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。
• They had already expended six thousand dollars in advertisement.
  在广告上，他们已花费了6000美元。
• The energy expended in this operation.
  这次行动所花费的精力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When one considers all this it is striking to realize the energy expended.
  当你考虑所有这一切的时候，你会意识到这花费了多么惊人的能量。
• 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 enemy had expended all their ammunition.
  敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。
• He has expended a large sum on his car.
  他在车身上花了一大笔钱。