considered 英 ɪk'spendəbl] 美 ɪk'spendəbl Adj.可消耗的；可牺牲的 N.消耗品；牺牲品