expend
verb /ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they expend | /ɪkˈspend/ /ɪkˈspend/ |
| he / she / it expends | /ɪkˈspendz/ /ɪkˈspendz/ |
| past simple expended | /ɪkˈspendɪd/ /ɪkˈspendɪd/ |
| past participle expended | /ɪkˈspendɪd/ /ɪkˈspendɪd/ |
| -ing form expending | /ɪkˈspendɪŋ/ /ɪkˈspendɪŋ/ |
- to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
花费；消费；耗费 - expend something (in/on something) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
她把所有精力都花在照顾家庭和孩子上。 - expend something in/on doing something Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.
史密斯花了大量的钱通过法庭来索赔。 - expend something doing something Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
大多数动物花费大量精力寻找食物。
- I am not prepared to expend any more effort on this project.
我不准备在这个项目上花费更多的精力。 - the amount of time expended in cleaning
花在清洁上的时间 - Try to get the best result without expending too much time and effort.
不要花费太多的时间和精力，努力获得最好的结果。
Collocations DictionaryExpend is used with these nouns as the object:- calorie
- capital
- effort
- …
词源late Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend. - expend something (in/on something) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.