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

• 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。
• Depleted stocks and overcapacity mean that the effort expended in catching each fish is higher than it need be.
  枯竭的库存和生产能力过剩意味着花费在努力追赶每一个鱼是高于需要。
• 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。
• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• 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。
• He expended much time in reading.
  他花费许多工夫读书。
• 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。
• Not real champagne, but plenty real enough for the amount of imagination expended on it.
  也不是真有香槟，而是运用了充分的想像力弄假成真了。
• 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。
• We've already expended too much energy on this project.
  我们在这个项目上已经耗费了太多精力。